Mexico Enacts Decree For Tax Cuts In Border States

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, January 14, 2019

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has signed a decree providing for tax cuts in the Mexican states bordering the United States. Read Full Story

At UN General Assembly, OECD Urges Global Carbon Tax Action

Friday, September 28, 2018

Three years on from the commitments made at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, the overwhelming majority of governments have not taken the necessary action to contain growing risks to the climate, says the OECD. It said, with emissions on the rise again, OECD governments need to get serious about shifting their economies to a low-carbon model and stop investing in carbon-intensive infrastructure. Read Full Story

Swiss Gov't Approves BEPS Multilateral Instrument

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, September 21, 2018

The Swiss Federal Council has approved an OECD multilateral convention designed to prevent BEPS-related abuse of the international tax treaty system. Read Full Story

OECD Personal Tax Burden Crept Higher Still In 2017

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, April 27, 2018

Belgium, Denmark, and Germany have the highest personal income tax burdens, at over 35 percent, among OECD countries, according to the latest OECD Taxing Wages report, which says that just over half of countries made small increases to their average personal tax rates last year. Read Full Story

Australia 'Exempt From US Metal Tariffs'

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

Friday, April 6, 2018

The Australian Government has secured an exemption from new US metal tariffs, Trade Minister Steven Ciobo has said. Read Full Story

EU Expects To Be Excluded From US Steel Tariffs

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, March 16, 2018

The EU expects to be excluded from the scope of the US's new tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, according to the bloc's Vice-President for Jobs. Read Full Story

Canada Says Work Still To Be Done On NAFTA

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Negotiators are making progress on a modernized NAFTA but "have significant work ahead," Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs has said. Read Full Story

Philippines Senate Approves Double Taxation Treaties

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

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

On February 19 the Philippines Senate adopted three resolutions ratifying agreements for the avoidance of double taxation with Mexico, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. Read Full Story

Australia, Peru Sign Free Trade Agreement

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

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Australia and Peru have signed a free trade agreement that will eliminate tariffs on 99 percent of Australian goods within five years of its entry into force. 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

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