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European banks storing €20bn a year in tax havens

TheGuardian

Barclays and HSBC among banks booking money equivalent to 14% of annual profits in offshore entities Leading European banks are booking around €20bn (£17bn) a year – equivalent to 14% of their total profits – in tax havens, with Barclays, HSBC and NatWest Group among those enjoying the lowest tax rates, according to a new report.

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Revealed: Barclays avoids almost £2bn in tax via Luxembourg scheme

TheGuardian

Exclusive: Arrangement has allowed bank to earn billions of pounds nearly tax-free for over 12 years Barclays has avoided nearly £2bn in tax via a lucrative arrangement in Luxembourg that allowed it to pay less than 1% on profits in the tax haven for more than a decade.

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Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax

PYMNTS

The jousting over eCommerce taxes — especially for U.S. Last week in India, the government proposed a tax on eCommerce transactions that will likely increase operating costs for sellers large and small. The tax, technically known as “Tax Deducted at Source” (TDS), is sent directly to an account held by the central government.

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KPMG Debuts SMB Accounting, Tax Platform

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KPMG is taking further steps into the small business financial services world with a new tax and accounting solution for SMBs, the company announced Thursday (Dec. KPMG’s latest launch is timely, considering the upcoming tax season as well as the latest tax law overhauls in the U.S. LeSage, in a statement.

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SMB Tax Complexity Preserves Role For The Human Accountant

PYMNTS

With the first tax season post-tax reform nearing completion in the U.S., Ongoing regulatory changes and persistent uncertainty mean that that importance will continue even outside of tax season, with challenges that even the most automated of accounting software solutions cannot always tackle. Tackling Tax.

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France Looks To Create Its Own Home Booking Platform

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This time, the French government said, it plans to team up with the country’s tourism industry to build an internet site whose ultimate goal is to grab customers away from the likes of Airbnb and Booking Holdings. Airbnb has been fighting with the French government over such issues as providing data to tax authorities.

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Indonesia Reduces Import Tax Threshold To Protect Smaller Firms

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Indonesia has announced it’s going to reduce the threshold for taxing imported eCommerce consumer goods from $75 to $3, to help control the purchases of cheap foreign goods and help protect smaller Indonesian firms, according to a report by Reuters. They’ll be taxed at a rate of 32.5 million last year and 6.1 percent to 37.5

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