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02/09 New Lowtax Editor Column, by Kitty Miv
01/09 International Privacy and Security, Investors Offshore special feature
31/08 Lowtax Belize, annual update
27/08 IRS To Drop UBS Lawsuit, Tax-News.com
26/08 New Lowtax Editor Column, by Kitty Miv
25/08 New PBTG Editor Column, Caroline, PBTG editor
24/08 Uruguay Stays On OECD Grey List, Tax-News.com
23/08 Don't Forget Doha, And I Don't Mean The Tennis, Jeremy Hetherington-Gore blog entry
20/08 Ireland Plans Social Security Overhaul, Tax-News.com
19/08 New Lowtax Editor Column, by Kitty Miv
18/08 New PBTG Editor Column, Caroline, PBTG editor
17/06 Lowtax Cayman Islands, annual update
16/08 Germany's Fiscal Court Seeks Property Tax Reform, Tax-News.com
13/08 Jurisdiction Special Focus: Antigua and Barbuda, Investors Offshore special feature
12/08 New Lowtax Editor Column, by Kitty Miv
11/08 New PBTG Editor Column, Caroline, PBTG editor
10/08 Brazil Cuts Import Tariffs, Tax-News.com
09/08 Ukraine Tax Code Published, Tax-News.com
06/08 France Plans Reform Of Property Tax Credit, Tax-News.com
04/08 New PBTG Editor Column, Caroline, PBTG editor
02/08 Islamic Finance - The New Mainstream Alternative, Investors Offshore special feature
28/07 New PBTG Editor Column, Caroline, PBTG editor
27/07 UK Launches Raft Of Tax Consultations, Tax-News.com
26/07 Fat Tax On The Menu , Jeremy Hetherington-Gore blog entry
23/07 Sarkozy Seeks 'Fiscal Convergence' With Germany, Tax-News.com
20/07 Singapore Base For Tuvalu OIFC, Tax-News.com
15/07 St Vincent & The Grenadines, Investors Offshore special feature
13/07 Tax- News.com Jersey Review 2010-2011
12/07 Goodbye To All That, Jeremy Hetherington-Gore blog entry
06/07 Hong Kong Full PBTG Guide, added to Personal Business Tax Guide
28/06 Lowtax Dubai, annual update
18/06 Singapore - Another Hong Kong?, Investors Offshore special feature
15/06 Swiss Parliament Approves UBS Agreement, Tax-News.com
08/06 Dubai Full PBTG Guide, added to Personal Business Tax Guide
04/06 Lowtax Panama, annual update
01/06 Lowtax Luxembourg, annual update
03/03 Personal Business Tax Guide, PBTG, has launched!
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This sample shows the Tax And Offshore for the week ending Friday 11th November, 2005

Greenspan Urges Caution On Further Tax Cuts 07/11/2005
While the Fed Chief has been a long standing supporter of moves to eliminate the double taxation of investment income, he told lawmakers last week that further tax cuts should not go ahead if the government must increase its borrowing in order to fund them.
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Canadian Supreme Court Strikes Blow Against General Anti-Tax Avoidance Rule  08/11/2005
The Canadian Supreme Court has struck a blow against the government's General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) by ruling that transactions structured to legitimately minimise tax payments do not constitute a breach of the law.
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German Lawmakers Plan To Restore Tax On Corporate Asset Sales 04/11/2005
Restoration of a tax on corporate cross holdings could go ahead as part of broader plans to reform corporate taxation in Germany from 2008.
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Irish Tax Revenues Running Ahead Of Target 04/11/2005
Figures published by the Irish Department of Finance this week have shown that tax receipts are running ahead of target this year, boosted by strong consumer spending and property sales.
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McCreevy Takes A Stand Over EU Corporate Tax Plans 08/11/2005
Speaking on Friday at a KPMG conference in County Kildare, Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy publicly broke rank with the EC on the subject of corporate tax harmonisation.
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FTAA Still Unburied After Argentine Americas Meeting 08/11/2005
Although Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez arrived at the 34-nation Americas summit in Argentina promising to 'bury' the idea of a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), 29 of the nations present wanted to set a date for renewed FTAA negotiations in 2006.
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New Zealand And Australia Pessimistic Over Doha Talks 07/11/2005
Agriculture Ministers for Australia and New Zealand warned last week that unless Europe is prepared to make further concessions with regard to cuttting tariffs for importing farm goods, the Doha trade talks are likely to collapse.
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Japanese iPod Tax Plans On Hold 08/11/2005
It emerged this week that plans by the Japanese government to extend the copyright fee currently imposed on the sale of digital recording devices to iPods and other portable music players have been put on hold.
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Bank Of England Victorious In BCCI Case 04/11/2005
The liquidators of BCCI finally threw in the towel this week in their GBP850m lawsuit against the Bank of England, unconditionally withdrawing the case after a 12 year battle.
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  Cyprus Postpones Eurozone Entry04/11/2005
Cyprus's government announced on Wednesday that it intends to adopt the euro in 2008, rather than 2007 as originally expected.
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Zalm Complains That Dutch Companies Are Paying Too Much Tax 09/11/2005
Dutch Finance Minister, Gerrit Zalm this week complained that many companies in Holland are paying too much tax to the government, an unusual stance for a man in his position.
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Chirac May Not Be Able To Cut VAT For Restaurants10/11/2005
Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Sweden and Slovakia this week stated their opposition to a further expanansion of reduced VAT rates to labour intensive services.
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India And Italy Agree To Amend Double Tax Avoidance Agreement 07/11/2005
The governments of India and Italy have agreed to amend their bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance Convention in an attempt to boost trade and investment flows between the two countries.
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  Independent Directors In Demand For Cayman Hedge Funds07/11/2005
Independent directors are finding themselves increasingly in demand from hedge funds whose growing list of institutional clients require a greater degree of assurance that their investment is protected, a trend particularly prevalent in the Cayman Islands where the majority of the world's hedge funds are domiciled.
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Australian Government To Clarify Taxation Of Foreign Government Holdings 07/11/2005
Australian Treasurer Peter Costello announced last week that new legislation will be introduced to limit the current practice of exempting foreign governments and their investment bodies from interest and dividend withholding taxes.
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  SARS Proposes New Laws To Limit Tax Evasion07/11/2005
Facing what it considers to be a growing problem with increasingly complex and sophisticated forms of tax evasion, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has released a discussion paper on proposed changes to the income tax to clamp down on "impermissible tax avoidance" by corporate taxpayers.
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Irish Enterprise Minister Establishes Business Regulation Forum 04/11/2005
Ireland's Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin (pictured) on Wednesday announced the establishment of the Business Regulation Forum (BRF), under the chairmanship of Dr. Donal De Buitléir of AIB Group.
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  Guernsey And The Isle Of Man Scrap Over Yacht Registration10/11/2005
Speaking to the Isle Of Man Online earlier this week, Moore Stephens director and VAT expert Ayuk Ntuiabane argued that Guernsey's yacht management firms are attempting to lure business away from the Island.
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