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| 29/07 New
Lowtax Editor Column, by Kitty Miv |
| 28/07 New
PBTG Editor Column, Caroline, PBTG editor |
| 27/07 UK Launches Raft Of Tax Consultations, Tax-News.com |
| 26/07 Fat
Tax On The Menu
, Jeremy Hetherington-Gore blog entry |
| 23/07 Sarkozy Seeks 'Fiscal Convergence' With Germany, Tax-News.com |
| 20/07 Singapore
Base For Tuvalu OIFC, Tax-News.com |
| 19/07 Expats
Turn Backs On US Taxes, Tax-News.com |
| 16/07
Congress Approves US Financial Reform Bill, Tax-News.com |
| 15/07 New
Lowtax Editor Column, by Kitty Miv |
| 15/07 St
Vincent & The Grenadines, Investors Offshore special feature |
13/07 Tax-News.com
Jersey Review 2010-2011 |
| 12/07 Goodbye
To All That, Jeremy Hetherington-Gore blog entry |
| 09/07
Antigua Pursuing Trade Sanctions Against US, Tax-News.com |
| 08/07 New
Lowtax Editor Column, by Kitty Miv |
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06/07 Hong
Kong Full PBTG Guide, added to Personal Business Tax Guide |
| 05/07
Australian Mining Tax Agreement Reached, Tax-News.com |
| 02/07 Online
Trading For Expats, Investors Offshore special feature |
| 29/06 EC
To Extend Common System Of VAT, Tax-News.com |
| 28/06
Lowtax Dubai, annual update |
| 25/06 Jersey
Considers Tax Future, Tax-News.com |
| 22/06 VAT
Hiked In UK Emergency Budget, Tax-News.com |
| 21/06 Steady
Progress In TPP Negotiations, Tax-News.com |
| 18/06 Singapore
- Another Hong Kong?, Investors Offshore special feature |
| 15/06 Swiss
Parliament Approves UBS Agreement, Tax-News.com |
| 14/06 Ethical
Moonshine, Penelope Wise blog entry |
| 11/06 Germany
Purchases Stolen Tax Data Disc, Tax-News.com |
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08/06 Dubai
Full PBTG Guide, added to Personal Business Tax Guide |
| 07/06 G-20
Shelves Global Bank Tax, Tax-News.com |
| 04/06
Lowtax Panama, annual update |
| 01/06
Lowtax Luxembourg, annual update |
| 31/05
OECD And EU Strengthen Tax Cooperation, Tax-News.com |
| 28/05
Lowtax Guernsey, annual update |
| 25/05
Lowtax Jersey, annual update |
| 24/05 Lithuania
Summary PBTG Guide, added to Personal Business Tax Guide |
| 21/05
Lowtax Liechtenstein, annual update |
| 18/05 Latvia
Summary PBTG Guide, added to Personal Business Tax Guide |
| 17/05 Offshore
And The Euro, Jeremy Hetherington-Gore blog entry |
| 14/05 IO
Focus: Barbados, Investors Offshore special feature |
| 03/03
Personal Business
Tax Guide, PBTG, has launched! |
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| Layton Calls On Harper To Defer Canadian CIT Cuts |
by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada, Jack Layton, in a 30-minute meeting
with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, urged the deferral of the Conservative
government’s plans to slash the corporate income tax rate twice in quick
succession, stating instead that financial support should go to the needy.
The meeting was held ahead of the release of the Conservatives’ federal
Budget, scheduled for March 4. The minority Conservatives, in order for the
budget to be adopted, must get at least one party on-side with its proposals.
During the meeting, Layton underscored the party’s firm belief that forging
ahead with the corporate tax cuts would be inappropriate, underlining that Canadian
corporations were not in need of fiscal support, but instead the jobless and
the elderly were in greater need. Layton urged instead that the CAD6bn (USD5.75bn) that
the government could save by deferring the cuts, would be better spent through
welfare and job creation. "The banks and oil companies don't need the support;
the only thing that they seem to want to do is give themselves bonuses,”
Layton jibed, speaking later to reporters.
Since entering into power in 2006, Harper championed the previous Liberal government’s
five-year plan to cut the corporate income tax rate, and it would appear he
is unlikely to reconsider his stance. Canada’s Federal CIT is set to drop
further, from 19% currently, to 16.5% in 2011 and to 15% in 2012.
Speaking on behalf of the Conservative government after the meeting, spokesman
Dimitri Soudas told The Canadian Press that the government was standing steadfast by
its proposals, and did not intend to perform a u-turn on the planned corporate tax cuts, stating:
“We continue to believe that low taxes are a good thing for the economy;
these tax cuts we've put in place are for the good of the economy.”
According to Layton, speaking after the meeting, discussions were held in
a “cordial” atmosphere. With 400,000 jobs lost to the recession,
and the national unemployment rate at a 12-year high with more than 8% of the
population out of work, both Layton and Harper agreed on a major issue: that
the budget should encourage job creation. "The proposition to the Prime
Minister was simply that; we're not out of the recession until people are back
at work. He said he agreed with me," Layton told reporters after the meeting.
The NDP leader voiced his support for the extension of Employment
Insurance benefits, and the reintroduction of the Home Renovation Tax Credit,
which was allowed to expire in January.
In his comments after the meeting, Layton said that although Harper had not
provided any commitments on important matters to the NDP, he disclosed that
his party would not be committing to voting down the budget before it is released on March 4.
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