Taxation

17 Sep 2012

Financial guru, writer, producer, speaker and multimillionaire Suze Orman trades tips with Anna Healy Fenton on a recent trip to the city.

Swiss 'Rip-off Initiative' to hit corporate pay packages

3 Mar 2013

Foreign executives who moved their company headquarters to Switzerland to get better tax deals for their firms may find themselves paying the price for it this weekend.

Wealth tax idea worthy of debate

3 Mar 2013

A higher tax on the owners of Singapore's most expensive homes - the top 1 per cent - resonates here because it is aimed at closing a widening income gap, a problem we share. But it has prompted...

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How higher estate taxes can make Hong Kong equitable

25 Feb 2013

We must come up with a redistribution process that transfers back to society the money that landlords and rich property owners earn. This must come in a form of an estate tax (for properties above...

Long arm of UK taxman reaches city

25 Feb 2013

UK taxpayers with bank accounts in Switzerland will have to disclose their account details or be taxed up to 41 per cent of their balance under a deal between the two countries. The UK-Swiss...

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Tax rebates may be the fastest way to help relieve the financial burden on the middle class, but the budget should reflect better planning, including making spending on the younger generation a...

In Europe’s tax race, it’s the base, not the rate, that counts

In late November, members of the American Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Four Seasons hotel in Dublin for a Thanksgiving lunch of roast turkey and pumpkin pie and a declaration of hospitality...

India cracks down on taxation of transfers within foreign firms

India is aggressively pursuing tax claims against multinational firms operating in the country as the government seeks to rein in its budget deficit, taking particular aim at IT and back-office...

Budget must increase cigarette tax

Price measures have been shown around the world to be the single, most effective measure in reducing tobacco use, especially among the young. The protection of young people from addiction to...

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London and Hong Kong set to ignore EU money-laundering rules

The European Union proposed a tax on financial transactions that could be collected worldwide as soon as next year by the 11 countries that have so far signed up to participate. To escape the...

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Move on 'foreign investors' tax breaks is shutting a Hong Kong loophole

Let's start by putting this hit-the-foreigners element of Beijing's latest tax initiative into perspective. The share of foreign-invested enterprises in the mainland's exports rose from less than...

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