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TAXES

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2021
New Japanese finance chief faces dilemma: Spend more or repair fiscal health
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki will be forced to balance Kishida's spending plans with the nation's poor fiscal health.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2021
Pandora Papers show the rich will always find a way
For all the revelations about the shadow global financial system for the wealthy since the ICIJ's first revelations in 2013, it's striking how little has changed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 5, 2021
Pandora Papers: World leaders deny wrongdoing after dump of purported secrets
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists said the files are linked to about 35 current and former national leaders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Sep 21, 2021
Higher taxes are coming. For markets, that could be a good thing.
Global indebtedness sits at nearly $300 trillion, with $4.8 trillion added in the second quarter of 2021 alone.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
To the Olympic victors go the spoils — and for Americans, maybe a tax bill
Medals are not the focus of the IRS. Rather, it's the prize money the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee awards its medalist as well as the lucrative endorsement contracts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2021
A big step forward for global tax justice
Europe must demonstrate that multilateral action can deliver for all if every country invests in it. And the new global tax agreement does just that.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 16, 2021
How Trump’s trade war built China’s first global fashion giant
Partly due to the trade war, Shein pays neither export taxes on most of its products nor U.S. import taxes, an advantage that tilts the playing field heavily against its rivals.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 12, 2021
An agreement on tax could remind world of G7’s value
The G7 could be relevant, however, as an avatar for democratic and value-oriented leadership and some leaders see the institution evolving in that direction.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 11, 2021
World’s richest face tax squeeze after 40% boost to fortunes
The proposals form part of a global revival of initiatives to target the rich, including new taxes on capital gains, inheritances and wealth.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2021
Japan’s Finance Ministry ignores climate risk, ex-official says
Rintaro Tamaki, a former top bureaucrat at the ministry, says it should raise Japan's already high gasoline tax and hike tariffs on imported fossil fuels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2021
Tax deal by G7 countries exposes European policy rift on havens
The global deal on corporate tax looks set to pit large members such as Germany, France and Italy against Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 8, 2021
Big Tech watches tide turning on taxes after its years of plenty
In the current system, the likes of Facebook, Amazon.com and Google have paid effective tax rates which appeared on a long, steady march toward zero.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2021
What is a global minimum tax and what will it mean?
The deal aims to end what U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called a '30-year race to the bottom on corporate tax rates' as countries compete to lure multinationals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 5, 2021
G7 nations 'just 1 millimeter' from historic tax deal
Some of the world's richest nations are within touching distance of a historic deal to close the net on large companies that do not pay their fair share of tax.

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