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Austria Urged To Lower Labor Tax Burden
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
The IMF has welcomed the Austrian Government's efforts to lower personal income taxes but said that the labor tax burden remains high. Read Full Story
IMF Proposes Reforms For Belgium
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Belgium should look to broaden its tax base to fund labor tax reductions, the International Monetary Fund has said in its annual report for the country. Read Full Story
Switzerland Reports Bumper Tax Receipts For 2019
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Higher tax receipts helped Switzerland to another surplus in 2019, with withholding tax and direct federal tax performing particularly well. Read Full Story
South Africa Enacts 2019 Tax Bills
by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus
Monday, January 27, 2020
On January 15, 2020, three tax bills were made law to give effect to measures announced in South Africa's 2019 Budget. Read Full Story
IRS Issues Estate Tax Regulations
by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com Washington
Monday, December 2, 2019
On November 22, 2019, the United States Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations confirming that individuals taking advantage of the increased gift and estate tax exclusion amounts in effect from 2018 to 2025 will not be adversely impacted after 2025 when the exclusion amount is scheduled to drop to pre-2018 levels. Read Full Story
Hungarian Government Submits Tax Bill
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, November 15, 2019
On November 12, 2019, Hungary's Ministry of Finance announced that it has submitted to parliament the seventh and final part of its Economic Action Plan, which includes various tax measures. Read Full Story
Italian Government Approves Draft Budget
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, October 18, 2019
On October 16, 2019, the Italian Council of Ministers approved the draft Budget law for 2020, which will prevent an automatic rise in the rate of value-added tax, and includes further measures designed to combat tax avoidance and evasion. Read Full Story
Greek 2020 Budget Submitted
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, October 11, 2019
On October 7, 2019, the Greek Ministry of Finance presented to parliament the 2020 Budget, which includes numerous tax cut measures announced recently by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Read Full Story
Algeria Releases 2020 Draft Budget
by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus
Friday, October 4, 2019
Algeria has released its draft Budget Law for 2020, including proposals for a number of tax reliefs. Read Full Story
Poland Adopts 2020 Budget
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, September 27, 2019
On September 24, 2019, the Polish Government adopted the draft Budget for 2020, which takes into account recent reductions in personal income tax. Read Full Story
Finnish Budget For 2020 Agreed
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, September 27, 2019
On September 17, 2019, the Finnish Ministry of Finance announced that the Government has reached an agreement on the contents of the 2020 Budget, which includes some tax reductions for both companies and individuals. Read Full Story
Netherlands Planning Slower But Deeper Corporate Tax Cut
by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Friday, September 20, 2019
On September 17, 2019, Dutch State Secretary for Finance Menno Snel presented the Government's 2020 Tax Plan to the House of Representatives. It includes revised plans for corporate tax cuts. Read Full Story
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