(IN BRIEF) Marks & Spencer (M&S) and WUKA have launched the “Say Pants to the Tax” campaign, seeking to exempt period pants from the current 20% Value Added Tax (VAT). The campaign, supported by various retailers, charities, politicians, and business … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Government, Law, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged A Plastic Planet, Alexandra ‘Binky’ Felstead, Alison Thewliss MP, Autumn Statement, Bloody Good Period, Freedom4Girls, George at Asda, Janet Lindsay, knickers, Laura Charles, M&S, M&S Primark, Period pants, Ruby Raut, Sainsbury, Selaine Saxby MP, sustainable period product, TAX, Tesco, Tracey Crouch CBE MP, Victoria McKenzie-Gould, Westminster, WUKA
ROTTERDAM, 23-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Robeco has launched a new UK Tax Transparent Fund, the Authorised Contractual Scheme (ACS). The ACS has been seeded by the Environment Agency Pension Fund (EAPF), and provides an attractive investment vehicle for institutional investors, … Read the full press release
LEVERKUSEN, 16-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Positive one-time effect of ca. EUR 85 million on net income expected in 2017 / Additional positive impact on coming years Covestro expects a positive one-time effect from the recently enacted U.S. tax reform on … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Government
Tagged Covestro, FY2017, income, TAX, Tax Reform
Solid economic growth, timid inflation, less monetary support and the growing influence of new societal issues underpin the investment themes selected for 2018 by BNP Paribas Wealth Management’s strategists in the United States, Europe and Asia. These themes aim to guide … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Economy, Financial, France, Investment, Management, Technology
Tagged Big Data, BNP Paribas Wealth Management 2018, bond, Florent Bronès, GROWTH, inflation, investors, less monetary support, mobility, monetary, Solid economic growth, Stocks, TAX, timid inflation
16-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Kingfisher plc, Europe’s largest home improvement retailer, today confirms that the Conseil d’Etat, France’s ultimate court, has considered an outstanding tax case dating back to 2003 and found in Kingfisher’s favour. There is no impact on Kingfisher’s … Read the full press release
Brussels, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has reopened an inquiry into certain tax measures for Electricité de France (EDF) related to the electricity grid. This follows a judgment handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union (Case C-124/10 P) … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, France, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Law, Politics, Society
Tagged Case C-124/10 P, Case T-156/04, corporation tax, Court judgment, EC, EDF, Electricité de France, electricity grid, state aid, TAX, tax aid
Brussels, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has formally proposed to the Netherlands to abolish the exemption from corporate tax granted to Dutch public undertakings. The Commission considers that public companies that carry out economic activities in competition with private companies … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Law, Netherlands, Politics, Society
Tagged Amsterdam, Bank of Industry LIOF, competition policy, corporate tax, Dutch Corporate Tax Law, Dutch National Lottery, Dutch public companies, Dutch public undertakings, Dutch Tax Law, EU state aid rules, Holland Casino, Joaquin Almunia, Maastricht's airport, port of Rotterdam, publicly owned companies, Schiphol airport, selective tax exemption, state aid, TAX, tax exemption, Tax Law, tax laws, TFEU, Twinning Holding
Brussels, 18-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed UK video games tax relief. The objective of the measure is to provide an incentive to video games developers to produce games meeting certain cultural criteria. … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Belgium, Business, Entertainment, European Union, Financial, Government, Internet & Online, Law, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 25% tax relief, Competition, cultural criteria, games, games with cultural content, Joaquin Almunia, SA.36139, state aid, State Aid Register, subsidies, subsidising, TAX, tax relief, taxpayer, UK video games tax relief, video games, video games developers
Brussels, 15-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Staff teams from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have concluded their review mission to Greece. The mission has reached staff-level agreement with the authorities on the economic and financial … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Economy, European Union, Financial, Government, Greece, Investment, Politics
Tagged administrative reform, annual primary surplus, banking system, debt collection, deposits, EC, ECB, euro area, Euro Area Member States, GDP, Greece’s public debt, Greek debt-to-GDP ratio, Greek economy, IMF, inflation, TAX, tax collection
Dublin, 15-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — It’s a bit of a surprise – but a very nice one – to be here in Dublin today, and to be able to share with you the outcome of a highly engaging discussion we had on … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Ireland, Law, Politics
Tagged ECOFIN, EU Savings Directive, Switzerland, TAX, tax agreements, tax collection, tax evasion, tax governance, transparency
8-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — TAX EVASION AND AVOIDANCE: Questions and Answers. Tax Evasion Why has the Commission presented an Action Plan on Tax fraud and evasion? Every year, an estimated €1 trillion1 in public money is lost in the EU due to … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Financial, Government, Law
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