Dzień: 3 grudnia, 2014

In dubio pro tributario

Dziś w papierowej Rzepie był mój felieton o tym, co Pan Prezydent Komorowski zrobi jutro. Żadna tajemnica, bo we wtorek z Kancelarii Prezydenta wyszły zaproszenia na to wydarzenie.

B2B: 'Deoffshorization.’ What Else Can a Bright Tax Future Bring?

By the end of the year, Russia is expected to make changes to the Internal Revenue Code on the control of foreign companies. It is an important law for the „deoffshorization” of the Russian economy, which is one of the most discussed topics in Russian business. Russia is the last of the largest world economies to create an institute of controlled foreign companies in national taxation law.

Ruble Climbs as Russia Tax Deadline Spurs Demand From Exporters

The ruble gained for a second day as a rebound in oil and an approaching tax deadline prompted some Russian exporters to sell foreign currency. The ruble rose 0.8 percent to 46.75 against the dollar at 1:32 p.m. in Moscow. Ten-year government-bond yields fell from a five-year high, declining eight basis points to 10.27 percent. Brent crude gained 0.5 percent to $79.73, after falling as much as 0.6 percent.

Taxes on soap, alcohol among Hungary’s latest levies

Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday approved new taxes on soap, alcohol, advertising and supermarkets, the latest in a series of unorthodox levies put forward by controversial Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The new measures came after a proposed Internet tax on downloads was shelved last month following major protests.

Corporate tax rate down; tax revenues up

While corporation tax payments in the UK have declined by 7.4% (?0.5bn) on last year, this was driven largely by high operating costs and capital investment in 2014, and by lower tax receipts from the North Sea companies. Stripping out oil & gas companies, corporation tax actually increased by 6.7%,  according to a survey by PwC.

Markets Everywhere

The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.