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US tax havens – the new Switzerland
May 9th, 2016
America is a magnet for offshore wealth, notably South Dakota, which has guaranteed secrecy In an old discount store hugging a corner in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the heirs to the William Wrigley chewing gum fortune have an office for ...
Greece adopted a controversial package of pension cuts and tax hikes
May 9th, 2016
Greek lawmakers late Sunday adopted a controversial package of pension cuts and tax hikes despite mass public opposition, bowing to creditor demands in a bid to unlock the next tranche of badly-needed bailout funds. The unpopular reforms, which saw ...
Gramegna Confirms Luxembourg Corporate Tax Cut
April 26th, 2016
Luxembourg Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna confirmed to parliament on April 21 that the Government will gradually reduce the rate of Luxembourg’s corporate tax, but proposed restrictions to loss rules have been tweaked. Reaffirming plans first announced by the Government ...
Spain introduces “tourism tax” from July 1
April 25th, 2016
If you’re planning on holidaying around Spain this summer, be prepared to take some extra cash. You could be made to pay up to £70 in ‘tourism tax’ just for visiting the sunny destination. Brits have been left furious after ...
China’s biggest tax reform for 20 years set to buoy growth
April 22nd, 2016
China’s biggest tax overhaul in more than two decades starts on May 1, with changes set to reduce the burden on services companies and encourage factories to upgrade and innovate. Under the new system, taxes in the construction, property, finance and ...
Ryan Air to Cut Summer Flights to Greece because of new taxes
April 22nd, 2016
Ryan Air is cutting summer season flights to Greece two months early because the Greek government has not answered to his proposals, said the low cost airline Chief Commercial Officer David O’Brien. O’Brien spoke to the Sunday edition of ...
Once A Tax Haven, Gibraltar Now Says It’s Low-Tax
April 19th, 2016
Gibraltar, a tiny British territory at Europe’s southern tip, is famous for its geography — a huge limestone rock — that appears on the Prudential logo. It’s a global center for offshore banking, with the trappings of wealth to prove ...
Slovakia Confirms Corporate Tax Cut
April 18th, 2016
Slovakia’s newly formed coalition Government has agreed to cut corporate tax as part of a recently agreed economic program. Under the plan, the four-member coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Fico, featuring parties on the center-right and the center-left ...
How corporate tax avoidance is hurting America and the rest of the world
April 15th, 2016
Tax-haven abuse by multinationals is exacerbating the global wealth gap and putting an excessive burden on developing countries, according to a damning new report from the nonprofit Oxfam. Coming just a week after the release of what have come ...
France wants a new Blacklist of jurisdictions failing to meet international tax transparency standards
April 14th, 2016
The French Government wants the G-20 to draw up a new blacklist of jurisdictions failing to meet international tax transparency standards. The French Ministry of Finance has proposed that the blacklist would be based on the country evaluations of ...
