Lower Corporate Taxes Committed by the South Korean Government

24 August, 2011

The Finance Ministry of South Korea agreed to the government’s long-standing plan to reduce corporate taxes from next year. The government is expected to lower the rate of corporate tax on businesses from the current 22% to 20% for a taxable

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Income tax cuts suspended in Sweden

18 August, 2011

Due to the uncertainty surrounding the euro zone the Swedish government set aside on hold the planned tax cuts. According to the government declaration two measures announced in the November 2010 budget will be put on hold. One is tax cuts for

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Australia:Proposal to reduce tax savings

13 July, 2011

Australian government has published a discussion paper on the proposal to reduce the taxation on the interest income on savings by 50%, as proposed in the 2010-11 Budget. It is expressed that the introduction of the discount will benefit more than

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Canada promotes fire-fighter tax credit

11 July, 2011

Canada’s Ministry for National Revenue has highlighted a new tax credit targeting volunteer fire-fighters. This is a part of their ongoing promotion of the government’s Budget measures. Speaking at a fire station Canada’s Minister for National

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