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8 Nov 21
Eliminating tax avoidance in sub-Saharan Africa’s mining sector would leave the region better able to support its population, particularly into the economic recovery from Covid-19, a top...
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8 Nov 21
Ireland collected more than 35% more tax than it expected to in October, but ministers have sought to dampen any expectations of a spending splurge.
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8 Nov 21
Increased carbon taxes are likely to have a bigger long-term economic impact on countries which are heavily reliant on carbon-intensive energy, according to ratings agency S&P.
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1 Nov 21
Leaders of the 20 largest economies have endorsed a global deal that will see large multinational companies taxed at least 15%.
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25 Oct 21
Nigeria’s new digital currency is expected to increase tax takings and drive economic growth, the country’s president has said.
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22 Oct 21
Five European countries no longer face the threat of US tariffs in retaliation to their digital services taxes, with the Joe Biden administration backing down after global tax reforms were agreed...
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11 Oct 21
Multinational companies will be subject to a tax of at least 15% on their profits from 2023 after major reforms of the international tax system were finalised by 136 countries.
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8 Oct 21
Ireland has dropped its opposition to global tax reforms and agreed to join an international framework on a minimum global corporation tax rate.
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22 Sep 21
Irish leaders have spoken less harshly than usual about a planned global shake-up of corporation tax, which would see them raising the rate on the many large multinational companies with headquarters...
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16 Sep 21
Colombia’s president has approved new tax reforms after lawmakers replaced proposals that sparked countrywide demonstrations against the government earlier this year.
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13 Sep 21
US Democrats are looking to raise the country’s corporation tax rate to 26.5% to fund president Joe Biden’s spending plans.
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26 Aug 21
A group of experts in Finland has begun discussing the introduction of a ‘negative income tax’ to help support people’s incomes and encourage them to work.
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26 Aug 21
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has promised to tax financial services companies to help fund his housing programme if his government is re-elected next month.
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16 Aug 21
Ireland’s economy has better weathered shocks than expected, according to rating agency Moody’s, as it raised its outlook for the country's rating from stable to positive.
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12 Aug 21
The Polish deputy prime minister has been sacked amid a disagreement over tax policy and a proposed media law, leaving the government’s future in doubt.
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22 Jul 21
Colombia’s government has presented new tax reforms to replace earlier proposals that were scrapped amid mass protests.
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21 Jul 21
The expected $200m-plus revenue from Seattle City Council’s new tax on high earners at larger companies will be used to pay for housing, environmental and other development priorities.
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16 Jul 21
Plans for a 'green tariff' on carbon-intensive goods entering the European Union risk leaving developing countries at a disadvantage, a report has warned.
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14 Jul 21
Estonia is holding back its support for the OECD-led worldwide shake-up of corporation tax despite hosting no companies that would be affected.
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13 Jul 21
The European Commission has put plans for an online sales tax on hold following the G20’s endorsement of a global corporation tax deal and pressure from the US.
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8 Jul 21
Covid-19 has created a “profound debt crisis that will turbo-charge global inequality”, with governments in poorer countries unable to support their vulnerable citizens, a Public Finance Live 2021...
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2 Jul 21
International reforms of corporation tax could have “serious implications” for Ireland’s public finances, a report from the country’s central bank has warned.
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2 Jul 21
A “historic” agreement on corporation tax between 130 countries and territories will increase global public revenues by around $150bn according to the OECD, which led the negotiations.
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28 Jun 21
Proposed reforms would reduce Indonesia's ‘tax gap’ to levels more in line with other countries, according to the country's finance minister.
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15 Jun 21
Muhammad Afnan Alam explores the G7 commitment to push for at least a 15% global minimum rate of corporation tax.