Poland slaps 50% tax on top earners
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The Polish lower house of parliament voted to slap anew 50-percent tax on top earners, a move criticised by the business community as a populist gesture ahead of legislative polls next year.
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A tax rebate is at the center of a plan to stimulate a flagging economy.
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Changing currencies is Poland's next huge task, but officials say embracing the euro will offer the country an opportunity to knock economic policies into shape.
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THE Tories last night claimed that ministers had &quot;let the cat out of the bag&quot; after reports that the government was considering slapping a 50% inheritance tax on Britain&#39;s super-rich during a third term in government.
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Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski is paying a few-hour working visit to Vilnius, Lithuania on Friday. via People's Daily Online
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BRUSSELS, Sep 17 (IPS) - When Marek and his wife Ania, both unemployed  Polish nationals in their thirties, left their home country for  Denmark on May 1 -- the day of EU enlargement -- they hoped to  get dream jobs and start on a new life.
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Many of the UK's highest earners are avoiding income tax, figures obtained by the Evening Standard show.
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Flat-rate income tax gains ground among ex-communist countries in eastern Europe, with Romania the latest to adopt it.
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Hit the super-rich with a 50% inheritance tax and allow cuts for the middle class, says a leading think tank.
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Europe launches its 50.5bn-euro (Â£33bn) programme for research and technological development.
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The Spanish government has reached an agreement with unions and employers to raise the minimum monthly wage by 4.5 percent to euro512.90 ($699) on Jan.
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According to Wiadomosci Handlowe, Geant Polska, the Polish subsidiary of the French Casino Group, plans to open as many as 300 Leader Price discount stores by the end of 2005 - including 150 on a franchising ...
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Congress sharply raised the percentage tax rates on Americans working overseas, also imposing taxes on the rent assistance that many companies provide their employees.
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ROME : Italian taxpayers will be hit in the wallet with a wave of tax and tariff hikes as of February 1 representing an average additional burden of 98 euros (128 dollars) a month, three times the income tax ...
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Poland's defense minister, Jerzy Szmajdzinski, told the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza last week that Poland planned a 40 percent reduction of its forces in Iraq by the end of January 2005 and to have all its ...
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Here's a surprising discovery: Paying taxes is a pleasure for many people.
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Backs to the wall, recession's a 50% likelihood.