Posts by Peter Hann

World Health Organisation looks at the effect of the tobacco industry on the environment

June 6, 2022

On 29 May 2022 the World Health Organisation (WHO) published a document entitled Tobacco: Poisoning Our Planet looking at the...

WTO: International Trade Cooperation to Strengthen Preparation for Future Pandemics

June 4, 2022

On 3 June 2022 the World Bank and the WTO launched a document entitled: Trade Therapy: Deepening Cooperation to Strengthen...

UK: HMRC exercises new powers to combat electronic sales fraud

June 2, 2022

On 31 May 2022 HMRC announced that a number of businesses had been visited and some arrests made following the...

WTO: Trade Policy Review of New Zealand

June 1, 2022

On 1 and 3 June 2022 the WTO is carrying out a trade policy review of New Zealand. A report...

UK: HMRC Data on Financial Assets Held Abroad

May 31, 2022

It was reported on 31 May 2022 that UK residents had GBP 850 billion in financial accounts overseas in 2019...

OECD: Report to G7 on Tax Cooperation for the 21st Century

May 29, 2022

On 20 May 2022 the OECD published a report on Tax Cooperation for the 21st Century. The German G7 Presidency...

OECD: Supporting SMEs with Tax Compliance

May 28, 2022

On 20 May 2022 the OECD’s Forum on Tax Administration published a report entitled Towards Seamless Taxation – Supporting SMEs...

OECD: Taxing Wages 2022

May 24, 2022

On 24 May 2022 the OECD published the latest issue of the annual publication Taxing Wages 2022. This sets out...

IMF Report Recommends Policy Changes for Germany

May 23, 2022

On 23 May 2022 the IMF published a report following discussions with Germany under Article IV of the IMF’s articles...

UK: Research on Plastic Packaging Tax

May 22, 2022

On 9 May 2022 the UK published research on the plastic packaging tax. The research was conducted in 2019 with...

IMF Report on Slovakia Makes Policy Recommendations

May 20, 2022

On 20 May 2022 the IMF issued a report following discussions with Slovakia under Article IV of the IMF’s articles...

IMF Report Considers the Economic Situation in Italy

May 19, 2022

On 19 May 2022 the IMF issued a concluding statement following discussions with Italy under Article IV of the IMF’s...

UK: Delay in Payment of R&D Tax Credits

May 18, 2022

It was reported on 17 May 2022 that HMRC has suspended payment of some research and development tax relief claims...

IMF Report Comments on the Economic Situation in Portugal

May 16, 2022

On 16 May 2022 the IMF published a report following discussions with Portugal under Article IV of the IMF’s articles...

EU: European Commission Proposes Tax Allowance for Equity

May 15, 2022

On 11 May 2022 the European Commission put forward proposals for a tax allowance that would reduce the current tax...

UK: Research on Benefits of Money Service Businesses

May 10, 2022

On 9 May 2022 the UK government published the results of research commissioned by HMRC to understand the economic and...

IMF Report Considers Fiscal Policy in Denmark

May 10, 2022

On 9 May 2022 the IMF issued a report following discussions with Denmark under Article IV of the IMF’s articles...

UK: Statistics for Investments under the EIS, SEIS and SITR

May 8, 2022

On 5 May 2022 the UK government published statistics for the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme...