Analysis: Morningstar DBRS Just a day to the UK general election on 4th July and a change in government looks imminent. The Labour party has continued to lead in the voting intention polls and if polls prove right, Labour will form the next government. After 14 years of a Conservative-led government, a change to Labour … Read more
The EURJPY currency pair traded in positive territory for the sixth consecutive day near 173.80 on Wednesday during the early European session. The Yen weakened after the data showed that Japanese business activity turned contractionary in June. The final reading of Japan’s Services PMI fell to 49.4 in June from 49.8 in May. This figure … Read more
NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka provided the following testimony to the Assembly Budget Committee on Wednesday night regarding bill A-4704/S-3513, which calls for a Corporate Transit Tax of 2.5% on New Jersey businesses with net income of $10 million, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2024, despite Gov. Phil Murphy’s prior decision to sunset a 2.5% … Read more
On June 6-7, 2024, over 20 union representatives from the Caribbean region convened at the historic headquarters of the Antiguan Workers’ Union for a workshop on corporate tax justice and sustainable development models. The event, part of the NUTJ’s global capacity-building efforts, featured insights on corporate tax avoidance, emphasising the necessity of analysing CIT policy … Read more
EURUSD remains on the backfoot on Tuesday, slightly above 1.0700, as the major currency pair comes under pressure due to expected decline in the preliminary Eurozone HICP data for June. The annual Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices decelerated to 2.5%, as expected, year-on-year from May’s reading of 2.6%. In the same period, the core HICP, which … Read more
Wealth Tax Impact: Details & Analysis | Tax Foundation Skip to content Colombia, Norway, Spain, and Switzerland. Countries have repealed their wealth taxes for a variety of reasons. They raise little revenue, create high administrative costs, and induce an outflow of wealthy individuals and their money. Many policymakers have also recognized that high taxes on … Read more
Investment is the engine of growth.A permanently high corporation tax (CT) rate could severely damage future investment into the UK and stifle homegrown entrepreneurship at a time when this country needs both desperately.Is there an alternative? Perhaps our nearest neighbour provides the perfect example.Let’s look at Ireland’s experience of a long-term tax strategy and a … Read more
It cannot be stressed enough that the corporation as a taxpaying entity is a fiction. And the previous assertion should in no way be construed as a suggestion that corporations pay no taxes. Quite the opposite. At the same time, this write-up’s opening line is just a comment that shareholders pay all corporate taxes, which … Read more
A drive by Türkiye ‘s government to modernize the country’s tax system will seek to boost revenue by tackling tax avoidance and scrapping incentives that are no longer needed rather than raising the overall burden, the finance minister said on Monday. Mehmet Simsek said, however, that preliminary draft proposals being discussed within the government envisioned … Read more
EURUSD gained 0.50% and jumped to a more than two-week high near 1.0770 in Monday’s European trading. The major currency pair strengthened as initial results of the first round of France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday showed that Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally is in a comfortable position, but with a smaller margin than projected … Read more