Tag: Tax

  • Nation & World

    A call to halt endowment tax

    Harvard President Drew Faust was among 49 college and university presidents who called on Congress to repeal the endowment tax enacted in December.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Tax on university endowments passes

    Harvard President Drew Faust said that the tax bill represents an unprecedented attack on the tax-exempt status of nonprofits and charities because it taxes, for the first time, income for such an institution’s core mission — in this case, education.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Taxing advanced degrees

    Nobody enters a Ph.D. program to earn money. Students have long known that preparing for a career in research or academia often means trading financial reward today for the chance to tackle…

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Getting a handle on inversion

    Mihir Desai spoke with the Gazette about the controversy surrounding tax inversion.

    11 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Win for Obama, but no let-up in debate

    The U.S. Supreme Court decision on Thursday upholding the basis of national health care reform is far from the last word on the topic, Harvard faculty members said, and merely raises the curtain on act two: November’s general election.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Fiscal policy

    FISCAL POLICY: Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, director Taubman Center for State and Local Government, director Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Exelon executive offers regulations, incentives to ‘green’ energy supply

    The head of the nation’s largest nuclear power plant owner decried America’s lack of an energy policy Monday night (Oct. 6) and laid out a five-point plan featuring a mix of new regulations and financial incentives for coal, nuclear, and renewable power sources as a way to ‘green’ America’s energy supply.

    5 minutes