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Bank of Israel to cut VAT, corporate taxes to buoy economy
September 4th, 2015
Israel will cut corporate and value-added taxes to help boost economic growth after it collected more tax than expected in recent months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. In a plan initiated by Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, VAT ...
India Says New Tax Won’t Apply to Foreign Institutional Investors
September 3rd, 2015
Move on minimum alternate tax is aimed at calming investors’ concerns India said Tuesday that it wouldn’t go through with plans to apply a controversial tax to international portfolio investors, hoping to calm concerns about the country amid global ...
India And Germany To Share More Information On Tax
September 1st, 2015
The governments of India and Germany have agreed to continue negotiations on a partial revision of their bilateral double tax avoidance agreement with a view to introducing automatic exchange of tax information, the Indian Government has announced. As part ...
Increasing tax revenues is crucial to development in emerging Asian economies
August 24th, 2015
Increasing tax revenues and ensuring sustainable domestic resource mobilisation will be critical as emerging Asian economies seek to boost the provision of public goods and services and improve economic growth and living standards. Revenue Statistics in Asian Countries: Trends ...
Plus500 informs on its acquisition by Playtech, Withholding Tax and Settlement Update
August 20th, 2015
Following the latest announcement by Playtech to inform regarding the Resolution to approve the acquisition of Plus500 Ltd issued on 19th August 2015, Plus500 has issued a press release to inform that is pleased that the Merger has now received ...
Tax Administration new report compares performance, best practices and trends in 56 tax administrations
August 17th, 2015
Tax administrations continue to face the challenges of improving their performance while reducing costs, decreasing compliance burdens for taxpayers tackling non-compliance. Improving taxpayer services, while making non-compliance harder, is helping revenue bodies increase their efficiency and allowing governments to ...
Tax change is necessary to diversify UAE’s economy
August 14th, 2015
Step by step, the UAE is moving closer to implementing two laws that will change how the economy functions and how the country is perceived abroad. The first is a uniform corporate tax, which would apply to both domestic ...
Egypt faces taxing challenge amid its inaction on cutting fiscal deficit
August 13th, 2015
Egypt’s government in the coming months faces one of its biggest economic challenges since it came to power a year ago: the implementation of the long-planned value-added tax (VAT). The VAT promises to be hugely unpopular among businesses, which ...
The Rules: Forcing companies to disclose tax strategy risks confidentiality issues
August 13th, 2015
A “legislative requirement” for large businesses to publish their tax strategy could create commercial confidentiality risks In an age where large corporates continue to engage in tax avoidance or aggressive tax planning, compelling businesses to disclose their tax strategies ...
HMRC takes next step towards creating a digital future for taxpayers
August 6th, 2015
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) today announced that it will bring some existing IT services under its direct control, while it continues to plan the transition to a new IT delivery model following the ending of the Aspire contract ...
