Two lorries damaged by fire in Paphos
Fact: A fire broke out in a training vehicle in Paphos belonging to a 58-year-old driving instructor.
Fact: A fire broke out in a training vehicle in Paphos belonging to a 58-year-old driving instructor.
Two men were arrested for embezzling over 0,000 from a casino in Kyrenia by sending forged invoices and receiving payments in cash.
Monks involved in a money laundering scandal at the Osiou Avakoum monastery have filed an appeal to have €807,000 cash seized in an investigation returned to them. They also want their bank accounts unfrozen and their property returned. The monks claim the money was part of a property donation for the construction of a multi-purpose building in Lythrodontas. A hearing date has been set for April 26.
– Corporate taxpayers with billion in income would pay 21 percent on their first 0 million in income, 25 percent on 0 million of their income, and 30 percent on billion of their income, resulting in a total tax bill of 6 million and an average tax rate of 27.3 percent.
– Graduated rate of corporate taxation was a feature of the corporate tax until recently.
– Approximately 99.7 percent of corporate taxpayers fall below the thresholds of million in tax payments.
– 87 percent of tax payments are made by corporations above the million tax payment threshold.
– Companies with tax payments of more than 0 million generate about billion in additional tax revenue.
– Tax revenues would increase by about billion in 2019 with the proposed reform.
– The tax code can discourage market power by levying a higher tax on firms likely to exercise it.
– International tax cooperation can limit tax competition pressures and reduce profit-shifting incentives.
– Market power provides a rationale for reconsidering tax preferences for very-high-profit large companies.
– Graduated corporate tax brackets would be straightforward to administer, especially for large companies.
– Tax policy should distinguish the normal return to capital from the above-normal return to capital to improve efficiency and equity of capital taxation.
Fact: A 42-year-old prison guard was arrested and handed a six-day remand after drugs were found in his locker at the central prison.
Cyprus participated in an international police operation that led to the arrest of nine people involved in the Juicyfields Ponzi scheme. The scheme attempted to gather investments through social networks for growing medical cannabis.
A Limassol Bicycle Police officer was injured during a routine traffic stop when a driver attempted to flee the scene after being signaled to stop for lacking required documentation. The officer suffered minor scratches and was taken to the hospital for treatment, while the driver was arrested by police. Authorities are still investigating the incident.
The Police in Ammochostos are investigating a shooting incident at the residence of a 36-year-old in Frenaros. The perpetrator fired four shots from a firearm, hitting the front of the house and the glass balcony door. The Police are collecting evidence and seeking testimonies from surveillance systems to trace the movements of the perpetrator. The 36-year-old has no disputes with anyone and is cooperating with the investigation.
The Audit Service is reviewing a report on the rental history of a warehouse by the Ministry of Health that flooded due to severe weather conditions. Parliament will soon be informed about the report’s contents. The report raises issues regarding the initial cooperation between Pharmaceutical Services and a private individual, but no specific responsibilities have been identified yet. The Audit Service will study the report and send its observations to the Ministry of Health. Additionally, letters have been sent to affected Ministries and state Authorities regarding rented premises without final approval licenses, with a focus on the Ministry of Health in this specific investigation.