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Japan – EU accelerate free trade agreement

Published: 21/09/2016 | news

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Japanese and European trade and industry association addressed a joint letter to the leaders of the European Union and Japan, urging them to "make all efforts to speed up" the current negotiations on a free trade agreement. 16 September letter from the Japan Business Federation, Japan Business Council in Europe and the European Business Council in Japan seeking to enter negotiations this year. EU and Japan at the recent G7 summit pledged to arrange a free trade agreement "as early as possible in 2016". Currently, the EU and Japan are negotiating a free trade for more than three years, the letter stated: "While the 16 rounds of talks and negotiations were entered into the stage of maturity, a successful conclusion is not yet visible. ... We believe that the EU Japan and familiar with the views of each other, and both sides must now be crucial to the outstanding issues. " "If in fact, the association called on leaders to do everything possible to ensure that the free trade agreement will lead to commercially meaningful market access, removal of tariff and non-tariff measures, and include an ambitious chapter on procurement." The differences that remain between...

The law of Scotland on the tax reform of the Council

Published: 13/09/2016 | news

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#Offshore schemes #Reforms #Scotland

The Scottish Government has introduced tax legislation Council reform groups and rates from April 2017. The legislation will implement the proposals announced by the SNP government in March. Properties that fall under high tax board strips (E, F, G and H) would pay more as a result of these bands coefficient increases in relation to the middle band (D) properties. The government estimates that this will lead to annual average increase of about GBP100 (USD132) for Zone E properties, GBP200 for F, GBP335 for band G and GBP517 range for range H. The circuit board of reducing the tax would apply to families with low income, having children, and the government will introduce an exemption for families with low income living in conditions with high added value. Frozen council tax, which has been in place since 2007, will be removed from April 2017. Local authorities will be able to increase the tax up to a maximum of three per cent per year. The government expects to raise an additional reforms GBP100m a year in income or GBP500m, during the term of the current parliament. This money will be invested in the school education system in Scotland. Finance Minister Derek...

New Zealand tax system progresses

Published: 07/09/2016 | news

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The top ten income in New Zealand is projected to pay 37.2% income tax in 2016/17, compared with 35.5% in the 2007/08 year. The New Zealand government has published data showing that the tax system is more progressive. "These latest data confirm that the income tax system and support of New Zealand much income redistribution needy households, said Acting Finance Minister Steven Joyce. "Many families with low incomes pay a larger share of income tax than in 2008, and households with low incomes pay less - 30% of households with the lowest incomes are projected to pay only 5.4% of income tax, compared with 6.3% in 2007/08 p ". "The Government has increased support to low-income households to help New Zealanders go through difficult times. So at any given time, a large number of households effectively do not pay income tax," said Joyce. According to the Treasury in 2016/17, 42% of households will pay less tax than they receive from social security benefits it work for family tax credits and if we compare, the 2007/08 figure was - 39%. Author: Olena Kutova senior lawyer of the Finance Business Service company ...

Canada attempts on free trade agreement with EU

Published: 26/08/2016 | news

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On the level of precipitation about free trade agreement between Canada and EU the government of Canada claimed about envoy infliction who will speed this talks. The government claimed that the infliction on envoy has a high preoritet for signing free trade agreement. In this year, it will be Pierre Pettigrew who will release this deal during one year. Pettigrew will meet with stakeholders in the provinces and territories of Canada, as well as with senior business and government leaders of the EU member states. Pettigrew said: "The agreement between Canada and the European Union sets a new world standard for commercial transactions and positions Canada as an innovative country and the new international norms of free agreement will create economic opportunities, and I am eager to help advance the deal." In July, the European Commission formally proposed the signature and conclusion of free agreement. The Commission should receive the support of the Council of Europe and the European Parliament. Once this process is completed, the agreement will be provisionally applied. The Commission hopes that an agreement will be signed during the next Canada-EU summit to be...

The EU given time to fix of the budget deficit

Published: 12/08/2016 | news

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The European Council overturned the fines for Spain and Portugal for infringement of excessive deficit rule and established a new "fiscal path" for each country, which will have to follow. Such action follows from the preceding Council decision on the fact that Spain and Portugal have not taken effective measures to correct its excessive deficit and will now have to implement the recommendations made by the European Commission in their respective fields. In July, the Council confirmed that Spain and Portugal have not been able to reduce its deficit to below three percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for the time. Once provided financial assistance amounting to 78 mrad euros (86.9 billion dollars) from the EU, the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2011, Portugal was not able until 2014 to bring its deficit in line with EU expectations. For this reason, in June 2013. The Council further extended to 2015 and set targets deficits of 5.5% of GDP in 2013, 4% in 2014 and 2.5% in 2015. Portugal was able to achieve a given economic restructuring program in June 2014, but in 2015 the general government deficit was 4.4% of the country. The July...

