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Indonesia Considers Tax Breaks for Corporate Bond Investors

February 17, 2014

Indonesia is considering help for investors in corporate bonds and is also planning to make it easier for local companies to...

Canada: FTA with Israel is under negotiation

February 17, 2014

A first round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Canada and Israel was held from 3 to...

France: Reduced VAT rate on digital newspapers and magazines

February 17, 2014

The French government is about to propose a VAT reduction for digital newspapers and magazines. The intention behind this move...

IGA agreement sign between Hungary and US to implement FATCA

February 17, 2014

On February 4, 2014, Hungary and the US signed an agreement to implement the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act...

European Parliament Urged To Outlaw Anonymous Shell Companies

February 17, 2014

The European Parliament has been urged to support the creation of public registries of corporate ownership. This suggestion has been...

EU: European Commission publishes Paper on Behavioral Economics and Taxation

February 17, 2014

Recently, the European Commission published working paper N.41, entitled “Behavioural Economics and Taxation” summarizing central parts of economic literature on...

EU: European Commission presents Working Paper on Thin Capitalization Rules

February 17, 2014

The European Commission has recently published working paper N.42, entitled “Thin Capitalization Rules and Multinational Firm Capital Structure” This paper...

Egypt to announce second stimulus package

February 17, 2014

The Egyptian finance minister has said the government will announce within days details of its second stimulus package to boost...

Egypt aims to unveil new fiscal incentive package

February 17, 2014

The Egyptian Finance Minister has announced that the Government aims to unveil details of a new fiscal stimulus package shortly....

DTA between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea entered into force

February 17, 2014

On Monday, February 10, 2014 the New Zealand Revenue Minister announced that a new double tax avoidance agreement between New...

DTA between Greece and San Marino entered into force

February 17, 2014

The San Marino government issued Decree No. 9, which ratifies the double taxation agreement with Greece, on 28 January 2014....

Cyprus: Five new double tax agreements in effect

February 17, 2014

Recently, Cyprus has put five new double tax agreements (DTAs) into effect, including a treaty with the Ukraine which includes...

Chile changes foreign tax credit system

February 17, 2014

On 31 January 2014, the Chilean government published in the official Gazette Law 20.727, which makes changes to the country’s...

Bhutan approves a law to ratify the DTA signed with India

February 17, 2014

On February 6, 2014, Bhutan’s National Council approved a law to ratify the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTA) signed with...

Belgium explains 2014 Tax Audit Focus

February 17, 2014

The Belgian Tax Administration has declared the areas that will be the focus of its tax audits in 2014, to...

Belgian tax reform begin to emerge

February 17, 2014

In Belgium a consensus is arising that taxpayers should declare both their income from capital and income from labor in...

Bahrain ratifies its TIEA with Canada

February 17, 2014

An Agreement between Canada and Bahrain for the exchange of information on tax matters which was signed on June 4,...

Austria: Research Institute Calls for Symbolic Cut in Taxes on Labor

February 17, 2014

The President of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research has urged the Government to launch its offensive on reducing the...