Keyword "Tax Policy" - List of latest news (81 results)

21/04 American chips in the risk of a luxury dish because of tax attacks

French fries can become the "victim" of the tax attack when the price in the US is pushed high due to Canada - the largest Canola fried oil supply market.

17/04 Dumb, dumb and dumber: The moment Peter Dutton jumped the shark

COMMENT

01/04 'Starmer's Labour has sparked the great millionaire exodus — we'll all suffer'

The UK has become a leaky bucket of a country with the wealthiest and brightest pouring out of it.

25/03 Personal Finance: These 6 big changes to be held from April 1 will make a direct impact on your pocket, see full details

6 big changes from April 1 2025: The new financial year will start from April 1 after the financial year ends on 31 March. Many changes are going to happen during this time.

25/03 Robot Tax: One of the Social Strategies to Reduce Unemployment Rate

Robot Tax: One of the Social Strategies to Reduce Unemployment Rate

19/03 UK's oldest brewer with 290 pubs to hike prices

Shepherd Neame, which runs 290 pubs primarily in the South East, said the two policies announced by the Government last year will cost it about £2.6 million a year.

19/02 Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer 'must stop punishing hardworking Brits'

Council tax is up, the cost of food is up, mortgages are up - when will it end?

19/02 Express readers vote on if Rachel Reeves should quit as inflation soars to 3%

Economists have said the jump was larger than expected in the latest blow to the Chancellor.

24/01 Blow to Rachel Reeves as Chancellor's plan to tax pensions 'unworkable'

The Chancellor Rachel Reeve's decision to remove the inheritance tax-free status of pensions, has come under fire from experts.

23/01 Rachel Reeves blasted as Labour plots U-turn with yet more economic chaos

The Conservatives says the Chancellor is ‘deeply out of her depth' and says she must immediately return to Britain.

22/01 Donald Trump declares war on EU with threat of double taxes

Mr Trump has also withdrawn the US from the Global Tax Deal - an agreement on a global minimum corporation tax.

18/01 Rachel Reeves has 'made one huge mistake' - and 'now we have the proof'

The Chancellor's disastrous decisions has led to the highest borrowing costs since 1998 - now the Treasury has been hit with another bombshell statistic.

15/01 Spain’s PM accused of ‘xenophobia’ against Brits over holiday home tax

In recent months, authorities have come under growing pressure from residents of tourist hotspots, which have seen large-scale protests over the impact of overtourism and soaring housing costs.

11/01 'Labour must learn to love the rich again to have growth'

'With voters now thoroughly disenchanted with this Government, Labour needs to make major policy changes to have any hope of staying in power'

01/01 Gov ignored tax warning on home prices

Despite recognising spiralling house prices were pushing home ownership aspirations out of reach more than two decades ago, the Federal Government at the time chose not to act on tax change recommendations, newly released documents show.

30/12 Government Asked to Pursue Taxation of Rich People Instead of 12 Percent VAT, Potential to Reach IDR 81.6 T

Economist Bhima Yudhistira believes that the plan to increase VAT to 12 percent is an uncreative step that is detrimental to society.

25/12 Tell us which Labour big name you think has done the worst job in 2024

From the winter fuel cut to the betrayal of the WASPI women, some of the new government's decisions have drawn the ire of the public - but which Labour frontbencher has done the worst job this year?

20/12 Angela Rayner to 'fleece' Brits with another tax grab that will impact millions

It could see tax hikes like the one imposed by Sadiq Khan in London.

18/12 DIW expert analyzes projects: FDP tax plans primarily benefit higher earners

The FDP is entering the federal election campaign with big plans for tax relief. According to DIW expert Stefan Bach, the state budget would be missing 188 billion euros if fully implemented. From his point of view, the improvements would hardly reach the middle of the population.

16/12 'Donald Trump could be about to do UK economy and Keir Starmer huge favour'

Donald Trump's projected policies suggest a hand of friendship for the Labour Party. But will Keir Starmer be smart enough to take it?

