The United States Treasury deserves at least some credit for having taken on board the concerns of tax practitioners and businesses when formulating the final version of its proposed new debt/equity regulations... Read Full Article »
What better way for European and Portuguese business to enter the Latin America markets other than Uruguay business setup? With recent turmoil in Brazil and its economy (and general perception in that matter) alternatives in the large continents begin to surface and present themselves... Read Full Article »
The names of these regions may be unknown to many, but doing business between the Free State and Madeira has never been better. Focusing on trade and tourism, both states have much to learn from each other as indicated by... Read Full Article »
I'm not a fan of social media. For me, it trivializes the huge advances that have been made in information and communication technology in recent times. As I mentioned last week, it's technology that we tend to take for granted... Read Full Article »
Jam tomorrow for the Portuguese, facing another year of austerity under the countrys 2014 budget, but at least corporation tax is being cut, if only by two percent, to 23 percent. Its billed as a step on the way towards a target rate of 19 percent by 2018; but the situation is worse than that for bigger companies, which pay up to five percent more in surtax, plus a local supplement of up to 1.5 percent, making a total of 29.5 percent, which suddenly doesnt sound so attractive. The Spanish headline rate is stuck at 30 percent, so maybe theres an element of local competition in Portuguese thinking. Portugal is still under an EU bailout program worth EUR68bn, but does seem to be struggling free of the worst of its crisis, with a return to growth in the second half Read Full Article »
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