GENEVA (AP) – A Swiss region that has billed itself as a hub for high-tech finance said Thursday that it plans to accept cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ether for tax payments starting next year.
Environmental groups pressured states to resume taxing single-use plastic bags, claiming reusable bags will not spread COVID-19.
The PM is being lobbied by colleagues to not ramp up taxation to pay off the huge extra spending incurred for coronavirus aid.
The UK govt will attempt to mitigate the economic, social, and business impacts of the coronavirus outbreak with tax cuts and new spending.
Mission Impossible star Simon Pegg has signed an open letter demanding that multi-millionaires like himself should pay more tax.
Bibles are exempt from President Trump’s upcoming tariff increases on Chinese goods following book publishers’ warnings of a “Bible tax.”
Poland is abolishing income tax for millions of young people, in order to discourage “brain drain” and encourage young emigrants who have abandoned the country for other EU member-states under the Free Movement migration regime to come home.
President Donald Trump threatened France and French President Emanuel Macron after the latter signed a new digital tax on American tech companies. “We will announce a substantial reciprocal action on Macron’s foolishness shortly,” Trump wrote.
The BBC will send “outreach” officers to over-75s to remind them that they will now have to pay to watch television, after it scrapped free licences for senior citizens.
Local council bosses are being paid up to half a million pounds a year, salaries more than three times that of the Prime Minister, according to the annual town hall rich list.
The French Government considering bold tax cuts as a means to address the concerns driving the Yellow Vest protest movement, which is now in its 21st week.
The Trump administration has ensured that tax return checks will go out despite an ongoing partial government shutdown.
French President Emmanuel Macron used his New Year’s televised address to lash out at the populist Yellow Vest protestors who have taken to the streets through November and December to oppose his globalist policies, accusing them of anti-Semitism and other defects.
The state of California has abandoned its plan to begin taxing text messages in January, which would have allegedly been used to fund cell phone access for the poor.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff celebrated the victory of the controversial “Proposition C” homelessness tax in San Francisco, which tore Silicon Valley leaders apart leading up to election day.
The European Union (EU) is plotting to control the UK’s tax policy after Brexit and block the British from lowering rates, leaked documents have revealed.
(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.
