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Australian Exporters Making The Most Of FTAs

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Australia's free trade agreements are being widely used by Australian businesses, according to a new report commissioned by the Government. Read Full Story

US CEOs Call For Korean FTA Compromise

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, February 5, 2018

An association of US CEOs has stressed the importance for their businesses of access to the preferential terms of the US-South Korea free trade agreement. Read Full Story

EU Firms Failing To Claim Trade Tax Savings: UN

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Those exporting goods from the European Union are overpaying trade tariffs by about EUR72bn, according to a new report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Sweden's National Board of Trade. Read Full Story

US Slaps 'America First' Duties On Foreign Solar Goods, Washers

Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

US President Donald Trump has approved safeguard tariffs on imported large residential washing machines and imported solar cells and modules. Read Full Story

Korea Says Capital Gains Tax Plans Still Fluid

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

The South Korean Government has said that it is considering whether to proceed with proposed changes to the nation's capital gains tax regime following concerns raised by the securities trading industry. Read Full Story

EU Removes Jurisdictions From Tax Blacklist

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

The EU has announced the removal of eight jurisdictions from its tax blacklist. Read Full Story

EU Tax Blacklist To Be Slimmed By Nine

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, January 22, 2018

At its meeting on January 22, the EU Council is to remove Barbados, Grenada, South Korea, Macao, Mongolia, Panama, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates from the EU's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions in taxation matters, according to an agenda released prior to the meeting. Read Full Story

Korea Urged To Drop Capital Gains Tax Proposal

Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Monday, January 22, 2018

South Korea's capital gains tax regime for securities trading could have negative consequences for the local economy, MSCI, the investment research and analytic tools provider, has said. Read Full Story

Korea Legislates For BEPS 5 Minimum Standard

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Among amendments announced recently to the country's tax reform plans, South Korea has legislated to exchange information received from taxpayers as part of applications for advance pricing agreements. Read Full Story