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Poland, Portugal,
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Thailand, United Kingdom,
Uruguay,
Vanuatu, Vietnam,
and in other nations. Tax laws change frequently both internationally and in
individual tax havens and other nations because of newly-enacted legislation
and newly-issued tax regulations, tax rulings, and court tax case decisions that
interpret, administer, and enforce the tax laws.
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Tax Planning News
Updates
►AUSTRALIA:
Australia
BVI Tax Information Exchange
●Australia
Tax Commissioner warns against using
tax
evasion arrangements in Vanuatu
►ALGERIA:
Algeria's tax on new cars
sends prices high
►BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS:
Australia
BVI Tax Information Exchange
►CANADA:
Conference Board of Canada Recommends the
Elimination of
Canadian Capital
Taxes in All Jurisdictions
►CHILE:
Chile Announces USD1
Billion Tax Cut Package
►CHINA:
China’s Tax Rates
for 2008 and Onward
►COLOMBIA:
New Colombia
Double taxation treaties with
Spain, Mexico, and Canada
►CYPRUS:
Confidentiality changes boost
Cyprus tax
treaty efforts
►DENMARK: OECD
report ranks Denmark as highest-tax country
►DUBAI: Use a
Dubai Single
Family Office to manage
private family wealth anywhere in the world.
►EGYPT: Egyptian Parliament Approves
New Property Tax Law
►FRANCE:
New UK-France Double Tax
Treaty
►GERMANY:
●Germany
Wants Switzerland 'Blacklisted'
In New OECD Offshore Clampdown
●Germany reels over fat
cat tax probe of
Liechtenstein, Monaco, and Andorra banks
●German
Business Tax Reform 2008
►GIBRALTAR:
Gibraltar
cuts corporate tax rate
►GREECE:
Greek Proposed
Income Tax Rate Changes for 2009
►HONG
KONG: Hong Kong Tax
Cuts 2008-2009
►INDIA:
India extends
5-yr tax holiday for all hospitals
►IRAN:
Iran
suspends sales tax after rare merchant strike
►IRELAND:
World’s Biggest
Advertising Agency to
quit UK
for Ireland for tax reasons
►Ireland
Increases its Research & Development Tax Credit to 25% in 2009
►ISRAEL:
Israel
Approves
Ten-Year Tax Exemption
●Israel
Plans to Cut Corporate and Personal Income Tax Rates
►ITALY:
Italy and Bulgaria -
Leaders in
Tax
Misrepresentation
►LUXEMBOURG:
Luxembourg aims to
eliminate
withholding
tax on dividends
►MALTA:
Malta
and US Sign New Tax Treaty
►MEXICO:
Mexico's top court says
Cemex owes
tax haven
money
►MONACO:
UK Chancellor Alistair Darling hases rich in
Monaco tax-free haven
►MOROCCO:
Morocco increases VAT
on Real Estate
►NETHERLANDS:
The
Netherlands and Saudi Arabia sign new tax treaty
►NEW ZEALAND: 2009
New Zealand Tax Law
Changes
►NORWAY:
Confidential data on millions of Norwegians sent
to media by mistake
►PHILIPPINES:
Fake Philippines Tax
Collectors on the
Prowl During Tax Return Filing Season
►POLAND:
Polish Special Economic Zones
●Poland
Plans on New Flat Rate Income Tax beginning in 2010 or 2011
►PORTUGAL:
Portugal to cut
business tax rate effective 2009
►RUSSIA:
Russia
targeting tax
fraud lawyers
►SAUDI ARABIA:
The
Netherlands and Saudi Arabia sign new tax treaty
►SINGAPORE:
New
Singapore Tax Benefits
for 2008-9
►SLOVENIA:
Slovenia Cuts
Corporate Income Tax Rates over
2008, 2009,
and 2010
►SOUTH AFRICA:
Africa more
aggressive on tax
collection
because of international economic slow down
►SPAIN:
Spain wants 'tax haven'
Gibraltar
blacklisted
►SWEDEN:
Swedish 2009 Budget Cuts
Taxes
►SWITZERLAND:
●Switzerland
Cooperating with European Union
on
Value-Added Tax Evasion
●Switzerland
Improves Corporate Tax Position
●Germany
Wants Switzerland 'Blacklisted'
In New OECD Offshore Clampdown
►UK:
●New
UK-France
Double Tax Treaty
●United
Kingdom Double Taxation Conventions August, 2008
►USA:
●IRS
Research Tax Credit Renewed Retroactively for
2008 and Also
Extended Through 2009
●October 15, 2008,
Deadline for Retirees & Disabled
Veterans To
File for Economic
Stimulus Payment
●Tax
breaks big and small sweeten financial bailout
●Time
Is Running Out for Businesses to Benefit
from New
2008 Business Tax
Breaks
●IRS
Warns of New Email/Phone Scams
Using IRS Name
●U.S.
Senate Examines
Cayman Islands Tax Shelters
●IRS
seeks reports on
Americans' foreign bank accounts
●Five
income tax return red flags that increase your risk of an IRS audit
►URUGUAY:
Uruguay New Taxes
Undermine Its Tax
Haven Reputation
►INTERNATIONAL
TAX PLANNING & TAX HAVENS
●New
OECD Against
Tax Havens and Countries that
Have Excessive Bank
Secrecy Laws
●New
Video Moral Case for Tax Havens
●Famous Brazilian driver Castroneves indicted
October 2, 2008, by USA for
offshore
tax evasion
●Tax
havens
growing in
popularity
for
upper middle-class
professionals
●Offshore
Financial Centers Try To Change Their
Tax Haven Reputation
●Brazil
Declares
Delaware as Tax Haven
●Australian
tax investigation forces
Vanuatu to
abandon banking secrecy
●Australia
Tax Commissioner warns against using
tax
evasion arrangements in Vanuatu
●Low-tax
jurisdictions such as offshore financial centers
and
tax competition promote global prosperity.
●Malaysia's
Labuan
Offshore Financial Center
Targets 50,000 Companies By 2012
●Netherlands
Antilles tax information exchange
agreement with New Zealand comes into force |