| 19/12- Recent reports have revealed that pressure is increasing for Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash (pictured) to reach an agreement with his Greek Cypriot counterpart by the end of February 2003, following the announcement that the Greek Cypriot side will accede to the EU alone if necessary. |
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| 08/07/2003 With the July 11 tax-filing deadline for South African taxpayers fast approaching, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has warned that rules surrounding the granting of filing extensions have been tightened. |
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| 10/07/2003The European Court of Justice added another brick to its tax harmonisation edifice recently, rejecting the Swedish Government's arguments in favour of pensions taxation rules that discriminate against non-Swedish insurers. |
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| 10/07/2003 Speaking before the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, general counsel in the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), John Veroneau suggested that: 'I suspect that if by the end of the session we have not shown serious progress in passing legislation to replace [the tax breaks for foreign sales corporations], I think next January we face a very high likelihood of retaliation.' |
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| 09/07/2003It emerged this week that the UK government is intending to merge the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise offices into the Treasury's Whitehall HQ, following the completion of a review of the tax collection system announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown some days ago. |
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| 07/07/2003The future participation of the Bahamas in the CSME (Caribbean Single Market Economy) remains in doubt as Prime Minister Perry Christie expressed reservations over certain issues such as taxation, trade tariffs and freedom of movement at the 24th Caribbean Heads of Government Meeting in Jamaica. |
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| 03 July 2003 Tax professionals in Australia have called for a parliamentary inquiry after eight current and former Australian Tax Office (ATO) employees were accused of defrauding the office of $2 million. |
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| 01/07/2003Speaking last week, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Pamela Olson explained that: 'Withdrawing the proposed extraordinary transaction rule preserves the certainty in tax results that taxpayers need to organize their international business operations.' |
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| 01/07/2003Sir Philip Bailhache (pictured), Bailiff of Jersey, was in France at the weekend where he attempted to convince French politicians that the island was no safe haven for tax dodgers and money launderers.
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| 30 June 2003That Guernsey's finance sector is in partnership, not competition, with the UK was the message given by former Economic Secretary to the Treasury Angela Knight at the second annual briefing to representatives of the City of London, organised by John Bridle of the Guernsey Promotional Agency last week. |
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