Tax

25 Feb 2013

My husband and I have owned our flat here for more than 35 years. For succession planning, we would like to add the names of our two children (living and working abroad) to the title deeds of the...

Budget a case of lost opportunities

13 Feb 2013

Despite overwhelming objections expressed by the public with regard to annual handouts that divert resources from long overdue improvements to our social structure, our politicians have not taken...

The Week Explained: Taxing the rich

14 Jan 2013

Have you been worrying over how much the rich have to pay in taxes? Did you experience a warm glow of relief on learning that the French actor Gerard Depardieu has escaped his tax liabilities as a...

All eyes on Republicans as House set to vote on 'fiscal cliff' deal

2 Jan 2013

The dramatic deal struck by the White House and top Republicans to avert huge new year tax rises and postpone automatic spending was heading to the House of Representatives this morning (Hong Kong...

Republicans reach out to Joe Biden to help resolve 'fiscal cliff'

2 Jan 2013

The Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell decided it was time to deal directly with the White House when Senate budget talks stalled three days ago - though not with President Barack Obama....

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Living largesse

The holiday season invariably brings giving to the mind but with it comes a bewildering tangle of questions of how best to donate.

France unveils 20bn euro business tax break

France on Tuesday unveiled a 20 billion-euro tax break for companies in a bid to address flagging competitiveness.

Prices of London luxury homes in lower-tax bracket continue rising

Luxury home prices in central London have risen at their fastest rate in three months in September, powered by demand for properties that escape a new, higher rate of sales tax.

BRITAIN

Sales of luxury British homes surge despite tax increase

The British government's plan to raise a tax on luxury-home purchases sparked a last-minute dash by real estate brokers to wrap up deals before the deadline hit in March. They needn't have...

SOCIETY SINGAPORE

Singapore may raise taxes for ageing nation

Singapore would need to raise taxes in the next two decades as the government boosts social spending to support an ageing population, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said as he proposed measures to...

JAPAN

Japan enjoys home sales rush to beat looming tax rise

Record low mortgage rates and the prospect of a consumption tax jump that will add the price of a new Toyota Corolla to the cost of an average home spurred Sumiko Morigaki into action.