December 2007
USA: Romney lashes out against taxation - Dailyiowan, 12/03/2007
USA: Fund investors brace for bigger tax bills - www.thestreet.com, 12/03/2007
USA: Raising taxes can backfire by squelshing entrepreneurial efforts - www.deserthnews.com, 12/02/2007
USA: Merchants angered by service tax uncertainty - www.mlive.com, 12/02/2007
MALTA: Taxpayers' rights still a dream - www.di-ve.com, 12/02/2007
USA: Many cities hold truth-in-taxation hearings Monday - Startribune.com, 12/01/2007
November 2007
CANADA: Canada's system of international taxation to be studied - www.investmentexecutive.com, 11/30/2007
United Arab Emirates : UAE one of world's most attractive expatriate destinations, in global personal taxation survey - www.menareport.com, 11/18/2007
USA: Sununuis right to fight taxation of Web access - Seacoastonline, 11/05/2007
USA: Former Florida Senate President prososes cutting property taxes by 45 percent - Herald Tribune, 11/05/2007
NEW ZEALAND: Labour
talks tax as accounts bulge - scoop.co.nz, 11/05/2007
VIETNAM: High tax
may scare investors away from stock market - VietNamNet, 11/05/2007
October 2007
USA: Tax break could benefit small businesses - The Sun, 10/24/2007
NEW ZEALAND: Goff at odds with Cullen on personal tax cuts - Scoop, 10/24/2007
UK: Pre-budget report - changes affecting non-UK domiciliaries - mondaq.com, 10/25/2007
USA: Lawmaker says tax conflict can be resolved with legislation - Kansas.com, 10/25/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: UK TreasuryConsults On New Offshore Funds Regime - TaxNews.com,10/15/2007
USA: Ron Paul on the Issues - Sticking to the Constitution - bellaonline.com, 10/15/2007
UK: Tories are on right scent, but we need a new type of tax - Guardian, 10/14/2007
September
USA: Paulson and Gutierrez urge permanent internet tax ban - Reuters, 09/26/2007
USA: Second-home sales could see higher taxes - Boston.com, 09/27/2007
NIGERIA: World bank, UNDP blame multiple taxation, corruption for investors' apathy - Allafrica.com, 09/25/2007
CANADA: Tory promises to cut wealth tax - Canoe, 09/27/2007
UK: Brown to 'deal with private equity' - Accountancy Age, 09/27/2007
UK: Private equity houses win CBI backing in tax debate - Financial News, 09/24/2007
BULGARIA: Lets see who supports low just taxes for all - Institute for Market Economics
UNITED KINGDOM: Tories 'to match Labour spending' - BBC News, 09/03/2007
SWITZERLAND: Swiss ease - The Lawyer.com, 09/03/2007
UNITED KINGDOM : Green taxes are a rip off says low tax lobby group - The Register, 09/03/2007
August
UNITED KINGDOM: Top Tories Back Away From Tax-Cutting Agenda - Tax News, 08/21/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: Tax surpluses help lift public finances in July - The Herald, 08/21/2007
AUSTRALIA: Australian Government Provides Tax Boost For Infrastructure Investment - Investorsoffshore.com, 08/21/2007
USA: Democrats to close tax door - Financial Times, 08/19/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: We’ll pay for any cuts in taxes by imposing green levies, say Tories - Times Online, 08/17/2007
FINLAND: Finland set for budget surplus in 2008 - Financial Times, 08/02/2007
EUROPEAN UNION: France and UK warm to green taxes - Financial Times, 08/02/2007
GERMANY: Calls grow to lift burden of Germany's solidarity tax - The Independent, 08/01/2007
July 2007
USA: Lobbyists avoid US fight over private equity tax - Financial Times, 07/30/2007
AUSTRIA: Austria urged not to abolish taxes - Financial Times, 07/14/2007
CHINA: Chinese tax revenues on course for new annual record - Tax News, 07/13/2007
EUROPEAN UNION: EU suspends WTO complaint against India - eubusiness.com, 07/16/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: Taxpayers have the right to know their rights - Accountancy Age, 07/12/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: UK fights to keep lower VAT - The Guardian, 07/06/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: Adviser defends buy-out tax regime - Financial Times, 07/05/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: Revenue's old secret weapon: abundant tact - Financial Times, 07/07/2007
