Guyana's Budget Slashed Tax Rates, Widened VAT Net: IMF

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, June 30, 2017

Guyana has recently implemented a number of reforms to improve value-added tax efficiency, the International Monetary Fund's latest report for the country notes.Read Full Story

MEPs Reject Commission's Blacklist A Third Time

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-news.com, Brussels

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Members of the European Parliament have again rejected as inadequate the Commission's proposed list of countries that are considered money laundering risks.Read Full Story

IMF Reports On CARICOM Tax Reform Efforts

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Caribbean Community member states have benefitted from the introduction of value-added taxes, but more reform is needed, says a new paper from the International Monetary Fund.Read Full Story

French Property Taxes Continue To Rise

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, October 21, 2016

Local property tax (Taxe Fonciere) in France increased by almost 15 percent on average from 2010 to 2015, according to the French association of landlords, UNPI.Read Full Story

Ten Nations Praised For Tax Transparency Improvements

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, March 14, 2016

Ten more countries have been assessed as having made improvements to their frameworks to exchange information with other countries to tackle tax evasion.Read Full Story

Paraguay Becomes Second South American Nation To Ratify TFA

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, March 7, 2016

Paraguay ratified the World Trade Organization's Trade Facilitation Agreement on March 1, 2016, becoming the 70th WTO member – and the second South American member after Guyana – to do so.

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