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In Budget Estimates today, the Greens expressed surprise at the admission by Treasurer Lara Giddings MP that she was deliberately keeping the State’s tax system inefficient. Greens Treasury spokesperson Tim Morris MP said an efficient tax system was self ...
May 28, 2012 at 07:32 | Source: Tasmanian Greens
In the United States, President Barack Obama has tapped into this theme to push for an end to tax relief and other subsidies for oil and gas production, and an extension of federal support for renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives.
May 23, 2012 at 14:47 | Source: Reuters UK
Even as gas prices rise, gas tax collections are tumbling as fuel efficiency slows consumption. Florida road projects totaling $11.6 billion were shelved in the past five years because of the money shortage. On the horizon? It gets worse. Although state ...
May 22, 2012 at 02:45 | Source: Palm Beach Post
“ISAs offer tax efficiency plus flexible access should the employee need their money - of particular appeal to younger workers but something more senior employees also value. DC pensions are increasingly the main type of long-term retirement savings ...
May 25, 2012 at 08:04 | Source: YAHOO!
"The target for direct tax collection in 2012-13 has been set at Rs 5.7 lakh crore," he said. Stating that "the entire fiscal system depends on the efficiency of our tax system," he expressed hope that the Income Tax department will meet the challenge.
May 27, 2012 at 11:29 | Source: MSN India
Investors appear to be wising up to the notion that indexing gets you market returns, lower costs, and relatively high tax-efficiency. By contrast, active investing delivers the same market returns, but with high costs and relatively low tax efficiency.
May 17, 2012 at 10:51 | Source: CBS News
The Henry review sets out tax design principles for Australia: equity; efficiency; simplicity; sustainability; and consistency. The current tax system performs poorly on these. One-off changes in response to specific cases would only make things worse ...
May 28, 2012 at 14:41 | Source: Australian Financial Review
Recent press coverage of Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission problems with executive travel on company aircraft makes continued use challenging. The known benefits of business-owned aircraft include security, privacy and ...
May 15, 2012 at 13:31 | Source: Mondaq
Based on the tax collected and the GST rate, our GST system is very efficient. We are sixth on this efficiency scale out of the 33 countries and first measured on a broad-based efficiency measure. This gives a “don’t mess with it” message despite the ...
May 18, 2012 at 04:02 | Source: National Business Review
A $23-million “efficiency dividend” on administrative costs at CSIRO will inevitably affect the quality of scientific research at Australia’s national science agency, staff association president Michael Borgas said. CSIRO will lose 116 staff as a ...
May 9, 2012 at 05:45 | Source: theconversation.edu.au