SOUTH AFRICA: Taxation Laws Amendment Bills 2007 - mondaq.com, 07/06/2007
GREECE:
The European Commission is taking Greece to the European Court of
Justice, the EU's highest court, over the taxation of dividends from
foreign companies - Interactive Investor, 07/05/2007
June 2007
SOMALIA: Somali government seeks end to tax-free business - Reuters, 06/19/2007
EU: One week to european 3G lecense tax decision - Cellular News, 06/19/2007
CANADA: Tax freedom day comes early - reportonbusiness.com, 06/19/2007
USA: Supreme court turns down state tax cases - law.com, 06/18/2007
BULGARIA: Bulgarian socialists to discuss flat tax - Sofia News Agency, 06/15/2007
INDIA: Work on a simpler taxation system - Times of India, 06/16/007
UK: Call for foreign profits tax reform - Financial Times, 06/17/2007
UK: Osborne pledges allegiance to small businesses - startups, 06/12/2007
UK: Tax breaks urged for rich donors - The Financial Times,
BRAZIL: Brazil Denies Plan To Resume Foreign Investment Taxation - nasdaq.com, 06/07/2007
CHINA: Foreigners hope China law will boost private equity - Yahoo News, 06/07/2007
CHINA: Tax reprieve lifts Chinese shares - BBC News, 06/07/2007
UK: Bad Week For U.K. Private Equity - Forbes, 06/06/2007
UK: Labour members back 50% tax rate - The Sunday Times, 06/03/2007
USA: Property taxes spur revolts - Bloomberg News, 06/03/2007
JAPAN: Goverment's economic policy draft includes net financial income tax - Sharewatch.com, 06/03/2007
USA: Taxes Too Onerous To Bear - Connecticut News, 06/01/2007
SWITZERLAND: Swiss high court strikes down state tax favoring rich - International Herald Tribune, 06/01/2007
ZIMBABWE: Government Should Review Taxation Policies - allAfrica.com, 06/01/2007
May 2007
UK: Tax breaks urged for rich donors - The Financial Times, 05/30/2007
USA: Double Taxation? California Proposes CO2 Taxes In Addition to Guzzler Taxes - autospies.com, 30/05/2007
UK: Salmond faces taxation pressure -BBC News, 05/31/2007
IRELAND: EU tax report 'dangerously fuzzy' - Business World, 05/02/2007
IRELAND: IBEC (Irish Business and Employers Confederation) rejects EU tax proposals - The Post, 05/02/2007
April 2007
March 2007
CZECH REPUBLIC : Czech Government to Propose 15 Percent Flat Income Tax - Yahoo Finance, 03/26/2007
EU: EU Presses Germany, Austria To Change Income Tax Rules - Nasdaq.com, 03/26/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: UK's Brown prefers "green" incentives to penalties - Yahoo News, 03/2/2007
GERMANY: Germany Fine-Tunes Corporate-Tax Draft Law, Limits Losses - Bloomberg.com, 03/12/2007
NIGERIA: Must Stamp Duty Be a Never Ending Taxation? - Allafrica.com, 03/11/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: Money for nothing - The Guardian, 03/13/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: UK Tax Burden Approaching 'Tipping Point,' Bosses Warn - Tax News, 03/13/2007
CHINA: China will not levy stock investment tax - Forbes.com, 02/27/2007
January 2007
CHINA:China's taxation authorities promise to well advance corporate income tax reform - english.people.com, 24/01/2007
USA: Why tax cuts matter - by Steve Forbes for Heitage Foundation, 16/01/2007
USA: Congress under pressure to scrap the `stealth' alternative minimum tax -Chicago Tribune, 01/15/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: Viva la Revolution! - BBC News, 01/12/2007
SWITZERLAND: Wealthy foreigners face possible Swiss tax increase: official - The Nation, 01/15/2007CHINA: Tax revenues up 22% in 2006 - IndiaDaily, 01/02/2007
USA: Tax reform hot topic for 2007 - Bangor Daily News, 01/01/2007
