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Taiwan To Tax Cross-Border e-Commerce
August 17th, 2016
Given the recent rapid development of cross-border transactions over the internet, Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) has disclosed it is formulating plans to tax the operations of multinational enterprises (MNEs) engaged in e-commerce in the country. The MOF is ...
China proposes global tax system at G20
August 10th, 2016
China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei proposed development of a new international taxation system at a G20 meeting in Chengdu over the weekend, joining a global movement aimed at stopping companies and individuals from exploiting discrepancies in different countries’ laws ...
Post-Brexit surge of EU tax cases expected
August 9th, 2016
Advisers anticipate a surge in the number of new tax cases sent to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) following the UK’s decision to leave the EU. According to law firm Pinsent Masons, the prospect of withdrawing ...
Greek police arrest 24 in crackdown on tax-dodging cashless gadgets
August 9th, 2016
Greek authorities said on Monday they had arrested 24 people in a crackdown on about 1,000 small businesses suspected of dodging capital controls and value-added tax by using cashless card-processing terminals linked to banks in Bulgaria. Authorities said hundreds ...
New global tax rules are ‘just a sticking plaster’
August 5th, 2016
New international rules to tackle global tax avoidance will not work properly until tax secrecy is swept away, a report released by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on responsible tax has found. The failure to introduce full transparency ...
EU Says New Zealand Not In ‘Tax Haven Probe’
August 4th, 2016
Media reports that the European Union is targeting New Zealand for investigation as a tax haven are incorrect and misleading, the EU said in a statement on August 3, 2016. The EU is currently undertaking an assessment of all ...
Greek Government Reports Nearly EU 1 Billion in Tax Evasion Fines, Asset Seizures
August 3rd, 2016
The Government of Greece has opened hundreds of tax-evasion cases against citizens suspected of hiding assets outside of country borders, already assessing some EU 810 million in fines from suspected scofflaws, according to Special Financial Prosecutor Panagiotis Athanasiou. The government, which began ...
EU considers blacklisting NZ over tax laws
August 1st, 2016
Possible EU sanctions against New Zealand could make travel harder and have a massive effect on the economy. New Zealand is under investigation by the EU as it prepares a blacklist of global tax havens, Newshub revealed on Monday ...
French Workers Pay Highest Taxes In Europe
July 29th, 2016
France has surpassed Belgium as the European country with the highest taxes on the average employee, according to a new study. Taking into account income tax, social security contributions, and value-added tax, the report by the Molinari Economic Institute ...
Deutsche Bank reports Q2 2016 pre-tax profit down 67%
July 28th, 2016
Deutsche Bank reports second quarter 2016 pre-tax profit of 408 million euros and net income of 20 million euros Key developments – 20% lower revenues year-on-year reflecting challenging environment and strategic decisions Revenues, excluding NCOU and Hua Xia Bank, ...
