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Oil prices dip as supply remains ample despite output cuts
May 18th, 2017
Oil prices dipped on Thursday, weighed down by plentiful supply despite ongoing efforts led by OPEC to tighten the market by cutting production. Brent crude LCOc1 was down 18 cents, or 0.3 percent, from its last close at $52.03 ...
IMF recommends lower, broader Corporate Tax for Luxembourg
May 15th, 2017
Further corporate tax reforms may be needed to Luxembourg’s tax regime for foreign companies if it is to maintain its appeal while responding to international tax initiatives, the International Monetary Fund has said. The IMF said that evolving international ...
European Commission to set paternity leave rules
April 27th, 2017
Commission readies new parental leave rules to replace axed maternity bill Two years after the European Commission scrapped its own proposal for new EU maternity leave rules, the EU executive is getting ready to replace it with new measures, ...
Middle East and North Africa region visitors rate to grow higher than the world average
March 27th, 2017
Visitors to the MENA region will total 195 million by 2030, growing at a rate higher than the world average, according to figures by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The rapid development of the sector will form part of ...
Why the US Dollar Fell
March 16th, 2017
The US Dollar exchange rate complex came under pressure following the US Federal Reserve’sdecision to raise interest rates 0.25% ensuring their upper band on interest rates sits at 1.0%. However, this was expected and cannot be said to be ...
Israel Tax Authority probing 30,000 more Israelis’ US accounts
February 28th, 2017
Information from the IRS will be cross-checked with reports by Israelis about their overseas assets. The Israel Tax Authority today announced that in recent days, it had obtained additional information about 30,000 accounts at US financial concerns belonging to ...
EU Council to close down hybrid mismatches between EU an non-EU countries tax systems
February 23rd, 2017
On 21 February 2017, the Council agreed its position on rules aimed at closing down ‘hybrid mismatches’ with the tax systems of third countries. The draft directive is the latest of a number of measures designed to prevent tax avoidance by large companies. ...
Some €70 bn in non performing loans ready to be ceded by Italy’s main banks
February 22nd, 2017
The European Commission, the OECD, Economy Minister Piercarlo Padoan, EBA President Andrea Enria, Bank of Italy Vice Governor Fabio Panetta, and the Fitch ratings agency. One after another, like a chorus, they all spoke out on the same theme ...
Swiss voters rejected corporate tax reforms
February 14th, 2017
The European Commission is disappointed that Swiss voters rejected plans to overhaul corporate taxes and will consult with European Union governments on how to proceed, the EU tax commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Monday. Voters on Sunday blocked the ...
Switzerland to vote on corporate tax unification
February 7th, 2017
Swiss voters will vote next week on whether to reform corporate tax and remove the reduced tax rates that Switzerland currently grants to multinational firms Voters will be asked whether they accept the federal law that was adopted by ...
