taxes
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Australia’s Fuel Tax To Increase Twice A Year From August 1st
Ready to pay more for your petrol? As widely expected, the Australian Government is set to increase the fuel excise in line with inflation twice a year. The government says this will generate $2.2 billion over the first four years — and be directly tied to fund upcoming major road projects.
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Here’s The Document That Started Apple’s Hidden Irish Tax Scheme
The mega-valuable company that makes your laptop is under US congressional scrutiny this week for alleged offshore tax-dodging. It all started in 1980, when Apple’s California execs moved their operation to Ireland with a fake company with the codename “Waldwill Limited.”
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Bloomberg: Yahoo, Dell And Google Dodging Taxes In The Netherlands
You associate the Netherlands with Tulips and THC, not tax-evasion, but that’s exactly what some tech companies are using the country for. According to Bloomberg, Yahoo, Dell and Google have set up offices in Holland in order to take advantage of the country’s lenient tax laws and funnel millions and millions of dollars into off-shore…
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A Machine That Collects Tax From Prostitutes
In Bonn, Germany, where prostitution is legal, hookers pay a “prostitution tax” to a ticket machine in order to have sex for monies. The fee is €6 (or $7.80) and shoots out a receipt to make the occupation official.