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22 May 18
Sri Lanka’s debt crisis will worsen as a series of costly projects commissioned by the former government has resulted in record-high repayments, the country’s finance minister has said.
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22 May 18
The US president Donald Trump has indicated he wants to use post Brexit trade talks with the UK to push up the price of drugs for the NHS.
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21 May 18
The UK must step up efforts to crack down on money laundering as Russian corruption is putting national security at risk, a group of MPs has warned.
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15 May 18
Italy’s anti-establishment party leader has asked for “a few more days” to work out a coalition deal with the far-right League.
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11 May 18
Technology is reshaping how governments raise and spend money, says a group from the IMF’s fiscal affairs department.
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11 May 18
Governments around the world must make tax breaks and other incentives more transparent and “public revenue positive”, development organisations have urged.
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4 May 18
President Donald Trump has postponed the imposed steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada, the European Union and Mexico until next month, while others have been exempted completely.
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3 May 18
Greek’s public finances have “markedly strengthened” but public administration is still facing challenges, the OECD has said.
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2 May 18
The UK government has finally backed plans to crackdown on ‘dirty money’ and make tax havens more transparent.
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25 Apr 18
France and Germany will press US president Donald Trump to permanently exempt the EU bloc from steel and aluminium tariffs as the leaders meet this week, the EU trade chief has affirmed.
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24 Apr 18
Conservative former senator Mario Abdo Benitez has been elected president of Paraguay, pledging to retain low tax policies and boosting agriculture exports.
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29 Mar 18
The Senegalese authorise must improve how they collect and distribute tax revenues, the IMF has said.
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22 Mar 18
The UK could be punished by the European Union if it tries to lower corporate tax to attract business after leaving the bloc, tax campaigner Dame Margaret Hodge has told PF International.
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21 Mar 18
The European Union has proposed new rules to make companies pay their fair share of tax in the digital age.
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20 Mar 18
More than 110 countries and jurisdictions have agreed to come up with a plan on how to tax the digital economy by 2020, the OECD has said.
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16 Mar 18
The International Monetary Fund has approved a three-year $157m arrangement to support Burkina Faso’s economic and financial reforms.
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15 Mar 18
Accountants who help companies dodge tax by shifting profits to low-tax countries could risk fines, under new European proposals to tackle avoidance and improve transparency.
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26 Feb 18
South Africa’s ruling party has said it will look at ways to soften the impact of the new VAT rates on poorer people by adding more zero-rates and tax-free items.
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21 Feb 18
South Africa has increased its value added tax for the first time in 25 years, from 14% to 15% from 1 April, as part of efforts to cut the budget deficit.
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21 Feb 18
The UK’s current tax policy making process is not “fit for purpose” outside the European Union, a think-tank has said.
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20 Feb 18
Countries around the world must strengthen the effectiveness of their tax systems to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and ensure inclusive growth, international organisations have said.
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20 Feb 18
The Dutch finance ministry has said the country’s tax policies should be further reformed after 72 errors were found in how the government processed tax deals with international companies.
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20 Feb 18
Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency, called the Petro, will go on sale today in a bid to help the country’s economic problems.
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14 Feb 18
This week’s New York summit offers an opportunity to start the process of fixing the broken tax system, argues David McNair of the ONE Campaign.
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26 Jan 18
German chancellor Angela Merkel has said Europe should not complain when countries, like the US, change their tax systems but instead respond by reforming its own.