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Study Says US Companies Pay 25% Tax Rate Abroad, by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Last updated 39 hours ago | Friday, May 24, 2013
At a time when international tax payments by companies are in the headlines, particularly
after the recent exchanges between the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations and
Apple's management, the Tax Foundation has analyzed that, according
to Internal Revenue Service data, United States multinational corporations
paid an average effective rate of 25 percent in foreign income taxes in 2009. [
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AfDB To Help African Countries Exploit US AGOA, by Lorys Charalambous, Tax-News.com, Cyprus
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The African Development Bank has announced plans to help diversify African
exports to the United States through the better utilization of African Growth
and Opportunity Act preferences by its beneficiary countries. [
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Switzerland, US On Brink Of Banking Secrecy Deal, by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf has confirmed that the Confederation
is close to brokering a deal with the US, aimed at resolving the longstanding
tax dispute between the two countries, and finding an "acceptable"
solution to deal with the issue of US taxpayers' undeclared income already held in Swiss
banks. [
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IRS Sees Growth In Self-Prepared e-Filed Tax Returns, by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The United States Internal Revenue Service has provided statistics showing
a continued growth in electronic filing, with the agency having
received, so far in 2013, more than 43m self-prepared and e-filed tax returns
from home. [
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STORY ]
US Again Leads Global Fund Investor Experience Ranking, by Glen Shapiro, LawAndTax-News.com, New York
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Morningstar, Inc. has released its 2013 Global Fund Investor Experience report, which evaluates investor-friendly practices in fund markets across North
America, Europe, Asia and Africa, and in which the United States is again assessed
as the best market for fund investors based on criteria such as investor protection,
transparency, fees, taxation and investment distribution. [
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US Senate Releases Paper On Housing Tax Reform Options , by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The Senate Finance Committee has released its sixth paper, on "Economic
and Community Development," which includes housing and mortgage tax incentives,
in a series compiling tax reform options that the Committee's members may wish
to consider as they work towards reforming the United States tax system. [
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US Accountants Comment On Home Office Deduction, by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington
Monday, May 20, 2013
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has recommended,
in a letter to the United States Internal Revenue Service, that the agency should re-evaluate
certain provisions of its optional safe harbor method for the home office deduction,
as proposed in a Revenue Procedure at the beginning of this year. [
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