EU signed tax agreement with IOTA

Published: 01/08/2016 | news

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The Intra-European Organization of Tax Administrations (IOTA ) has signed tax agreement with European Commission to develop the solution of more effective way to common targets which this two brunches are working on and also one kind of them activity to prevent double tax avoidance. According to announce of IOTA 26 of July the main brunches of co-working in agreement frames include battle against swindle, information exchange, alternate support, support of tax departments to increase the level of maintenance by taxpayers. The agreement was signed between IOTA and the Taxation and Customs Union Directorate General (DG TAXUD) of the European Commission 7 of July. Edery said: «Commission has get a support IOTA from the day it start exist and attentively watching it progress. We have common target to support European states in development and modernization of tax administration. Based in Budapest, IOTA is a non-profit intergovernmental organization, created to promote using the best practice in tax administration direction and more effective co-working with 46 tax authorities’ members. Author: Olena Kutova senior lawyer of the Finance...

EC applies the Panama Papers Inquiry

Published: 14/07/2016 | news

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The European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance, and Tax Evasion (PANA) has announced the appointment of its chair and four vice chairs. The constitutive meeting of PANA took place on July 12, 2016. Wenrer Langen was elected chair, with Ana Gomes, Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner, Fabio de Masi, and Eva Joly to serve as first to fourth vice chairs, respectively. The Committee consists of 65 members, excluding the chair and vice chairs. It will investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of European Union law with respect to money laundering, tax avoidance, and tax evasion by the European Commission or member states. Its establishment was prompted by the leak of the so-called Panama Papers, the leak of more than 11.5m documents belonging to law firm Mossack Fonseca. The data leaked relates to the ownership of bank accounts and companies in 21 offshore jurisdictions, and covers a nearly 40-year period, through to the end of 2015. The Committee is required to submit its final report by June 8, 2017, when its mandate from the European Parliament will expire. Author: Olena Kutova senior...

Politicians of EU call for MNE tax transparency

Published: 13/07/2016 | news

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Senior members of national parliaments in Europe have called for greater public transparency on taxes paid by multinational corporations. In an open letter addressed to their respective governments, the lawmakers have called for multinationals to make public, for each tax jurisdiction in which they do business, their revenue, profit before income tax, income paid and accrued, total employment levels, capital, retained earnings, and tangible assets. The letter states: "The base erosion and profit shifting project and the EU Commission country-by-country reporting initiative will lay the foundations of a modern international tax framework under which profits are taxes where economic activity and value creation occur. But we want to enable the citizen to have access to this information. We would also expect companies to identify each entity in the group that is doing business in a particular tax jurisdiction and to provide an indication of the business activities in a selection of broad areas that each entity is engaged in." "We want to see this information published so that our citizens can see for themselves what tax multinationals pay so that not only will our...

New Zealand propose to improve invest tax

Published: 11/07/2016 | news

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The government of New Zealand release 7 July 2016 discussion document contain proposals aiming for improving administrative invest tax. These proposals can make easy a year process for taxpayers and increase in the system at the same time, Revenue Minister Michael Woodhouse said. "Payers of interest, dividends, and taxable Maori authority distributions currently provide tax certificates to the recipients of the income. Need to gather all of this certificates from it different income sources to meet their end of year tax obligations." Woodhouse said. It would be better for income to collect that entire information collect that information direct from the payers and use it to pre-populate the recipients' tax records." To get this target the discussion document proposes that: All investment income payers will provide this information to the Internal Revenue often. The deadline for feedback on the proposals on 19 August 2016. Author: Sergey Panovmanaging partner Finance Business...

EU anti-tax evasion

Published: 08/07/2016 | news

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MEPs supported the introduction of a package of measures to combat tax evasion, which include tax havens, the black list of sanctions against "uncooperative jurisdictions", and income tax throughout the EU. Recommendations have been prepared by a special parliamentary committee of tax regulations were adopted 514 votes to 68 with 125 abstentions. The committee's report in favor of the following: - Total "Black list" of non-constructive EU jurisdictions, as the European Commission's proposal with the general definitions unconstructive jurisdictions, and also the provision of extension for a dialogue with jurisdictions for inclusion in the list; - Sanctions against uncooperative jurisdictions, including the ability to revise and suspend of a free trade agreement and deny access to EU funds; - Sanctions for companies, banks, office and law firms, tax advisors testing to include them in illegal, harmful or illegal actions with proximity jurisdictions; - Sanctions for management companies involved in tax avoidance or authority to revoke the license for the business if the experts involved in the illegal schemes of tax planning and evasion; ...

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