11 May 2009
Germany, like the US, has been highly critical of countries considered to be tax havens. Mostly, those are countries outside of Europe with financial and banking secrecy laws meant to woo (mostly) westerners with the lure of escaping taxation. There are a few notable exceptions within Europe: Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. All three are small, [...]
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29 April 2009
Nobody wants to pay more tax. But a recent study by Mercer seems to suggest that a higher tax rate does not serve as a deterrent to quality of life and, in some cases, is quite the opposite. Many of the cities which topped Mercer’s quality of life survey are those with relatively high tax [...]
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