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Scotland Proposes UK Oil And Gas Tax Breaks
January 12th, 2015
Scotland’s Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, has published a new report calling for urgent reform of the UK’s oil and gas tax regime. In his January 8 discussion paper, Ewing said the recent fall in the oil price has increased ...
Italian Taxpayers Suffer EUR44bn Due On December 16
December 15th, 2014
In what it called the “Year-End Tax Day” for Italian taxpayers, CGIA of Mestre, Italy’s association of sole traders and small businesses, noted that, on December 16, they will be required to pay EUR44bn (USD54.8bn) to the country’s tax ...
Sweetheart tax avoidance deals to receive greater scrutiny from the EU
December 3rd, 2014
Draft legislation to oblige sharing of corporation tax deals, as Germany, France and Italy pressure Juncker over Luxembourg The European commission has pledged to fast-track new legislation to establish greater scrutiny over sweetheart tax avoidance deals for big companies. ...
Hong Kong Plugs Commitment To Tax Info Exchange
December 1st, 2014
Financial Secretary John C Tsang stressed how Hong Kong has made substantial efforts to introduce the new global standard for the automatic exchange of tax information, while also ensuring data confidentiality, during his speech at the first Certified Tax ...
EU’s Juncker survives no-confidence vote over tax deals
November 28th, 2014
The European Commission’s new president, Jean-Claude Juncker, comfortably survived a no-confidence vote on Thursday brought over news that Luxembourg had lured multinational businesses with super low tax rates during his period as prime minister. The censure motion in the ...
States Lose Patience Over US Internet Sales Tax
November 21st, 2014
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has sent a letter to House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R – Ohio), expressing its “disappointment and frustration” with his announcement ruling out passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) during ...
UK Tax Gap Widens
October 20th, 2014
The UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), has revealed that the UK tax gap grew to 6.8 percent in the fiscal year 2012-13, up 0.2 percent year-on-year. The tax gap, which measures the amount of tax that ...
Monaco Signs OECD Multilateral Tax Convention
October 15th, 2014
Monaco has become the 84th jurisdiction to commit to strengthen international tax cooperation through its participation in the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. Welcoming the signing by José Badia, Monaco’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and ...
Revenue & Customs set to miss target for prosecution of tax evaders
October 13th, 2014
Tax authority set a target of 1,165 people a year by 2014/15, but analysis of the last tax year shows it prosecuted just 795. HM Revenue and Customs has fallen behind in its pursuit of criminal prosecutions for tax ...
Amazon to face EU investigation over Luxembourg tax deal
October 7th, 2014
The European Commission is set to begin a formal probe into allegations that Luxembourg allowed Amazon.com Inc to benefit illegally from state subsidies for its European operations for almost 10 years, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The investigation ...
