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New Zealand's Tax Reform Consultation Ends This Week

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

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

New Zealand is to soon begin formulating new tax reform measures, aimed at improving the balance and fairness of the tax regime, based on the feedback to a public consultation that ends April 30. Read Full Story

UK Hails Win Over Tax-Avoidance Scheme

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, March 16, 2018

HM Revenue and Customs, the UK tax agency, has lauded a ruling in its favor secured before the courts that will save the UK exchequer tens of millions of pounds in related tax-avoidance cases. Read Full Story

EU Approves Irish SME Share Scheme

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

The European Commission has approved an Irish tax incentive for employee share schemes offered by SMEs – the Key Employee Engagement Programme (KEEP). Read Full Story

Details Of Irish SME Share Scheme Announced

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

Friday, October 20, 2017

Ireland's 2017 Finance Bill includes a proposal for a Key Employee Engagement Programme, which will provide a tax incentive for employee share schemes offered by SMEs. Read Full Story

Australia To Pre-Fill Taxpayer Data In Returns

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

Thursday, June 29, 2017

The Australian Taxation Office has advised taxpayers not to rush to file their returns early, and said that by August it will have pre-filled most of the necessary data. Read Full Story

New Zealand Tables Employment And Income Tax Bill

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

Thursday, April 6, 2017

New Zealand has introduced a new tax bill into Parliament to help modernize the administration of taxes. Read Full Story

Sweden Proposes Tax Break For Start-Ups

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, December 29, 2016

The Swedish Government is to ease tax rules for start-up companies to better enable them to recruit skilled workers. Read Full Story

South Africa Extends Employment, Learnership Incentives

by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

The South African National Treasury has published further proposed changes to the draft 2016 Taxation Laws Amendment Bill for public comment, including amendments relating to the employment tax incentive and the learnership tax incentive. Read Full Story

NZ's Tax Transformation Bill Approved

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

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Lawmakers in New Zealand have passed the Taxation (Transformation: First Phase Simplification and Other Measures) Bill, which was introduced on June 30, 2015, to simplify and improve the way the tax regime is administered. Read Full Story