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Stories that are tagged 'artisans'

Monti Defends Italian Tax Collectors
5/18/2012
In his remarks during a meeting with the management of the Italian Revenue Agency and Equitalia (which collects the country’s taxes), the Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti emphasized that it had to be recognized that the payment of their taxes was everybody’s duty, before it could be possible to reduce the overall tax burden.
Monti Produces Future Italian Fiscal Framework
4/18/2012
The government has agreed the draft of a law, to be subsequently approved by parliament, which would provide the framework for tax reform in Italy, but which, in fact, is more notable for what is does not, rather than for what it does, contain.
Indian FinMin To Meet With Jewellers Over Tax Row
4/5/2012
India's Finance Ministry is to meet with representatives of the jewellery manufacturing industry following a row over a new excise duty.
Italy Boasts New Weapon In War On Evasion
3/22/2012
The Italian Revenue Agency’s Director, Attilio Befera, has announced that its new, revamped ‘redditometro’ – the computer data system which compares taxpayers’ income declarations with their spending habits – is now expected to be fully operational by June this year.
French Union Seeks Tax Justice For Artisans
3/7/2012
The French professional union of artisans has recently criticized the lack of provision in the government’s 2012 collective bill for a reduction in employers’ social contributions for independent workers in France, in return for the planned 1.6% rise in the 19.6% standard rate of value-added tax from October 1.
UK Tax Amnesty Targets Electricians
2/15/2012
HM Revenue and Customs has unveiled its newest tax amnesty scheme, offering electricians the opportunity to pay the taxes they owe with lower penalties.
UK Offers Online Seminars To Taxpayers
2/14/2012
The UK tax authority HM Revenue and Customs has launched a 'webinar' programme, offering online tax help to businesses and the self-employed.
Sarkozy's Presidential Rival Outlines Fiscal Pledges
2/2/2012
French Socialist candidate for the Elysée, François Hollande, has recently unveiled details of his presidential election programme, containing a raft of fiscal measures, designed to stimulate the economy, to support small- and medium-sized companies in France, and to reduce the public deficit to 3% of gross domestic product in 2013.
French SME Body Welcomes 'Social VAT'
1/10/2012
Underlining the need to reduce the cost of labour in France and to widen the base for financing welfare, the French industry body representing small- and medium-sized companies, CGPME, has called for a rise in value-added tax and for a rise in the general social contribution in return for lower employer contributions.
Algeria Finance Law Supports Entrepreneurs
8/19/2011
Algeria’s 2011 supplementary finance law, containing a raft of tax measures designed to support employment and to boost the creation of small businesses, has now been published in the country’s official journal.
Italian Business Against VAT Rate Hikes
7/6/2011
Ivan Malavasi, the new president of Rete Imprese Italia, which is formed of five associations representing artisans, traders, the tourist sector and other services in Italy, has stressed that the government’s proposed tax reforms should not be realized by penalizing consumer spending.
Italian Small Business Against Any VAT Increase
6/24/2011
During his address to the 2011 general assembly of Confcommercio, the federation representing Italian small and medium-sized enterprises, professionals and sole traders, its President Carlo Sangalli agreed that tax reform was necessary as soon as possible, but not if it involved the raising of the rate of value-added tax.
Greece Agrees Further Fiscal Measures
6/27/2011
Following fraught, intensive talks in Brussels, the Greek government announced that the terms of a fresh EUR120bn bailout agreement had been negotiated between Athens and international lenders, which include further tax rises and cuts in government spending.
Tremonti Looks To Simplify Italy's Income Tax
6/17/2011
While confirming that future Italian tax reforms could not be allowed to affect the government’s commitment to reducing the country’s fiscal deficit, Giulio Tremonti, the Minister of the Economy, has now envisaged a future system with only five taxes and three rates of income tax.
Italian Business Calls Again For Tax Reform
3/2/2011
Carlo Sangalli, the president of Confcommercio, and Emma Marcegaglia, the president of Confindustria, have both made further calls for the Italian government to produce immediately its plans for tax reforms.
Italian Revenue Establishes Business Task Force
2/3/2011
Following a recent meeting between the Italian Revenue Agency and Rete Imprese Italia, formed by five associations representing artisans, traders, the tourist sector and other services in Italy, it was agreed to establish a task force to examine tax simplification measures.
Romanian Tax Man Given The Hex
1/7/2011
As the Romanian government casts the net wider in an attempt to boost tax revenue, the country's witches are busy casting spells on senior government ministers and President Basescu, cursing them for formalizing their 'profession.'
Italy's Lower House Approves Tax Reform Motion
12/28/2010
At the end of the parliamentary session and with the help of votes across all parties, the Italian Democratic Party, at the instigation of its National Secretary, Pier Luigi Bersani, was able to pass a motion through the lower house which committed the government to tax reform.
Italian Financial Advisers Publish Tax Reform Proposals
11/29/2010
In a document delineating its platform for participating in the government’s present work seminars on tax reform, the Italian national council of tax and financial advisors has proposed that the tax taken from the various sectors of the economy should be made more equitable.
IMF Urges French Fiscal Consolidation
8/2/2010
In its Article IV consultation with France, the International Monetary Fund approved of the fiscal stimulus given in 2009-10 with a special mention of the abolition of the local business tax. However with sharply increased public debt, it thought the focus should now be on a significant and credible fiscal consolidation.
Italian Fiscal Decentralization Finds Support
4/22/2010
CGIA, an Italian association of artisans and small businesses, has produced statistics showing the high proportion of taxation concentrated in central, rather than local, government in Italy, which is said to have an effect on the low level of tax compliance in the country.
Bangladesh To Tackle Grey Economy
2/22/2010
Speaking in Dhaka, Bangledeshi Finance Minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith announced that in an effort to increase the country’s tax-take, efforts to increase compliance would have to be redoubled, with efforts channeled in particular towards encouraging businesses to declare and remit Value-Added Tax.

 

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