Tag: tax

(AP) — Hungarian lawmakers have approved a 25 percent tax on financial or material support for groups promoting migration.

Reported government plans to squeeze motorists of even more cash to fund spending rises have been slammed by campaigners pointing out that UK drivers are already “the highest taxed in the world”.

Leading pro-Brexit Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has slammed Theresa May’s government for seemingly breaking an election promise and moving towards tax hikes to fund the UK’s socialised healthcare system.

President Donald Trump celebrated the end of the old system of filing taxes on Tax Day and touted the benefits of reform.

New York rap star Cardi B railed against federal and state government in an epic video rant demanding greater transparency about how her tax dollars are spent.

Apple is reportedly giving $2,500 bonuses to most global employees in stock units thanks to President Trump’s new tax law.

The European Union (EU) is considering new taxes to make up for Britain’s lost financial contributions after Brexit.

Will Democrats and progressive activists apologize for their steadfast opposition to tax cuts now that the benefits to their so-called constituents have become so clear?

Don’t hold your breath.

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Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, is set to hike council taxes for all residents of the city, claiming he is “left with no choice in order to help keep Londoners safe”.

The recently released Paradise Papers, which detail the tax affairs of some of the world’s wealthiest people, have revealed the offshore sites used by Apple to avoid paying billions in taxes.

The European Union has ordered Amazon to pay nearly $300 million over an alleged “illegal tax advantage,” according to a report.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Amazon has to pay $295 million in back taxes to Luxembourg, the European Union ordered Wednesday, in its latest attempt to tighten the screws on multinationals it says are avoiding taxes through sweetheart deals with individual EU states.

The Trump Administration has proposed a foreign profits tax for large companies in their new tax plan, garnering criticism from lobbyists.

New York City is now the most expensive place in the U.S. to buy cigarettes thanks to a new price hike Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law Monday.

On Thursday the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld California’s fee on firearms transfers, describing the fee as a “minimal” burden on the Second Amendment.

Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed how Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg lobbied the Irish Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, over the replacement candidate for the role of Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland.

Prime Minister Theresa May has refused to rule out tax rises or to stand by the pensions “triple lock” if her government is returned to power on June 8th.

Austria’s ruling Social Democratic Party seeks to impose a “digital barter” tax on online services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google.

While Americans are scrambling to meet the 2016 tax filing deadline, the number of illegal immigrants submitting their returns in the present climate are reportedly down significantly. Also, a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) report exposing significant refund fraud has “most certainly contributed to it,” says the taxpayer advocate department within the IRS.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s budget chief is suggesting that member countries could in the future put aside a portion of their tax revenues from oil to help finance the bloc.

Breitbart’s editor-in-chief Alex Marlow interviewed House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady on reforming the tax code, the proposed border-adjustment tax, and abolishing the death tax.

David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign manager, was fined $90,000 by the Chicago Board of Ethics in a 5-0 vote for improperly lobbying Mayor Rahm Emanuel on behalf of Uber Technologies.

“The devil is in the details,” Bernie Sanders said. “We’ve got to see what these regulations are. It’s very easy to blame Barack Obama for everything, by the way. Some of those regulations may be state, may be local,” the Vermont senator said.

The city council of Pasadena, California has come under fire recently after announcing a plan to implement 9.4% tax on video streaming services – a Netflix tax.

The Immigration Law Reform Institute, which is an affiliate of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, is preparing a legal claim to pressure the Internal Revenue Service to end the SPLC’s non-profit status. If that happens, donors wouldn’t get tax deductions for giving to the group.

PARIS (Reuters) – France will “go all the way” to ensure that multinationals operating on its soil pay their taxes and more cases could follow after Google and McDonald’s were targeted by tax raids, Finance Minister Michel Sapin said. Sapin,

Voters in California will face a tidal wave of ballot measures in the November general election, on issues from the death penalty and condoms to marijuana and plastic bags.

The BBC will be regulated by Ofcom following its charter renewal, the Government has announced, and will be expected to buy more of its content from independent producers, driving up competition in the sector. But those hoping for an end

David Cameron’s Brokeback-Mountain-style relationship with the European Union (EU) is paying dividends: the pal he appointed as Britain’s EU Commissioner has ridden to the edge of the swamp, cast a lasso over the besmirched prime minister and begun heaving him

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour party demanded on Sunday that the finance ministry explain how it arrived at a back tax payment by Internet giant Google that has put the government on the back foot. The settlement of 130

Politico reports that members of the supposedly anti-establishment House Freedom Caucus are offering excuses to shield House Speaker Paul Ryan from getting the blame for his closed-door, budget-busting, welfare-extending, refugee-boosting, illegal-immigrant-funding, job-outsourcing, regulation-preserving, $1.8 trillion spending-and-tax plan, which has thrilled Democrats and angered GOP voters.

The revolting $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill Republicans dumped on their astonished voters has one – possibly only one – bright spot: the bailout corridors for ObamaCare remain blocked. If Democrats were able to soak taxpayers to keep Obama’s health care disaster floating, they’d do it in a hot second.

Conflicting reports are emerging from Germany, with some claiming the federal government is thinking of imposing a “solidarity tax” or “Soli” on its resident tax payers in order to help pay for the migrant crisis. Government sources are refuting the

Trump’s tax plan is designed to gain Republican support from populations that tend to vote Democrat by eliminating federal income taxes on 61 percent of black and 55 percent of Hispanic couples, while eliminating income taxes on almost 50 percent of millennial women.