USA: Property taxes still causes ire - Winona Daily News, 01/02/2007
UNITED KINGDOM: Property Companies Gain In London After Confirming REIT Move -nasdaq.com, 01/02/2007
November 2006
EUROPEAN UNION: EU Ministers try to fix taxing battles - Yahoo Finance, 11/27/2006
UNITED KINGDOM: UK tax regime "getting worse" - Cmbridge News, 11/27/2006
UNITED KINGDOM: Companies relocating overseas because of British taxes - AFP, 11/27/2006
USA: Tax inefficient mutual funds - It's time to revolt - Kansascity.com, 11/28/2006
CANADA: Tax rules may chill merger plans of oil firms - globeandmail.com, 11/20/2006
USA: Taxes and poverty -appeal-democrat.com, 11/21/2006
FRANCE: France to create coal tax, tighten pollution measures - The Tocqueville Connection, 11/13/2006
ROMANIA: Lower taxation level supported investments - nineoclock.ro, 11/13/2006
UNITED KINGDOM: Call to ease business tax burden - Financial Times, 11/13/2006
CANADA: Proposed changes to the taxation of income trusts - Yahoo Finance, 11/10/2006
INDIA: Why India must cut tax rates by half to prosper - Bloomberg.com, 11/13/2006
USA: Alternative minimum tax targeted - Washington Post, 11/11/2006
October 2006
KENYA: High tax, cost of fuel hinder manufacturing - allafrica.com, 10/11/2006
USA: Tax break set for U.S. expatriates - International Herald Tribune, 10/12/2006
GERMANY: No deal yet struck in German business tax reform-lawmaker -nasdaq.com, 10/12/2006
CANADA: BDO international tax conference brings world in Toronto - Yahoo Finance, 10/12/2006
POLAND: EU says Poland must update foreign lottery tax laws or face legal action - sharewatch.com, 10/12/2006
UNITED KINGDOM: Cut tax or lose more business, says CBI - Timesonline, 10/10/2006
UNITED KINGDOM: High tax "forces firms out of UK" - BBC News, 10/10/2006
BULGARIA: Bulgaria to cut profit tax to 10% mid '07 - Dnevnik, 10/05/2006
EUROPEAN UNION: Will EU consumers choose DRM or double taxation? - BetaNews, 10/07/2006
United Kingdom: HSBC:"we'll quit UK over tax" - Accountancy Age, 10/05/2006
AUSTRALIA: Wooside in tax battle after $555m hedging losses - The Sydney Morning Herald, 10/06/2006
European Union: European Commission plods on towards harmonized tax baze - Tax News, 10/05/2006
NIGERIA: Multiple Taxation - allAfrica.com, 10/05/2006
September2006
EUROPEAN UNION: VAT- The Commission launches infringement proceedings against Germany, Greece, Ireland and Italy-europa.eu
EUROPEAN UNION:Alcohol taxation - Commission proposes increases of minimum rates - europa.eu, 09/09/2006
EUROPEAN UNION: EU tax officials set sights on Asia - Financial Times.com, 09/03/2006
EUROPEAN UNION:Scepticism over EU tax plans for Asia - Financial Times, 09/04/2006
EUROPEAN UNION:EU looks to Asian havens for taxes on savings - Herald Tribune, 09/04/2006
CHINA: China to strenghten income tax collection from high earners - People's Daily Online, 22/09/2006
UK: Campbell in "fair tax" message - Yahoo News, 09/21/2006
GRECE: Cuts in taxation - ert.gr, 09/19/2006
Since 05/22/2006
CHINA: China may cut export tax rebates on metals products - Yahoo Asia News, 05/26/2006
SOUTH KOREA : South Korea still favours foreign investments - Financial Times, 05/26/2006
CANADA: Taxation measures in the 2006 Federl budget - mondaq.com, 05/23/2006
UNITED KINGDOM: Pensions to go up, as wel as taxes and working years - Yorkshire Post Today, 26/05/2006
NEW ZEALAND: Government creates retirement tax - Scoop Independent News, 05/24/2006
Since 03/20/2006
NIGERIA : Census Not for Taxation - allafrica.com, 03/21/2006
AZERBAIJAN: Elimination of double taxation between states promotes investment environment in country - azertag.com, 03/21/2006
Since 03/13/2006
USA: Tax fears still threaten reform - Montgomery Advertiser, 03/16/2006
EUROPEAN UNION: EU sizes up VAT rule for financial service - Yahoo News, 03/15/2006
CHINA: Data Shows Taxation Is Cooling China's Property Market - Tax News, 03/15/2006
