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Romania

Food for thought: Romania slashes VAT on foodstuffs to 9%

Romania used to be the only European Union country not to have differentiated VAT on most foodstuffs, with bread being the exception. But now

01/06/2015

My Europe Series

Why you should not pay more for goods in other EU countries

Alex from Liège in Belgium asks: “I live in Belgium and want to go to Germany to buy household appliances and a new car. As a Belgian resident, are

29/05/2015

Switzerland

EU and Switzerland agree to clamp down on tax evasion

A deal has been signed between the European Union (EU) and Switzerland in an effort to clamp down on tax evasion. The European Commission (EC)

27/05/2015

Italy

The Vatican and Italy agree new deal to end banking secrecy

The Vatican and Italy signed a financial information sharing agreement on Wednesday in which the Holy See pledged full cooperation and transparency

02/04/2015

Europe News

EU unveils tax transparency plans

The EU has unveiled a new bill that aims to create greater transparency on tax in Europe. The proposed legislation comes after a series of

18/03/2015

Europe News

MEPs start their own LuxLeaks probe

The European Parliament has opened its own investigation into the Lux Leaks tax scandal. The scandal erupted back in November after Jean-Claude

10/03/2015

Greece

Scorn greets Greek plan to use undercover amateur tax sleuths to lead fight against fraud

Ridicule and scorn have greeted a proposal by Greece’s finance minister to engage non-professional tax inspectors to fight fraud. He intends to hire

09/03/2015

Europe News

'Judge books by their covers', EU court says in tax ruling

France and Luxembourg lost a legal battle on Thursday to offer lower sales tax on e-books. A top European court backed EU regulators that only paper

05/03/2015

World News

Unions accuse McDonald's of big tax takeaway

25/02/2015

Europe News

European Parliament shuns committee of inquiry into LuxLeaks

The European Parliament has failed to set up a committee of inquiry into the LuxLeaks affairs. Parliamentarians wanted to investigate how and why

05/02/2015

Europe News

EU opens Belgium tax probe

EU officials opened an investigation into the tax affairs of major multinationals in Belgium on Tuesday. The probe focuses on so-called “excess

03/02/2015

USA

John Kerry fined over failure to clear snow from street

John Kerry has been fined 50 dollars for failing to shovel away snow from a street that runs alongside his home in Boston

31/01/2015

My Europe Series

Pump fiction: why petrol prices haven't fallen as much as crude oil

The disparity between the declines in crude oil prices and those at the petrol pump is under question in this edition of Utalk. Julie in the French

09/01/2015

Slovenia

Slovenia: Workers demonstrate over double taxation

Slovenian workers, who work in neighbouring countries, have been protesting against the double taxation of their income. Around three-thousand people

27/12/2014

Ireland

Ireland: Thousands protest in Dublin against new water charges

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin on Wednesday crying foul over planned new water charges. It was the latest in a series of

10/12/2014

Europe News

EU's Juncker sworn in amid ongoing tax row

Embattled European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has officially been sworn as the head of the EU executive amid an ongoing tax row. He and

10/12/2014

Switzerland

Switzerland says "No" to immigration limit

30/11/2014

United Kingdom

UK to transfer income tax and other powers to Scotland

27/11/2014

Japan

Japan parliament dissolved for snap election

21/11/2014

Hungary

Hungarians hold 'public outrage day' protests

18/11/2014