Pascal Saint-Amans, director of the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, will tell companies, activists, authorities and advisers about the need for greater transparency.
The Italian Ministry of Environment met yesterday to discuss plans for introducing a carbon tax. Aldo Ravazzi, an economist at the ministry who is working on the tax, tells International Tax Review what he hopes to achieve.
The press is no longer policing whether businesses in the tourism industry are passing the VAT cut on to customers, but despite a few cynical moves, the cut is likely to be extended.
Since low value consignment relief (LVCR) was removed from Channel Islands imports in last month’s UK budget, companies have been looking for new loopholes. Sensible businesses would be wise not to touch them.
