tax

Panama withholds 43 million dollars for tax evasion

Published on: April 24, 2024
15:59

Panama City, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina ) Panama’s General Revenue Directorate (DGI) confirmed on Wednesday that having issued precautionary measures that exceed US$ 43 million in 2023, only in tax evasion.

Price of Ecuador’s basic food basket will increase starting on April

Published on: March 15, 2024
08:03

Quito, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) The cost of the basic basket in Ecuador will rise with the increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 12 to 15 percent, although the government claims the opposite because some of the products and services do not pay taxes.

Power groups block tax law in Honduras

Published on: July 27, 2023
08:59

Tegucigalpa, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) The vice president of the National Congress of Honduras, Hugo Noé Pino, charged on Wednesday that economic power groups continue to block the approval of the Tax Justice Law.

Hunter Biden to plead guilty in minor tax, gun case

Published on: June 20, 2023
16:06

Washington, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has reached a plea agreement in which he is expected to plead guilty to two federal misdemeanors counts of failing to pay his taxes, according to NBC News.

Oxfam calls for tax on billionaires to vaccinate the poor

Covid-19
Published on: January 17, 2022
09:46

London, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Oxfam International on Monday has called for governments to impose a one-time 99 percent tax on the world's billionaires who got even richer during the Covid-19 pandemic to fund vaccination for the poor.

UK organization urges Govn´t to pass Anti-Money Laundering Law

Published on: October 6, 2021
07:31

London, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Transparency International UK (a UK´s leading independent anti-corruption organization) called on British Government to process a new legislation that would unmask those who own property in Britain via offshore companies should be tabled before Christmas.

Pandora Papers reveal U.S. is another ruling class tax haven

Published on: October 6, 2021
07:29

Washington, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) A trove of nearly 12 million internal documents, e-mails, and memos from tax havens where the rich set up secret trusts to hide from taxes—while using their corporate clout to stick tax tabs to the rest of us—highlight stateside tax havens, notably South Dakota, available to the wealthy and well-connected.

Chilean president cornered by Pandora Papers

Published on: October 5, 2021
11:50

Santiago, Chile, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) Chilean President Sebastian Piñera is in the heart of a scandal over business in tax havens revealed in the Pandora Papers, and he might be subjected to a constitutional process.

Putin announces tax incentives and benefits for Kuril Islands

Published on: September 3, 2021
11:10

Moscow, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday announced the implementation of unprecedented tax benefits and economic incentives for companies based in the Kuril Islands, at delivering a speech at the Eastern Economic Forum running in Vladivostok.

Kazakh official could redirect hydrocarbon supplies to China

Published on: August 6, 2021
10:56

Nur-Sultan, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan on Friday warned that the country may redirect its hydrocarbon exports to China and other Asian nations in response to the carbon tax introduced by the European Union (EU).

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