CHINA: Tax revenue of China's secondary industry totals 6.3 trillion yuan in past five years - english.people.com, 03/16/2006
CANADA: Ontario Property Tax - Critical Dates - Hold Onto Your 2006 Assessment Notices! - mondaq.com, 03/15/2006
INDIA: Finance ministry to prepare paper on EET - Business Standard, 03/16/2006
UNITED KINGDOM: Institute attacks ad-hoc approach to tax law - Accountancy Age, 03/16/2006
Since 03/06/2006
CHINA: Weak Credit Profile, Taxation Cuts China Banks Profits - Yahoo Finance, 03/08/2006
PHILIPPINES: IMF urges Manila to boost taxation - Financial Times, 03/08/2006
USA: High property taxes driving a new revolt - Yahoo News, 03/08/2006
USA: Permanent Internet Tax Ban Proposed - Yahoo News, 03/06/2006
USA: Gov. Bush: 'Not a year for caution' - Miami Herald, 03/08/2006
GHANA: Exempt exemplary companies from "Withholding Tax" - ghanaweb.com, 03/07/2006
AUSTRALIA: Govt looks at taxation reform - abc.net 02/207/2006
CHINA: China sets favored taxation policies for knowledge-based enterprises - english.people.com 02/27/2006
ROMANIA: EU concerned with macroeconomic imbalances and taxation base - Nine o'clock 02/27/2006
USA: Tax on business travelers? - Yahoo News 02/27/2006
USA: Capital gains taxes: There's more than one rate - Yahoo Finance 02/27/2006
CHINA: Weak Credit Profile, Taxation Cuts China Banks Profits - Yahoo Finance, 03/08/2006
PHILIPPINES: IMF urges Manila to boost taxation - Financial Times, 03/08/2006
USA: Congressman Wants Internet Sales Taxes Permanently Banned - Fox News, 03/06/2006
Since 02/13/2006
AUSTRALIA: Cut tax! Reserve boss tells Costello - The Advertiser 02/18/2006
UNITED KINGDOM:Committee passes flat tax bill - Daily Herald 02/15/2006
ROMANIA: Fin Min promises taxation will remain unchanged this year - Nine o'clock 02/16/2006
UNITED KINGDOM: Stand-off over council tax talks - BBC News 02/14/2006
USA:Democrats on Innovation: Democratic Agenda Means More Taxation, Litigation, and Regulation, Says Hastert - Yahoo news 02/12/2006
UNITED KINGDOM:FDs defend Brown's oil tax policy - Accountancy Age 02/14/2006
SWITZERLAND: Swiss defend corporate tax regime - Financial Times 02/14/2006
EUROPEAN UNION: EU25 Tax Burden Fell In 2004 - Tax News 02/14/2006
MALTA: Proposals on tax reform by June - Times of Malta 02/13/2006
AUSTRALIA: Vow to simplify tax system - Herald Sun 02/13/2006
Since 02/06/2006
UNITED KINGDOM: New Daily Express campaign against inheritance tax - taxpayersalliance.com 02/09/2006
CHINA: Individual income tax threshold raised to 4 800 yuan for foreigners - English.people.com.cn 02/08/2006
ROMANIA: Corruption lingers in tax administration, taxpayers believe -nineoclock.ro 02/08/2006
Since 01/23/2006
GHANA: GHANA LOSING PORT REVENUE TO TOGO. As high taxation, custom duties scare away importers - Ghanian-cronicle.com 01/27/2006
USA: Communications tax changes advance - Timesdispatch.com 01/207/2006CHINA: Income tax payable on consolidated data in 5 kinds of firms in China- au.biz.yahoo.com 01/26/2006
INDIA - Deciding the tax rate - factor in the bribe rate too - thehindubusinessline.com 01/26/2006
Since 01/01/2006
FRANCE: Chirac to reform social security regime for business - Tax-News.com 09/01/2006
USA: Snow urges US business to lobby Congress for tax cuts - News. com Washington 09/01/2006
SPAIN: Spanish Government aims to cut Corporate tax : Tax-news.com 09/01/2006
USA: A Muzzle on the Mouth of the State - Ludwig von Mises Institute 03/01/2006
Since 02/27/2006
INDIA: Free-of-cost services may be taxed - rediff.com 03/02/2006
USA: State has right to set own tax policy - The Inquirer 03/02/2006
JAPAN: Man who negotiated U.S. cellphone patents suspected of tax evasion - Yahoo News 03/01/2006
AUSTRALIA: Budget Tax Cuts Seem Done Deal - Yahoo News 03/01/2006
AUSTRALIA: Underground economy baffles Tax Office - Sydney Morning Herald 03/01/2006
