Nicholas Ferguson, one of the most important figures in UK private equity business, has criticized rules on capital gains tax that allow executives at private equity firms and some hedge funds to enjoy tax rates as low as 10 percent. This abnormal matter of facts was attacked also by a recent trade's union campaign against buy-out firms.

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Structured settlement and annuity factoring regulations have undergone significant changes in recent years. You can now sell your structured payments with greater security and confidence. These changes are in place to make it easier for the person that has a need to get their compensation faster.

CBI Director-General Richard Lambert today (Monday) launched a new Tax Task Force to examine whether the UK's corporate tax regime is still fit for purpose and to make recommendations for future policy.

New UK research shows that ordinary savers and pensioners bear brunt of £3bn share tax

With taxes making up more than half of the selling price of petrol in India and one-third of diesel, a parliamentary panel has asked the government to reduce rates of duties and taxes on the two fuel.

Denouncing the infamous "Saral" income tax return form as anything but simple, Finance Minister of India P Chidambaram announced the introduction of a fresh set of simplified return forms to be known simply as ITR.

Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) apologized to Lacerte, ProSeries and TurboTax customers affected by the slowdown in the company's electronic filing system on April 17.

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Taxpayers affected by the major storm that hit the Northeastern United States April 16 now have until Thursday, April 26 to file their tax returns, the Internal Revenue Service said today.

Taxpayers who were unable to e-file their tax returns Tuesday using Intuit Inc. software products have until midnight on Thursday, April 19, to file their returns, the Internal Revenue Service announced Wednesday.

Oil and gas industry representatives of Australia are calling on the government to provide bigger tax incentives to encourage the discovery of new projects.