2024 UK General Election Manifestos: What do we know, and what do we think we know? | Travers Smith

2024 UK General Election Manifestos: What do we know, and what do we think we know? | Travers Smith

3. VAT on Private Schools The Labour Party have announced its proposal to end the VAT exemption on fees for private schools if they win the next general election. Currently private schools benefit from an exemption from VAT by two means: the first is under the general exemption for the provision of education by eligible … Read more

As CEOs focus on stopping corporate tax hikes, Biden’s team makes case to them on global alliances – Daily Independent

As CEOs focus on stopping corporate tax hikes, Biden's team makes case to them on global alliances - Daily Independent

By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s chief of staff argued to an influential group of CEOs Thursday that the Democratic incumbent’s emphasis on global alliances would help their businesses, even as the group rolls out an effort to preserve tax cuts that former President Donald Trump signed into law. Both Trump, the … Read more

Trump offers CEOs a cut to corporate taxes. Biden’s team touts his support for global alliances

Trump offers CEOs a cut to corporate taxes. Biden's team touts his support for global alliances

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump told an influential group of CEOs that he wants to further cut the corporate tax rate he lowered while in office, while President Joe Biden’s chief of staff separately told them that the Democratic incumbent’s emphasis on global alliances would help their businesses.Both Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, and … Read more

Oregon Ballot Measure Would Yield Sky-High Business Tax Rates

Oregon Ballot Measure Would Yield Sky-High Business Tax Rates

Oregon Ballot Measure IP-17 | Oregon Rebate: Details & Analysis Skip to content Home • Blog • Oregon Ballot Measure Would Yield Sky-High Business Tax Rates Oregon state and local taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general … Read more

Tenders for controversial fish farms to go ahead

Tenders for controversial fish farms to go ahead

Over the objections of the auditor-general and environmental groups, it was reported on Monday that the government is going ahead with the tenders’ process for the construction of fish farms in the area of Pentakomo.The €34 million project is being run by the Department of Fisheries and Marine Research. Both the auditor-general as well as … Read more

Key Considerations For Starting A Business In Bulgaria 2024

Key Considerations For Starting A Business In Bulgaria 2024

Bulgaria has a unique and rich cultural heritage and a growing tech industry. The country is known for its vibrant folklore traditions and the rapid development of its IT sector. Many entrepreneurs are attracted to Bulgaria and consider it a prime location for starting a business. However, there are specific factors to consider, such as … Read more

ECB, US data to dominate action

ECB, US data to dominate action

Following Wednesday’s choppy action in foreign exchange markets, investors are gearing up for key events that could ramp up the volatility. The European Central Bank will announce monetary policy decisions on Thursday and the US economic calendar will feature weekly Initial Jobless Claims and Unit Labor Costs data for the first quarter ahead of Friday’s … Read more

Cash rolling for Government but pace of spending hikes is accelerating

Cash rolling for Government but pace of spending hikes is accelerating

But spending is more than keeping pace, up €5bn on the same period last year, according to new Exchequer figures published by the Department of Finance.Most reassuring to the Government will be the bounce-back in corporation tax, an increasingly important source of revenue for the Exchequer. Some €3.6bn was collected in May, up €0.8bn or … Read more

Silver recovers to $30.60 on Fed rate-cut prospects

Silver recovers to $30.60 on Fed rate-cut prospects

Silver recovered further to $30.60 in Thursday’s Asian trading. The white metal discovers strong buying interest, as normalising US labour market conditions boost speculation that the Federal Reserve will start reducing interest rates in the September meeting. The CME FedWatch tool shows that traders see a 68% chance for rate cuts in September. The probability … Read more

Dollar rebounds on positive risk sentiment, weak Yen

Dollar rebounds on positive risk sentiment, weak Yen

USDJPY bulls are further encouraged by a weakening Japanese Yen following data that shows real wages declining for the 25th straight month in April, as domestic inflation in Japan continues to outpace wage growth. The data will make it harder for the Bank of Japan to normalise policy, as it hopes to lift the bank’s … Read more