US Senate Passes New North American Free Trade Deal

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com Washington

Monday, January 27, 2020

On January 16, 2020, the US Senate voted to approve the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which will replace the existing North American Free Trade Agreement. Read Full Story

Canada, Mexico, US Agree Free Trade Deal Amendments

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, December 16, 2019

Canada, Mexico, and the US have signed an agreement on amendments to their proposed new trade pact. Read Full Story

American Firms Concerned By Canadian Digital Tax Plan

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Monday, November 25, 2019

Representatives from US trade and industry associations have voiced concern about a digital services tax proposal floated during the recent Canadian election which they argue will "impose discriminatory requirements on the digital economy." Read Full Story

IMF: Mexico Needs Comprehensive Tax Reform

by Mike Godrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Friday, October 18, 2019

The IMF has said that a top priority for Mexico should be to raise non-oil tax revenues while making the tax system more progressive. Read Full Story

Tax Experts Have Helped Developing Countries Net USD500m In Tax

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, September 27, 2019

The international community has made important progress in improving developing countries' ability to tax multinational enterprises and boost domestic revenue mobilization, says the annual report for the initiative Tax Inspectors Without Borders. Read Full Story

Mexico Ratifies New North American Free Trade Deal

by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Mexico has completed its domestic ratification procedures in respect of the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, with the US and Canada. Read Full Story

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

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