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EU’s tax irregularities attract international attention
February 25th, 2021
Le Monde’s recent “OpenLux” revelations show that Luxembourg fails to act fairly within the European Union by offering low tax rates to corporates – underscoring the flaw of an unharmonised EU system, according to Jay Sanghrajka, partner at Price ...
NSX Ltd : TAS and DESS now Live
November 23rd, 2020
NSX Limited (ASX:NSX), (“the Company”) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, the National Stock Exchange of Australia (“NSXA”) has completed its Trade Acceptance Service (“TAS”) integration to the ASX Clear system. TAS brings the ability to ...
U.S. opens new investigations into countries planning digital taxes
June 16th, 2020
The United States is stepping up pressure on other countries over negotiations for a digital services tax, opening new probes into nations planning higher duties on tech giants. The U.S. trade representative announced Tuesday it is investigating Austria, Brazil, ...
VAT exemption thresholds in Europe
April 7th, 2020
Countries around the world have been introducing various fiscal measures to counteract the economic distress caused by COVID-19. One measure—among many others—has been to make changes to Value-Added Taxes (VAT), such as delaying payments, speeding up refunds, or reducing ...
Tax revenues have reached a plateau
December 30th, 2019
Tax revenues in advanced economies reached a plateau during 2018, with almost no change seen since 2017, according to new OECD research. This ends the trend of annual increases in the tax-to-GDP ratio seen since the financial crisis. The ...
Parliament keeps up pressure to tax digital economy more fairly
December 20th, 2019
MEPs press EU to engage fully in international efforts to tax the digital economy, while still being prepared to act at EU level if global plans fail. As international talks at OECD level on taxation systems for the digital ...
Plans for a global Dystopia
November 14th, 2019
Global policy planners intend to deliver replacements for both dollar hegemony and fossil fuels. Plans may appear uncoordinated and in their early stages, but these issues are becoming increasingly linked. A monetary reset incorporating state-sponsored cryptocurrencies will enable ...
EU removes Belize from its Tax Haven Blacklist
November 14th, 2019
The European Council agreed to remove Belize from the EU’s list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. North Macedonia meets commitments. Belize has passed the necessary reforms to improve its tax regime for international business companies that was due to be ...
G7 urges tight regulations for digital currencies
July 25th, 2019
Digital currencies such as Facebook’s planned Libra raise serious concerns and must be regulated as tightly as possible to ensure they do not upset the world’s financial system, Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers said on Thursday. ...
UK to introduce ‘Google tax’ in 2020
October 31st, 2018
When it comes to tech, Britain wants to have its cake and eat it, too. The U.K. moved on Monday to extract more tax from the likes of Google and Facebook, even as London pushes aggressively to make itself ...