11/12 Moment farmer breaks down in tears over Labour’s cruel tax bombshell

The NFU President left a House of Commons committee in stunned silence after he explained why Labour's tax grab is so painful.

04/12 'Keir Starmer's slapstick Cabinet shows Labour still hasn't learned its lesson'

It was obvious from the day the Cabinet was appointed that this would be a disaster, but now we have comprehensive proof.

28/11 Furious farmer in sewage protest as he slams Keir Starmer's 'stinky' tax raid

Farmers had threatened to take strike action over inheritance tax hikes if Rachel Reeves failed to U-turn on her inheritance tax raid.

27/11 Expert warns Rachel Reeves’ promise not to raise taxes depends on pure 'luck'

Ben Zaranko, the associate director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, as reacted with scepticism to the Chancellor's vow not to raise taxes any higher.

21/11 Fury at foreign farmers being handed £500m in overseas aid

EXCLUSIVE: Figures reveal the exact amount British taxpayers are paying to foreign farmers while our own producers get clobbered by Rachel Reeves.

14/11 Seventh-generation farmer furiously accuses Labour of trying to 'destroy' sector

Thousands of farmers will descend on the capital next week to demand Rachel Reeves U-turns on her inheritance tax raid.

14/11 Real estate boom! Various tax policy adjustments, institutions: look at the beta market of the real estate sector at the end of the year

Real estate boom! Various tax policy adjustments, institutions: look at the beta market of the real estate sector at the end of the year

13/11 Big release of three departments! Relevant to housing transaction deed tax policy

Big release of three departments! Relevant to housing transaction deed tax policy

07/11 I'm a farmer facing £1m bill under Labour tax raid – it's not fair on my son

James Mills says if Rachel Reeves U-turned on her decision to axe inheritance tax relief for farmers it would put his business back in his hands.

31/10 'How could you?' BBC QT audience member rips into Labour minister over tax

The Chancellor was warned the £25 billion raid on National Insurance payments will force employers to cut staff and close parts of their businesses.

31/10 Rachel Reeves has said 30 times this year that she would not raise taxes

EXCLUSIVE: Labour's Budget is a Budget of broken promises - plain and simple, writes Jeremy Hunt.

30/10 How much Capital Gains Tax will cost you after massive 24% hike

The massive hike has drawn mixed reactions from financial experts and politicians.

26/10 Sir Keir Starmer denies misleading public on Labour's tax policy

Starmer has denied claims he mislead the public after he suggested Labour could be about to raise taxes for working people.

25/10 'Rachel Reeves doesn't have it in her to deliver vital culture change we need'

Britain desperately needs to get out of its economic doldrums, but there's no sign Rachel Reeves has the answers.

21/10 Labour minister flounders as Kay Burley asks him the same question 10 times

Stephen Kinnock was asked a simple question about Labour's tax promise at the election multiple times.

15/10 Keir Starmer squirms as BBC reporter grills him over new tax hike threat

Labour are expected to hike NI in the next budget despite a manifesto pledge.

12/10 Gloomy Rachel Reeves 'threatening jobs' as she's ordered to stop talking UK down

Fears of massive tax increases are worrying employers.

07/10 Blow for Rachel Reeves as record millionaires set to flee UK

Rachel Reeves has been issued a serious warning that her policies will see wealthy individuals flee the country.

06/10 Bridget Phillipson has displayed such outrageous hypocrisy I'm ready to explode

Express reporter and Tory councillor Mieka Smiles has her say on a Labour policy that seems to be going down in flames.

25/09 Anthony Albanese under fire over negative gearing changes

Anthony Albanese has faced questions in Tasmania over whether he is considering big reforms to negative gearing, pointedly declining to rule out any future changes.

21/09 Traffic light government succeeds in completely dismantling cold progression

With the tax cuts planned by Finance Minister Lindner in 2025, the federal government will achieve complete compensation for the cold progression. This is what the IW calculated. The Taxpayers' Association warns the SPD and the Greens not to withhold this relief from certain groups.

