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Andrus Ansip, European Commission vice president for the digital single market, has promised to launch a proposal for an EU-wide VAT threshold on business-to-consumer (B2C) e-services "as soon as possible".

Rene Zulauf

A deflated Tom Brady

Un-bell-ievable: Campanologist drawn into FATCA net It's got bells on. However a FATCA request from the Co-operative Bank for a group of church-bell ringers in the sleepy town of Chatham in the UK was no joke. When Neil Campbell, the treasurer of his church's bell ringers' association, decided to open a bank account for the group, he had no idea that he'd be fielding questions on whether or not the group had links to the nuclear power industry.

Non-Muslims satisfying various criteria can now register their wills at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Wills & Probate Registry.

Gerry Thornton

Margaret Hodge has decided to relinquish her position as chair of the UK's Public Accounts Committee (PAC). She had been expected to seek re-election, but can no longer count herself as the leader of the PAC. Hodge had been a key figure in the fight to bring corporate tax avoidance into the foreground of UK politics, and has been particularly vocal in her criticism of the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF), a tax amnesty which allows wealthy Brits to move previously undeclared assets back into the UK for just a 10% fine, while avoiding criminal penalties.

Soraya Jamal