Archive for Offshore Financial News

Tax-News.com: Norway Urged To Revise Fiscal Policy

Tax-News.com: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has called on Norwegian
authorities to revise fiscal policy in light of the nation’s recovering
economy.

Tax-News.com: Tax Relief For California Storm Victims

Tax-News.com: The State of California’s Franchise Tax Board on March 9 announced
special tax relief for California taxpayers affected by the recent severe winter
storms that started in January.

Tax-News.com: Australia And Chile Sign DTA

Tax-News.com: Australia’s Assistant Treasurer, Nick Sherry, has announced that Australia
and Chile have signed a comprehensive bilateral double taxation agreement – the second such agreement between Australia and a South American country.

Tax-News.com: Canada To Ratify Colombia FTA

Tax-News.com: Peter Van Loan, Canadian Minister of International Trade, and Jean-Pierre Blackburn,
Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State (Agriculture), on March 10
tabled legislation to implement the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

Tax-News.com: OECD Praises Portugal’s Fiscal Plan

Tax-News.com: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has welcomed
Portugal’s fiscal consolidation plan, emphasizing that it will serve to
support growth.

Tax-News.com: Amazon Retaliates Against Colorado

Tax-News.com: Amazon.com cut ties with its Colorado affiliate marketers on March 8 after
the US state forged ahead with its plan to introduce a mandatory Internet sales
tax on e-businesses with an annual turnover exceeding USD100,000.

Tax-News.com: Bahrain And UK Sign DTA

Tax-News.com: The Kingdom of Bahrain’s Minister of Finance, Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed
Al Khalifa, and UK ambassador, Jamie Bowden, signed
a comprehensive double taxation agreement between the two countries in Manama
on March 10.

Tax-News.com: Swiss German Tax Talks Resume

Tax-News.com: During a recent visit to Berlin, Switzerland’s State Secretary Michael
Ambühl, Head of the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters in the Federal Department of Finance, met with representatives of
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Finance and Federal Chancellery to exchange ideas
on current financial and tax policy issues.

Tax-News.com: Swiss Financial Centre Plan Unveiled

Tax-News.com: Switzerland’s ruling Liberal party, the FDP, has announced its intention to adopt
a more developed and concrete strategy for the Swiss financial centre, in order
to address the challenges it faces and to proactively strengthen its
position.

Tax-News.com: Lord Paul Relinquishes Non-Dom Status

Tax-News.com: Lord Paul, a Labour member of the House of Lords and a major
financial backer of the UK’s governing party, has said that he intends
to relinquish his non-domiciled status for tax purposes and pay full UK
taxes on his income.

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