06/08 What is really behind the increasing employment of German pensioners

More than 1.3 million people who receive an old-age pension go to work. While the left castigates “hardship until death,” a study shows that there are many reasons why people are employed. The traffic light wants to reward extra work with financial incentives - the Union wants to go even further.

07/07 Lack of wealth tax cost Germany EUR 380 billion

Calculation refers to a period of 26 years. Fears of the super-rich leaving the country if subject to taxation of their wealth are unfounded. Germany has solid mechanisms to combat tax evasion, study shows.

17/06 Labour threatens to plunge Britain into 'dark ages' with £4.5bn tax blackhole

Claire Coutinho warns Sir Keir Starmer's net zero plan is a "spectacular act of economic self-harm" that will make the UK "colder and poorer".

14/06 Rishi Sunak vows to stick around for another five years regardless of electio...

Win or lose Mr Sunak says he stay as an MP until at least 2029

07/06 Children's minister admits not knowing how much child benefit is worth

He made the shocking blunder during an appearance on LBC on Friday morning.

04/06 Tories could abolish hated death tax to save themselves from electoral wipeout

Jeremy Hunt last month described the tax as "profoundly anti-Conservative", adding that the Tories would end taxes that discourage people from earning more money.

15/04 Basic allowance increased: Many pensioners are free of the tax burden

To compensate for inflation, the basic tax allowance will be increased on January 1, 2024. Anyone whose annual income is less than 11,604 euros does not have to pay taxes on it. Tens of thousands of pensioners will benefit from this increase.

02/04 SPD and Greens against tax cuts for “top earners”

Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) wants tax relief for the “working population” this year – also with a view to the “massive” increase in citizens’ allowance. However, the SPD and the Greens want to exclude “the richest in the country” from this. For the Union, Lindner’s initiative is “purely a show” anyway.

25/03 Biden, Promising Corporate Tax Increases, Has Cut Taxes Overall

President Biden has called for $5 trillion in new taxes on corporations and high earners. But his record so far is as a net tax cutter.

22/03 Trump Would Break the Budget

No one is talking enough about one of the most important policy choices at stake in this election.

06/02 ‘Can I finish?’: Barr breaks up fiery clash

Sunrise Host Natalie Barr has had to break up a fiery clash between two politicians over Labor’s changes in tax cuts.

06/02 ‘Liar in the Lodge’: Dutton unleashes over tax

Bigger tax cuts for lower and middle income earners are all but locked in as Peter Dutton sets up the battleground for the next election.

05/02 Bosses could be fined for calling workers

Aussie workers could be one step closer to not having to answer their bosses outside of work hours as Labor edges closer to a deal on its contentious industrial relations laws.

04/02 Biggest loser in Albo’s tax shakeup

The biggest loser from the Albanese government’s revised tax plan may end up being the federal budget, especially if future Coalition governments reintroduce cuts for higher earners.

03/02 Child tax credit expansion: Who gets the money if it passes?

Low-income families, especially those with multiple children, would be helped the most.

28/01 ‘Means nothing’: Barnaby’s tax cut rant

Barnaby Joyce and Tanya Plibersek have tussled ahead of a looming political dogfight over Labor’s overhaul to its stage 3 tax cuts policy.

25/01 Albo slammed for tax cut ‘betrayal’

Anthony Albanese is facing fierce pushback from all sides of politics as his frontbench attempts to sell the benefits of the government’s revamped stage three tax cuts.

24/01 Nat’s brutal tax question to Treasurer

Sunrise host Natalie Barr has grilled Treasurer Jim Chalmers over Labor’s reversal on stage 3 tax cuts.

13/01 Post Office may face £100m bill over Horizon victim payouts, expert says

A tax expert says the Post Office could be facing insolvency after claiming tax relief for its compensation payments to sub-postmasters.

12/12 The traffic light misery is one crisis too many for medium-sized businesses

The “hidden champions” in medium-sized businesses are the last remaining locational advantage in the Federal Republic. But instead of supporting them with reductions in bureaucracy or a realistic climate policy, the traffic light prefers to distribute billions in gifts to large corporations. This threatens to break the backbone of the economy and prosperity.

