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Australia Announces Exploration Development Incentive
July 7th, 2014
The Australian Government has announced a new Exploration Development Incentive (EDI) that will assist junior explorers in raising capital from private sector investors through a refundable tax offset. The legislation is still being finalized, but Acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias ...
10 IGAs Join ‘In Substance’ FATCA List Just Before July 1
July 7th, 2014
Ten further foreign jurisdictions were included by the United States Treasury in its latest monthly list, issued on July 1, 2014, as having reached agreements in substance on June 30, 2014, on the terms of intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) under ...
The gap between accountants and clients
July 7th, 2014
I was intrigued to read some new and original research published by Robert Craven of The Directors’ Centre, reports Mark Lee. Craven is no stranger to AccountingWEB. My interview with him in 2012 about his book, ‘Grow Your Service ...
Brent Oil Trades Near Three-Week Low on Libya Supply
July 7th, 2014
Brent oil traded near the lowest price in more than three weeks as Libya prepares to increase exports and amid speculation that Iraq’s crude supplies remain safe from violence. West Texas Intermediate was steady in New York. Futures were ...
Can investors win in a new era of accounting?
July 4th, 2014
Big changes over global accounting standards go into effect in 2017, and they could greatly influence how profitable companies are perceived. Like an operating system runs a computer, revenue makes a company go; nothing happens until somebody sells something. ...
Dukascopy Group expands in Shanghai
July 4th, 2014
Dukascopy Bank has officially announced the opening of Dukascopy (Shanghai) Business Consulting Co., a member of Dukascopy Group in Shanghai, China, on 15th of May 2014. This office aims at supporting non-regulated activities of Dukascopy Group such as financial ...
Regulator says EU Banks Must Shun Bitcoin Until Rules in Place
July 4th, 2014
European Union banks should shun virtual currencies such as Bitcoin until a system of rules to prevent abuses are put in place, according to the bloc’s top banking regulator. The European Banking Authority called on the EU to develop ...
Revealed: the banks using ‘pseudo’ solicitor firms to make debtors pay up
July 4th, 2014
Britain’s high-street banks are routinely issuing legal demands from what appear to be independent firms of solicitors designed to make struggling borrowers pay up. Yet the firms are not regulated by the legal profession’s watchdog, and are simply names ...
SRA approves PII reform
July 4th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is forging ahead with its plans to cut the minimum compulsory cover for professional indemnity insurance (PII) from £2m to £500,000, despite strong opposition from the Law Society and criticism from the Legal Services Consumer ...
Piketty with Chinese Characteristics
July 4th, 2014
In his bestselling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty argues that capitalism aggravates inequality through several mechanisms, all of which are based on the notion that r (the return on capital) falls less quickly than g (growth ...
