by Alan Rhode | Sep 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
When European Union finance ministers meet behind closed doors to negotiate tax issues the conclusions they draw in public can often be described as a “Tale of Two Councils”. That was certainly the case Saturday, after Austria pushed EU...
by Alan Rhode | Sep 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
European Union presidency holder Austria will push EU finance ministers to finalize by the end of 2018 the scope for the temporary transaction tax on large internet companies such as Google, Facebook,...
by Alan Rhode | Sep 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
When, last March, the European Commission took the unprecedented step of proposing a short-term transaction tax on certain digital services such as targeted advertising and intermediate services, for instance as those supplied...
by Alan Rhode | Aug 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last Tuesday’s fall of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, my hometown, is the umpteenth infrastructural tragedy to hit the city in recent years. On 9 October 2014, a flood ravaged the city centre. After a prolonged, massive rain,...
by Alan Rhode | Aug 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
When the European Union agreed to launch the EU single market in 1992, one of the most politically difficult political and economic issues it faced revolved around establishing a harmonised Value Added Tax regime that did not create...
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