March 16, 2014
According to the French Tax Administration 66 out of the 101 departments in France have elected to increase their house...
March 16, 2014
The French General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) has found that 192 taxes in France each yield less than EUR150m (USD208m),...
March 16, 2014
The French government has updated the Tax Code to reduce the VAT rate on digital news and journals from the...
March 16, 2014
The European Commission on 5 March 2014 posted an update of the status of the proposed financial transaction tax. According...
March 16, 2014
Recently, the European Commission posted updated (as of 1 January 2014) indirect tax rates for excise duties on alcohol, tobacco,...
March 16, 2014
An increase in taxes on the causes of air and water pollution in the European Union could generate revenues of...
March 16, 2014
On 8th March, 2014 the European Commission adopted a Recommendation asking Member States to improve pay transparency for women and...
March 16, 2014
On March 12, 2014, the double taxation agreement (DTA) signed between Hungary and Kosovo entered into force.
March 16, 2014
On February 20, 2014, Austria and Taiwan initialed a double taxation agreement (DTA) following three days of negotiations. No further...
March 16, 2014
The MBA courses provided by Danish public universities are still subject to Danish VAT. The tax authorities wanted to challenge the...
March 16, 2014
Costa Rica’s legislature approved a free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia at its first reading on March 3, 2014. The...
March 16, 2014
On March 4 2014 the fourth round of China-Japan-ROK Free Trade Zone negotiations was held in Seoul, Korea (ROK). The...
March 16, 2014
China’s plans to include telecoms services in the VAT pilot are progressing. It was confirmed in the Chinese Parliament that plans are...
March 16, 2014
Comments by the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia have been...
March 16, 2014
From the preliminary statistics produced by the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization, it appears that China became the biggest trader of...
March 16, 2014
Chile has amended Article 41A of the Income Tax Law to reduce the caps on bilateral and unilateral foreign tax...
March 16, 2014
Canada is considering a sales tax on E-commerce supplies made by foreign businesses to residents of Canada. At present people...
March 16, 2014
An initial meeting has been held in connection with the negotiation of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Canada and...