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IRD Issues 2m Individual Tax Returns In Hong Kong 5/3/2012 As Hong Kong’s Inland Revenue Department begins sending
out 2.16m tax returns, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Chu Yam-yuen, reminded
individual taxpayers to file their tax returns by June 2, while sole proprietors
of unincorporated businesses have until August 2.
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HMRC Warned Of RTI Impact On Small Firms 5/1/2012 The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group has said that the UK tax
authority, HM Revenue and Customs, has underestimated the impact of Real Time Information
on small employers.
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US Lawmakers Mull Small Business Tax Reforms 3/13/2012 The House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means has held a hearing to
examine how the United States tax code affects closely-held businesses, and how and under which sets of rules
such firms should be taxed within any future tax reform.
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Half Of Singapore's Taxpayers Will Not Need To File Returns 3/8/2012 The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has indicated that around
half of the country’s 1.8m taxpayer base are eligible for its No-Filing
Service and will not have to file tax returns, but will receive their notices
of assessment directly.
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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.
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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.
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UK Outlines 2012 Tax Enforcement Plans 2/13/2012 The UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs has outlined that in the coming year
it will focus its tax enforcement efforts on taxpayers that fail to make tax returns
and those that are liable to pay tax at the highest personal income tax rates,
as well as launching targeted campaigns in two specific sectors.
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HMRC Revamps UK Business Record Checks 2/9/2012 The UK tax authority HM Revenue and Customs is to take a fresh approach to its business records checks programme in the coming financial year. The move comes following a review of the programme, and the revamped approach will be launched early in the 2012/13 financial year.
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French Start-Ups Hindered By Red Tape 2/8/2012 The general council responsible for industry, energy and technology in France has recently published a report on the development of start-up businesses,
reviewing support networks, the fiscal and social environment as well as the conditions
for accessing finance, and has put forward a series of recommendations.
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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.
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IOM To Cut Compliance Burden On Self-Employed 1/26/2012 The Isle of Man Treasury has launched a consultation which proposes improvements to the collection of National Insurance contributions, to bring the Income Tax and National Insurance systems into alignment where possible.
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Ireland Launches Immigrant Investor Programme 1/26/2012 The Irish government is to introduce two major new immigration initiatives aimed at encouraging non-European migrant entrepreneurs and investors.
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UK Tackles Abuse Of Post-Cessation Trade Relief 1/16/2012 The UK government has announced that it is to introduce new legislation to block
a tax avoidance scheme involving post-cessation trade relief.
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New Zealand To Tighten Company Rules 10/17/2011 A bill that tightens rules around company directors and company registration has been introduced to the New Zealand Parliament by Commerce Minister Simon Power.
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Benefits Remain Available To US Taxpayers 10/14/2011 The United States Internal Revenue Service has urged taxpayers, whose tax-filing
extensions run out soon, to double check their returns for expanded individual
and business tax benefits.
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French Lawmakers Approve Austerity Package 9/12/2011 The French National Assembly has adopted, by 163 votes to 97, the government’s
EUR12bn austerity plan for 2011 and 2012, containing a raft of fiscal measures,
designed to enable the government to meet its ambitious deficit reduction targets
despite sluggish economic growth.
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IRS Pushes Small Business Health Care Tax Credit 9/9/2011 United States Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Doug Shulman has announced a new round of outreach
to small employers, and the professional service providers they rely on, to encourage
them to review the new Small Business Health Care Tax Credit to see if
they are eligible.
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SARS Issues Micro-Business Tax Guide 7/11/2011 The South African Revenue Service has issued a tax guide containing information
about the operation of the simplified tax system for micro-businesses.
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UK Launches VAT Amnesty 7/7/2011 The UK continues its crackdown on tax evasion, launching a new campaign focusing on those trading above the current value-added tax threshold, but who have not registered for the tax.
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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.
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China Confirms Early Success Of ECFA With Taiwan 5/31/2011 China’s Ministry of Commerce has professed that the “early harvest
list” of import tariff reductions under the economic cooperation framework
agreement between Taiwan and China, which began on January 1 this year,
has already proved successful.
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Hong Kong Issues Over 2m Tax Returns 5/5/2011 At a press conference, Hong Kong’s Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Chu Yam-yuen,
said that the Inland Revenue Department is sending out 2.05 million 2010-11
individual tax returns from May 3.
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Hong Kong Pushes E-Filing Of Profits Tax Returns 4/15/2011 Profits tax returns began to be issued on April 1 and Hong Kong’s Internal
Revenue Department has taken the opportunity of issuing a guide to their
e-filing.
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IRAS Reminds Singapore's Taxpayers Of Easier E-Filing 3/14/2011 The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has reminded the nearly 1.7m
individual taxpayers, including sole-proprietors and partners, who will have to
file their tax returns this year to e-File their individual income tax returns
by April 18, 2011, or send in their paper returns by April 15, 2011.
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Singapore Simplifies Small Business Tax Return 3/9/2011 During the parliamentary debate on the recently-announced 2011 Budget, Mrs Lim
Hwee Hua, Singapore’s Second Minister for Finance, confirmed that the Inland
Revenue Authority of Singapore will introduce a simplified income tax return
for small businesses.
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US Lawmakers Study Small Business Taxes 3/8/2011 The Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the House of Representatives
Committee on Ways and Means has held a hearing on the special burdens that the
United States tax code imposes on small businesses, particularly pass-through
(non-incorporated) entities, and the need for comprehensive tax reform to address
these problems.
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SARS Introduces New Tax Guides For Small Businesses 2/18/2011 The South African Revenue Service has issued a new Tax Guide for Small
Businesses 2010/11, which contains information about the tax laws and other statutory
obligations that apply to small businesses.
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Ireland Must Incentivize Entrepreneurial Activity 9/28/2010 A new report published by the Certified Public Accountants Ireland has urged the government
to conduct a review of the taxation of entrepreneurial activity in Ireland, to
foster new start-ups.
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Italy Endorses Local Tax Reforms 8/10/2010 The government has approved the text of a legislative decree to give effect to
the proposed Italian fiscal decentralization reforms.
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Ireland Consults On Patents Act Review 6/21/2010 Ireland has issued a consultation on the review of the Patents Act 1992.
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Hong Kong Tax Revenue Falls 5/7/2010 The Commissioner of Hong Kong’s Inland Revenue Department, Chu Yam-yuen
has announced that tax collections fell by 6% in the 2009-10 financial year, with
a substantial decrease in profits tax being partly offset by a rise in stamp duty
and property tax.
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UK Bosses Comment On NIC Row 4/12/2010 The Institute of Directors has stepped into the row on Labour's planned national insurance hike that has dominated the first few days of the election campaign in the United Kingdom.
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