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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 21, 2009

  Bahamas: Government budget cuts loom

By JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ Guardian Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: Information obtained by The Nassau Guardian suggests that at the beginning of May the government was planning a 7 percent 'across-the-board' budget cut, which would include personnel cuts. Documentation received by...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 5, 2009

  British PM calls for ban on tax havens

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday took aim at tax havens suggesting they should be outlawed just a few weeks before he hosts the G20 summit in London. "You are also restructuring your banks. So are we," Brown said in a landmark address to the US Congress...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 29, 2008

  Capitalism under attack?

By The Nassau Institute: Originally known as economic individualism, The Routledge Dictionary of Economics (2000) informs us that Capitalism is: 1. A socioeconomic system of production using roundabout methods of production (Roundabout method of production is - A method of production...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 27, 2008

  An Obama victory could be bad news for Caribbean tax havens

By Barry Randall: Caribbean Net News Editor - GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: With the US election looming on November 4, whoever is elected as the next president will have a major impact on global issues. According to Stephen Platt, Chairman of the BakerPlatt Group, a Senator Barack...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034
Posted On:  Oct 14, 2008

  Now I'm more of a patriot

My weekly dose of patioritism has now been increased by 50 rupees. According to LBO , Sri Lanka's government hopes to raise an additional two billion rupees a year in tax revenue through a recent increase in excise tax, a senior treasury official said. The tax on a litre of hard liquor...... [view]

Posted By:  degeorgeb
Posted On:  Oct 9, 2008

  "Figures Lie and Liars Figure"

For this post I want to compare two schools of thought when it comes to taxes. One side says "Tax the rich heavily because they have more money to give and then give more entitlements, goodies, rebates, etc. to the poor to help them out, and minimize the burden to the middle class." The...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 5, 2008

  Will capitalism collapse?

By ATİLLA YAYLA: The crisis in the financial markets and financial institutions that has affected the US and the UK and has the potential to slowly spread from these countries to other countries throughout the world has given the circles that hate the monster known as capitalism the chance...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 3, 2008

  The battle of hope and experience

From The Economist print edition: Will America choose the old hero who favours tax cuts for business and the rich and backed George Bush’s wars? Or the young man who promises health care for all, a swift exit from Iraq and more money for the average worker? As America’s financial system...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034
Posted On:  Jul 9, 2008

  Where your taxes go (chep tea edition)

According to a reliable source at the University of Colombo faculty of law, a cup of tea at the University canteen is Rs.2 (less than $ 0.02 USD). He told me this just before purchasing a 100-times more expensive cup from Barista's . It's bad enough we have to pay for their 'free' education...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034
Posted On:  Jun 24, 2008

  What's Sri Lanka's gas tax?

As readers of this blog would know , I have been trying to figure out what the total tax for petrol and diesel in Sri Lanka. I put the question out in a r elated article in LBO . Some people responded, you can read them here . I'm reproducing, without permission, the comment by ddm (who, by...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034
Posted On:  May 7, 2008

  Where Your Taxes Go

The Daily Mirror has this report today , Making a stunning disclosure yesterday House Leader and Senior Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told Parliament that six Nation Building Ministers were using 43 vehicles, incurring a staggering monthly fuel bill of Rs. 752,500. [..] Minister de...... [view]

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