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Yahoo shares fall on worries of possible U.S. tax change on spinoffs

20/05/2015(0)
Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) shares fell 7.6 percent on Tuesday on concerns that a possible change in U.S. tax regulations would affect Yahoo’s planned spinoff of its stake in Alibaba ... Read More
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Greece, Troika Talking Through Single VAT Rate

14/05/2015(0)
Greece is under pressure to adopt a single rate of value-added tax, in ongoing talks with the troika of international lenders. The International Monetary Fund has proposed that Greece ... Read More
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OECD attacks ‘aggressive tax plans’

14/05/2015(0)
Technology companies need to stop “extremely aggressive” tax planning, the man charged with reforming global tax rules has told the BBC. He says these “push the boundaries of what ... Read More
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Financial transaction tax unlikely before 2017-Austria finmin

12/05/2015(0)
Europe is unlikely to impose a financial transaction tax before 2017, not in 2016 as earlier planned, Austrian Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling told Reuters. The tax, first proposed ... Read More
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Sweden Consults On New Bank Tax

12/05/2015(0)
The Swedish Cabinet, on May 7, endorsed plans for a study to be undertaken on the Government’s proposal for a new tax on the financial sector. Financial services, including ... Read More
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Australia: Multinationals face tax avoidance crackdown

11/05/2015(0)
The Abbott government will legislate to crack down on tax avoidance by 30 multinational companies, with planned penalties for diverted profits that “will go further” than action taken by ... Read More
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Indonesia Plans to Gradually Cut Corporate Tax Rate to Below 18%

11/05/2015(0)
Indonesia will gradually cut its corporate tax rate to discourage companies from booking profits in lower-tax countries such as Singapore, the president’s top aide said. The government will cut ... Read More
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Breakdown of US Corporate Profits

06/05/2015(0)
Although the US corporate income tax is an almost continual subject of dispute, most people don’t know any details about what kinds of corporations that earn the profits. For ... Read More
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Tax rulings: “We need a common corporate tax base”, says Commissioner Vestager

06/05/2015(0)
Why did the EU Commission take so long to launch investigations into member states’ tax rulings? Is its strategy to go only after small countries, such as Belgium, the ... Read More
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Average tax rate paid by FTSE 100 resumes downward slide, falling to 23.1%

27/04/2015(0)
Oil & gas, banks and resources pay highest rates The average effective rate of tax paid as reported by FTSE 100 companies has resumed its downward slide, dropping to ... Read More
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