Author: Aaron
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The World Bank’s incoherent approach to taxes
The World Bank should revise its Doing Business report to bring coherence to its work on taxes. The World Bank’s Doing Business report came under fire last week for its alleged political bias against Chile. Doing Business is a sort of international competitiveness ranking. It measures on an annual basis the ease of doing business…
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TipRanks Identifies the Top 20 Analysts of 2017
NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — TipRanks, the world’s leading analyst ranking service, has identified the Top 20 Wall Street analysts of 2017. The ranking was based on the analysts’ ability to generate return with their stock ratings and price targets. TipRanks’ algorithms calculated the average return and statistical significance of each rating, as well as the…
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Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance Presents to National Assembly Landmark Legislation to Criminalize Tax Fraud
President Varela’s Administration presented the bill as part of its ongoing commitment to greater financial transparency and international standards PANAMA CITY, Jan. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance presented yesterday to the National Assembly new landmark legislation to include tax fraud in the Country’s Criminal Code, which, if passed, will represent the latest in…
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Offshore Tax Planning for Project Financing
[box size=”large” style=”rounded”]Historic structures: transfer pricing, diverted profit tax, carried interest no longer function for offshore tax planning.[/box] [box type=”alert” size=”large” style=”rounded”]Investment vehicles require a look at what the future is to be.[/box] [box type=”info” style=”rounded”]Governments and governance look through everything. Everything is considered a tax avoidance scheme except that which is formally recognized and…
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Importance of Foreign Investments after Retirement
It is the dream of any employee to retire gracefully. Retirement should be a period when one settles down to enjoy the fruits of his/her working years. Most companies offer a significant amount of money to their employees upon retirement. This package is supposed to support the retiree as he/she settles into life away from…
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Weiss Announces First Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Grades by U.S. Rating Agency
Risky Crypto Market to Get the Clarity Only Impartial Ratings (Cryptocurrency Grades) Can Provide PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Weiss Ratings, the nation’s leading independent rating agency of financial institutions, will issue letter grades on cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, Cardano, NEM, Litecoin, Stellar, EOS, IOTA, Dash, NEO, Monero, Bitcoin Gold and many others.…
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BCX Mainnet Launches: Delivering the Future for the Bitcoin Community
NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BCX, operated by BitcoinX Foundation, is a promising fork of Bitcoin, today announced that it’s Mainnet launched successfully on January 15, 2018. This indicates BCX is able to offer unlimited possibilities for the Bitcoin community. With its successfully Mainnet launch, BCX now supports SegWit, Lightning Network, Replay Protection, Unique Address Format, DAA difficulty Adjustment and blake2b GPU mining. Slow transaction…