Public employees have decried the extended employment of job order and contract service workers in government, saying that it prolonged the exploitation of contractual workers.
Finland decided to tax sweets and chocolate at a higher rate.
President Joe Biden has repeatedly said he won’t hike taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000, but then this week he promised on X to hike taxes on just about everyone. Now, to be fair, Biden may not have understood that’s what he’s saying. Letting the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expire and “stay expired” […]
The Scottish Government’s two main buildings in Edinburgh are both more than half empty most of the time, according to newly-released figures. The government’s headquarters at St Andrew’s House in Regent Road, where top ministers are based, and Victoria Quay in Leith, built to house hundreds of civil servants, have typical occupancy rates of around one-third. Figures released under Freedom of Information show the capacity at Victoria Quay was never more than 30.5 per cent used across...
Mixed oil price movement is expected on Tuesday, April 23.
Joe Biden says he will let Donald Trump's across-the-board $2 trillion tax cut expire. That would mean the biggest tax increase in history.
Legally-mandated service provision is in danger, according to the head of the Tax Administration.
Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...
Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...
Canada will raise capital gains taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals to help pay for tens of billions in new spending aimed at making housing more affordable and improving the lives of young people.
Denmark’s government plans to introduce a national ban on the harmful ‘forever chemical’ PFAS in clothing and shoes.
Students will no longer receive general housing benefits, high-earners and pensioners will pay more tax and VAT will increase by 1.5 percentage points.