http://www.jerseybusiness.net Jersey Offshore Information Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:44:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Georgia's Finance Minister Nika Gilauri has proposed a reduction in the personal income tax rate from 25% to 20% and a reduction in the dividend withholding tax rate from 10% to 5%. Both reductions are to take effect on January 1, 2009, subject to parliamentary approval. http://www.jerseybusiness.net/2008/11/21/georgia-proposes-further-tax-cuts/ The incoming National Party government of Prime Minister-elect John Key has put its pledge to cut income tax at the top of its legislative agenda. http://www.jerseybusiness.net/2008/11/21/new-zealand-nationals-to-pass-tax-cuts-before-christmas/ The long anticipated introduction of a fuel tax in China is set to be announced imminently, it has been revealed. http://www.jerseybusiness.net/2008/11/21/china-getting-set-for-introduction-of-fuel-tax/ A guide to expatriate taxation issues in Canada for anyone thinking about moving to live and work in Canada http://www.jerseybusiness.net/2008/11/20/moving-to-live-in-canada-need-expat-tax-help/ The G20 Summit in Washington which resulted in numerous pledges and a broad consensus on the need for international co-operation to minimise the impact the financial crisis, and lessen the repercussions of a looming global recession, has placed renewed pressure on World Trade Organisation agricultural negotiators to square their differences ... http://www.jerseybusiness.net/2008/11/20/g20-urge-action-on-doha-and-tax-transparency/ The French National Assembly Finance committee has ratified a parliamentary change to the 2009 Finance Bill, aiming to impose a global ceiling on tax breaks for any one individual. http://www.jerseybusiness.net/2008/11/20/french-national-assembly-agrees-to-global-ceiling-on-tax-breaks/ The Chinese government has unveiled a set of value added tax reforms as part of its CNY4 trillion (USD586bn) economic stimulus package. http://www.jerseybusiness.net/2008/11/20/china-announces-value-added-tax-reforms/ Perhaps in an effort to reap tax dividends to help with the global fiscal crisis, governments around the world are cracking down on tax evasion http://www.jerseybusiness.net/2008/11/19/us-uk-and-europe-cracking-down-on-tax-evasion/ Following months of uncertainty and discord, Germany’s Coalition Committee has finally ratified the long-awaited reform of its inheritance tax. http://www.jerseybusiness.net/2008/11/19/germanys-coalition-finally-unites-on-inheritance-tax-reforms/ The Irish government is planning to impose a 3% levy on the nation’s highest earners to generate EUR60m of additional revenues for the treasury coffers. http://www.jerseybusiness.net/2008/11/19/lenihan-plans-3-levy-on-higher-earners/