Taxation News
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By AFP
London -
Britain on Friday joined France, Norway and Mexico in rolling out a sugar tax on soft drinks in an attempt to tackle obesity and tooth decay in children.Drinks containing five grammes of sugar per 100 ml will face a lower rate of 18 pence ($0.25, 0.
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Apo -
The EU will unveil proposals for a digital tax on US tech giants on Wednesday, bringing yet more turmoil to Facebook after revelations over misused data of 50 million users shocked the world.
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By AFP
Johanesburg -
South Africa's new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has suspended the head of the tax service ahead of "disciplinary proceedings" as he vows to fight graft following his predecessor Jacob Zuma's ousting.
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By AFP
Frankfurt Am Main -
German cities should fight air pollution by charging drivers tolls according to their vehicle's emissions, rather than slapping general bans on older models, European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc said Wednesday.
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By AFP
Jerusalem -
The Jerusalem church built at the site many see as the holiest in Christianity reopened on Wednesday after a three-day closure in protest at Israeli measures, a move that had left thousands of visitors locked outside.
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By AFP
Jerusalem -
Israel on Tuesday suspended tax measures and other actions that led to the rare closure of the church built at what is seen as the holiest site in Christianity, shut down all week in protest.
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By AFP
Jerusalem -
Israel on Tuesday suspended tax measures and other actions that led to the rare closure of the church built at what is seen as the holiest site in Christianity.
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By AFP
Jerusalem -
The Jerusalem church built at what many consider the holiest site in Christianity remained closed for a second day Monday to protest Israeli tax measures and a proposed law, leaving hundreds of disappointed and perplexed pilgrims locked outside.
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By AFP
Jerusalem -
Christian leaders took the rare step on Sunday of closing Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built where tradition holds Jesus was buried, in protest at Israeli tax measures and a proposed property law.
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By AFP
Davos -
Europe's new power duo Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel were hailed on Thursday as defenders of the liberal international order, stepping into a global leadership void created by Britain's Brexit and Donald Trump's "America First" policy.
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By AFP
Davos -
French President Emmanuel Macron waxed lyrical in French and English at the Davos business summit to urge a redefining of the capitalist order, saying globalisation in its current form is in "crisis" and needs recalibrating to stave off populism.
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By AFP
Brussels -
The EU will remove Panama, South Korea and six other countries from its recently unveiled tax haven blacklist in a quick reversal that drew criticism from activists.
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By AFP
Luxembourg -
A Luxembourg court on Thursday overturned the verdict against a "Luxleaks" whistleblower who was convicted of leaking thousands of documents that revealed tax breaks for multinational firms.
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Riyadh -
Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it had boosted stipends and benefits for citizens to cushion the impact of economic reforms including the kingdom's first ever taxes after an oil price slump.
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By AFP
Washington -
Looking out over the South Lawn of the White House, flanked by the lawmakers who had just handed him the greatest victory of his tumultuous young presidency, Donald Trump drank in the scene.
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By AFP
Washington -
A jubilant Donald Trump hosted Republican lawmakers at the White House for a victory lap after the US Congress passed a sweeping tax cut plan, declaring: "We are making America great again.
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By AFP
Washington -
President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed the imminent adoption of a sweeping Republican tax cut plan as a "historic victory" for the American people.
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By AFP
Washington -
Donald Trump celebrated a "historic" victory Wednesday as the US Congress passed a massive Republican tax cut plan, handing the president his first major legislative achievement since taking office nearly a year ago.
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By AFP
Washington -
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives approved President Donald Trump's all-important tax code revamp Tuesday, but a late and embarrassing rules snag will force the chamber to vote on the package once more.
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By AFP
Paris -
The finance ministers of the European Union's five biggest economies wrote to their American counterpart Monday to voice concerns over a US tax overhaul, saying Washington should adhere to "international obligations to which it has signed up".
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By AFP
Panama -
Panama is looking to join forces with South Korea as it wages a "diplomatic offensive" to get off a newly unveiled EU tax blacklist, officials from the Central American nation said Thursday.
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By AFP
Majuro -
The Marshall Islands has described its inclusion on a European Union tax haven blacklist as "sad", with the Pacific nation's chamber of commerce alleging the move was politically motivated.
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By AFP
Brussels -
European Union ministers haggled over a credible blacklist of non-EU tax havens, with about 10 countries including Panama and South Korea in danger of being publicly chastised for facilitating tax evasion.
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By AFP
Brussels -
European Union ministers will haggle on Tuesday to draw up a blacklist of non-EU tax havens, with about 20 countries in danger of being publicly exposed for facilitating tax evasion.
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By AFP
Paris -
About a hundred activists occupied an Apple store in the French capital Saturday, demanding that the US technology giant pay billions of euros the EU says it owes in back taxes.
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By AFP
Brussels -
They have revolutionised the way we live, but are US tech giants the new robber barons of the 21st century, banking billions in profit while short-changing the public by paying only a pittance in tax?
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By AFP
Bucharest -
Romania's leftwing cabinet signed off Wednesday on a package of tax and social security reforms widely criticised by trade unions and employers alike and which have sparked protests.
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By AFP
San Francisco -
Apple shifted much of its offshore wealth from Ireland to a tax haven in the British Isles, according a review of leaked Paradise Papers documents Monday.
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By AFP
Bras -
Two Brazilian cabinet ministers whose names appear in the Paradise Papers said Monday that there was nothing illegal in keeping funds in an offshore account.
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By AFP
Brussels -
The European Union on Monday denounced as "shocking" revelations on the way top companies and dignitaries, including Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, avoid taxes using offshore wealth hubs.
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Appropriations = theft. So does taxation.
The US Government is currently unable to appropriate anymore of your money, so some of its agencies have been shut down.
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