US Lawmakers Plead for Sales Tax Deduction Renewal
A bipartisan group of 57 Members has, in a letter to the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, sought a renewal of the United States state and local sales tax deduction, which expired on January 1, 2014. The state and local sales tax
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Eighteen US states have cut taxes in the 2013 legislative year, reflecting an emphasis, following the recession, on pro-growth reforms that encourage economic expansion and competition, according to a new report by the Center for State Fiscal Reform
See MorePakistan: Tax law changes enacted in Finance Act 2013
Pakistan’s Finance Act 2013 implements the tax changes proposed in the budget for 2013. The changes came into force from 1 July 2013. The Finance Act 2013 includes following tax provisions: Change the rules on the taxation of property income,
See MorePakistan: Supreme Court rules against increase in sales tax
The Supreme Court (SC) ruled on 21 June 2013, that the government was not ratified to impose or increase sales tax from 16% to 17% on the value of taxable supplies by way of declaration under section 3 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1931
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