Common EU tax base could be implemented in five years: Kovacs
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The European Union could be operating a system with a common tax base across member state borders in five years, EU Tax Commissioner Laszlo Kovacs said in an interview with the Financial Times.
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The European Union has decided that it will lift, at least temporarily, the sanctions it has imposed on US goods, now that Congress enacted sweeping changes in corporate tax law earlier this month, an EU official said yesterday.
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European Union ministers are expected to meet to discuss the so-called Hague Programme, which sets out a five year plan for closer asylum and immigration cooperation.
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President Jacques Chirac of France said Europe could impose a carbon tax on imports from nations that do not participate in the Kyoto climate protocol.
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Britain, the Netherlands and Spain plan restrictions on immigrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania once the two states join the European Union Jan.Comment
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The Coca-Cola Co. (KO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) reached an agreement with the European Commission on Tuesday to settle a five-year antitrust case that
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The move brings the European Union's total promises of support to 1.5bn once contributions from the 25 national governments are included.
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Companies and individuals found responsible for environmental disasters should face criminal charges, the European Union's executive said Friday in proposing a measure that would punish serious offenses across the 27-nation bloc with up to five years in prison or a $975,000 fine.
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Plans to make the tax system easier for small businesses will be outlined by the Conservatives later.
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A new law which increases income taxes on foreign firms in China will be phased in over five years to cushion the blow, Chinese Finance Minister Jin Renqing said Friday.
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Microsoft is expected to hear next month whether antitrust penalties imposed by the European Commission will become effective immediately, or whether they will be suspended for possibly four to five years.
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Italian towns will be allowed to tax tourists up to five euros per day in the 2007 budget put forward by Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
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The House panel that oversees subsidies to farmers voted to maintain the status quo by extending current policies for five years.
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The already sizeable tax incentive for German companies to invest in central and eastern Europe rather than at home will rise in coming years as effective corporate tax rates continue to fall in the region.
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Deep differences surface at an EU meeting over proposals to coordinate tax policies across the European Union.
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PRAGUE- The Czech Republic will attempt to negotiate in the European Union a permanent exception concerning lower value added tax on housing-related construction work, or at least the extension of the current ...
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The head of the International Monetary Fund says the world economy is at its strongest point for five years.