Search Results for: digital tax
Experts warn over VAT digital services rules
September 19th, 2014
Businesses who make and sell apps or provide digital services to consumers in the European Union will see their paperwork increase in January due to new legislation to counter tax avoidance, experts have warned. Currently VAT on digital services ...
European Court decides to cut rate VAT on digital books
September 19th, 2014
The European Court of Justice has agreed that a reduced rate of value-added tax may be applied to books that are provided in digital form. The case concerned a publishing company that sought a preliminary ruling from the Finnish ...
‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Calls Rich to Tax-Free Tropical Paradise
June 16th, 2014
He’s known as Bitcoin Jesus in the world of cyber-currencies. Though he can’t promise you heaven, he is offering a haven: a condo in the Caribbean that comes with a new passport and almost zero taxes. Meet Roger Ver, ...
ICAS: ‘Shouty’ tax debate over Scottish tax system
May 21st, 2014
The level of discourse around tax has done little to help inform voters, ICAS has noted, alongside the release of its paper discussing key tax and spending numbers at the centre of the independence debate. Scotland’s Tax Future; Taxes ...
Low on taxes, high on risk-aversion
May 21st, 2014
High quality global journalism requires investment. Zurich, the world’s private banking capital, is not just luring in old money. Ambitious founders are making Switzerland’s largest city their base – albeit away from the pretty, but expensive, old town. The ...
Accounting software firm plans to float on the London Stock Exchange
October 31st, 2016
FreeAgent, the Edinburgh-based provider of accounting software, has unveiled plans to float on the London Stock Exchange. Led by chief executive and co-founder Ed Molyneux – a former RAF fighter pilot – the company is hoping to join the ...
HMRC: “transitional period” for businesses affected by new EU VAT laws
January 7th, 2015
HMRC has announced that there will be a “transitional period” for small businesses affected by new VAT rules. The new Europe wide legislation, which came into force on 1 January 2015, affects businesses that sell digital services, such as ...
European Council reaches agreement on updated rules for VAT rates
December 14th, 2021
The European Council reached agreement on a proposal to update EU rules on rates of value added tax (VAT). The new rules reflect member states’ current needs and the EU’s present policy objectives, which have changed considerably since the ...
Banking faces seismic changes
July 13th, 2021
The role of commercial banks in the global economy is changing, with lending to governments and their agencies now more important than lending to goods and services industries. It is a trend which is due to continue. The ...
Why interest rate management fails
April 23rd, 2021
This article explains why attempting to achieve economic outcomes by managing interest rates fails. The basis of monetary interventionist theories ignores the discoveries of earlier free-market thinkers, particularly Say, Turgot and Böhm-Bawerk. It also ignores Gibson’s paradox, which ...
