Not Feeding the Five Thousand: Russia Sanctions Drive Up Cost of Bread, Fish In UK
Britons face a sharp increase in the cost of basic staples as a consequence of the sanctions war with Russia, with the price of whitefish set to significantly rise.
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No Help For Cold Britons: Oath-Breaking Boris Punishes MP Who Voted to Cut Heating Tax
The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sacked a Conservative MP following her vote to cut VAT on energy bills.
Brexit Britain Abolishes EU ‘Tampon Tax’
The “sexist” European Union tax on tampons has been abolished in the United Kingdom following the departure from the bloc at the end of the Brexit transition period.
Fact Check: Yang Claims European Wealth Taxes Failed, Likes Sales Taxes All Would Pay
Democrat candidate Andrew Yang said at the Democrat debate that wealth taxes have failed in other western countries that have imposed them.
Tories Could Drop Promise Not to Raise Tax, Chancellor Says
The Conservatives may drop a 2015 pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance, and VAT, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has suggested.
Exclusive–Sen. David Perdue: Border Adjustment Tax ‘Hammers’ Lower and Middle-Class Consumers
The outsider-businessman senator from Georgia told Breitbart News he opposes attempts in Congress to create a Border Adjustment Tax because it is an unfair shifting of the tax burden onto regular consumers and disrupts America’s nascent economic recovery.
UKIP Leader Paul Nuttall Speech: Slash Tax on Fish and Chips, Protect the NHS, Cut Foreign Aid
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has promised to go after corporate tax evasion, whilst slashing tax on food such as fish and chips and protecting the National Health Service (NHS) for working people.
Want to Create U.S. Jobs? Forget the BAT, and Lower Corporate Taxes
Part of the plan being advanced by House Republicans is something called a Border Adjustment Tax (BAT), and it could kill our company.
Israel To Tax Foreign Companies’ Online Activities
Israel is to start collecting value added tax (VAT) and income taxes from foreign companies that do substantial business over the Internet in Israel. Under new guidelines issued by the Israel Tax Authority on Monday, foreign companies that operate websites
Lawmaker Puts Blimp Reading ‘Google Must Pay Tax’ Outside Company’s Tel Aviv Office
TEL AVIV – “Google must pay tax” was the slogan emblazoned on a blimp next to the Internet giant’s Tel Aviv offices on Sunday, launched by MK Yoav Kisch (Likud) to promote a bill he sponsored. Kisch, a pilot, is one of many activists seeking to close a loophole by which multinational corporations that do business in Israel avoid charging Israelis value-added tax by not registering in the country.
Russia Threatens ‘Technology Tax’ Against Google, Apple, Facebook
German Klimenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “Internet adviser,” is considering a “technology tax” on Internet giants like Google, Apple, and Facebook to create “more equal working conditions” with Russian tech companies.
Brits Of All Incomes Struggling Under Massive Tax Burden
The poorest people in the UK pay out nearly half of their income in taxes, new research has found. At the other end of the scale, the richest 10 per cent pay out nearly £30,000 a year more than they
EU to UK: You’re Not Allowed to Cut Taxes on Energy Usage… Even Though We Tell You To
The European Court of Justice has today handed down a bizarre ruling to the British government, demanding that despite Europe’s constant hectoring over carbon emissions, the UK may not seek to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on energy-saving materials to increase its
Labour Party Fall Silent On Pledge To Scrap Tampon Tax As EU Admits It’s Down To Them
The Labour Party appear to have backtracked on their pledge to scrap the ‘Tampon Tax’ only days after it was first made, as the European Commission admit that MPs in Westminster would be powerless to scrap the VAT. With a
Over 200 Firms Close within Days of EU VAT Regulations Coming into Force
More than 200 small firms have already stopped trading in the first two weeks of the new year thanks to new VAT rules imposed by the European Union. The companies say they have been forced to abandon trading because the
