Tax-News.com: The International Accounting Standards Board in London made tentative decisions on accounting for income tax at its sessions on July 19 – 23, 2010. The US Financial Accounting Standards Board joined some sessions.
Tax-News.com: Iain Duncan-Smith, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the UK coalition government, is expected to formally unveil today (July 30) plans for a radical overhaul of the benefits system which could see low income tax credits swep…
Tax-News.com: Small Business Minister, Maurice Williamson, has announced that New Zealand’s
government has re-launched a website to help small and medium-sized enterprises save time and money.
Tax-News.com: Colombia and Korea have signed an agreement to avoid double taxation and a financial cooperation agreement in Bogota.
Tax-News.com: The Bahamas government has published details of the Business Licence
Bill, 2010, which contains proposals to overhaul the islands’ licensing regime to enhance
its efficiency and attractiveness to prospective investors.
Tax-News.com: The American Farm Bureau Federation, the Coalition of Service Industries and the National Association of Manufacturers have put forward a comprehensive
approach to increase United States exports, including the negotiation of new free
tr…
Tax-News.com: A UK parliamentary committee is to hold an inquiry into the business tax regime in Northern Ireland with a view to recommending how Ulster can compete more effectively with its low-tax neighbour to the south.
Tax-News.com: US President Barack Obama has used a meeting with a group of small business owners
in New Jersey to urge the Senate to pass the proposed small business legislation,
to strengthen those firms that, he hopes, will be able to create jobs a…
Tax-News.com: The Jersey Financial Services Commission on July 27 published a consultation paper
setting out proposals for an increase in regulatory fees for deposit-taking business.
Tax-News.com: The coalition opposition, led by the Liberal party’s Tony Abbott, has made
an electoral commitment to reduce company tax in Australia from the current 30%
to 28.5%, in competition with the Labor government’s existing commitment
to …