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| TAX TREATMENT OF LOSSES IN CROSS-BORDER SITUATIONS. PIIA-NOORA KAUPPI MEP | The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs today adopted Piia-Noora Kauppi's report on Tax Treatment of Losses in Cross-Border Situations. The report urges measures to allow companies belonging to the same corporate group to off-set their losses incurred in another Member State against profits of the head office without delay. | | Published in 21-11-2007 by EPP-ED |
| VAT FRAUD AND OTHER CHALLENGES FOR EU TAX LAW: CONFERENCES TO DISCUSS RECENT MEASURES | The European Commission recently proposed a range of steps aimed at improving the coordination of Member States' tax policies. At the same time, serious problems affecting the EU's internal market, such as fraud involving value added tax (VAT), have been tackled by a package of measures. Two conferences organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA) on 28-29 and 29-30 November 2007 in Trier, Germany, will assess the consequences of these efforts. | | Published in 21-11-2007 by ERA |
| HEALTHY TAX COMPETITION BENEFICIAL FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMY - MEP PIIA-NOORA KAUPPI | Member of the European Parliament Piia-Noora Kauppi, the EPP-ED Group spokesperson on the European Parliament's report on the contribution of taxation and customs policies to the Lisbon Strategy, expressed her satisfaction as the centre-right - liberal majority reached a significant result in the Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee today when voting on the amendments to the report. | | Published in 09-10-2007 by EPP-ED Group |
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| ISRAEL: INHERITANCE AND RELATED TAXATION | Many estate practitioners in Israel and around the world often state: "the Israeli tax system is free of Inheritance Tax. A testator can therefore pass on his property to his heirs free of tax". In order to assess the correctness of this statement, it is necessary to analyse the Israeli laws of succession and examine Israeli Inheritance Tax laws. | | Published in 16-09-2003 by Alon Kaplan and Jimmy Chotoveli |
| AVOIDING COSTLY BENEFITS BLOOPERS IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS | Employee benefits can be the source of large liabilities that show up in a transaction, yet deal negotiators often avoid dealing with the issues, or they turn to them when it is too late to adjust the purchase price. Assuming that the details can be worked out after the agreements are signed and the negotiations are complete can be an expensive mistake. | | Published in 11-02-2005 by Renée W. O'Rourke and Brenda Berg |
| PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE - ESTATE AND TAX PLANNING | Estate planning for many people connotes the way assets will be disposed of upon death. However, a large part of estate planning consists of the disposition of assets during one's lifetime. | | Published in 24-05-2004 by Robert E. McKenzie |
| TAX HARMONISATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION | The need to change the structure of taxation systems in Europe has increased with the pressure on fiscal revenues facing the ageing of the population and excessive deficits. | | Published in 15-05-2005 by Codex Online |
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| TAX WEDGES ON EMPLOYEE EARNINGS ROSE SLIGHTLY IN OECD COUNTRIES IN 2004 | 09/03/2005 - The tax wedge on earnings rose in more than half of the OECD's 30 member states in 2004, with more countries showing increases than decreases in the share of wage costs taken by tax and social security contributions, net of child allowances and similar benefits, according to the latest edition of the OECD's annual Taxing Wages. | | Published in 09-03-2005 by Codex Online |
| COMPARING OECD COUNTRIES' TAX BURDENS: REVENUE STATISTICS OUT ON 20 OCTOBER | Which countries in the OECD have the heaviest tax burdens, and which have the lightest? Which countries saw their tax burdens diminish in 2003, and which saw them go up? Answers to these and other questions will be provided in the latest edition of OECD's annual Revenue Statistics, to be published on 20 October 2004, along with a separate publication Tax Policy: Recent Trends and Reforms in OECD Countries which gives a comparative overview of the tax systems of OECD countries with details of recnt changes | | Published in 13-10-2004 by OECD |
| RESULTS OF COUNCIL OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE MINISTERS, LUXEMBOURG, 2ND JUNE 2004 -TAXATION | Savings taxation The Council noted with satisfaction that agreement in principle has been reached on all matters of substance with the dependent and associated territories and with Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino and Switzerland on the necessary arrangements to enable the Savings Tax Directive to be applied. | | Published in 04-06-2004 by Press Release |
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