16/10 Why Aussies face fresh petrol price pain

Households struggling with the cost of living are unlikely to receive any respite from petrol price pain, as a possible Israeli ground assault on Gaza raises fears that global oil prices could return to levels witnessed during last year’s global energy crisis.

13/09 ‘Nation gone mad': Voice debate baffles

COMMENT

08/09 ’None of those’: Australia’s big tax problem

Australia’s housing crisis, falling international competitiveness, lacklustre wages growth and the impact of climate change all risk worsening if wholesale tax changes aren’t pursued, independent MP Allegra Spender has warned.

29/08 Joe the Plumber, famous for challenging Barack Obama, dead at 49

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who rose to fame as “Joe the Plumber” after confronting then-presidential hopeful Barack Obama on the 2008 campaign trail, died on Sunday, his family confirmed.

24/08 ‘Modest’ tax changes crucial for future

An economic blueprint for Australia’s next 40 years will show the ballooning cost to sustain an ageing population and the challenges to pay for it amid sluggish growth.

09/07 Grim alternative to rate hike crisis

Australians frustrated with aggressive interest rate hikes are being warned the alternative is for the government to slash its spending, or demand more in tax.

09/07 ‘Chaos’: Anna roasted over cost of living

The Queensland premier has come under fire for mounting cost of living pressures as the opposition puts forward its plan for improving the sunshine state.

09/07 Hopes raise Jeremy Hunt may be preparing to U-turn on the tourist tax

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been asked for evidence of the 'wider economic impact' of the tourist tax after business leaders complained shoppers were being drive to rival European cities

22/06 ‘Con job’: Dutton’s big claim on Voice

Peter Dutton has renewed his call for the Voice to parliament referendum to be called off, claiming the proposed advisory body could grind government to a halt.

02/06 Big benefit for first-home buyers

From July 1, first-home buyers in NSW will be able to ditch stamp duty on property purchases under $800,000, with the stamp duty exemptions being lifted from their current cap of $650,000.

30/05 Secret emails revealed in PwC tax scandal

Secret emails at the heart of a scandal engulfing consultancy firm PwC have been read out during a Senate Estimates hearing.

29/05 PwC tax avoidance scandal gripping the finance world

The scandal gripping consultancy firm PwC has deepened, with nine of its partners to take immediate leave.

29/05 PwC’s next move in tax advice scandal

Embattled consultancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers has directed nine partners to take immediate leave and apologised to Australians as the fallout from its tax advice scandal continues.

22/05 Fury over ‘backwards’ homebuyer change

Leading real estate bodies and experts have rallied against the NSW government’s scrapping of a first-home buyer’s scheme which gives them the choice between paying tens of thousands of dollars in stamp duty or a small annual property tax.

05/03 Tanya’s claim after leadership bombshell

Tanya Plibersek has dismissed questions about her leadership ambitions after she was quoted saying she could have won a contest between herself and Anthony Albanese.

02/03 Anthony Albanese and the treasurer 'at war' over housing tax policy

A day of political stumbles on tax policy has the government denying concerns there is a rift between Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers.

01/03 Albo ‘at war’ with Treasurer over tax

A day of political stumbles on tax policy has the government denying concerns there is a rift between Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers.

16/02 Huge tax change for millions of Aussies

For an estimated five million Australians, the way they can claim major tax breaks will soon change.

15/02 Waleed Aly defends RBA boss Philip Lowe over rate hikes

The Project host Waleed Aly has spoken up in defence of embattled Reserve Bank boss Philip Lowe, telling viewers that the Australian central bank only has one way to fight inflation and that’s to “take money away from people”.

14/01 OECD appoints new tax head: Roadmap includes leading two-pillar solution for tax in digital economy - Times of India

International Business News: Manal Corwin has been appointed to serve as the next director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration beginning April 3, 2023. Corwin wil