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Q+A - Australia's PM under budget pressure after floods 

Reuters - Friday, January 21 08:28 am

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she may impose a tax levy to help pay for massive flood rebuilding around the country, with key independents propping up her one-seat minority rule giving their support. More »

  • Q+A - Australia's PM under budget pressure after floods

    Reuters - Friday, January 21 08:10 am

    CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she may impose a tax levy to help pay for massive flood rebuilding around the country, with key independents propping up her one-seat minority rule giving their support. More »

  • Benefit system 'mistakes' slammed

    Epolitix - Friday, January 21 07:25 am

    Tax payers are funding benefit overpayments of £1.1bn due to "customer error" in their claims, according to a report published today. More »

  • Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrives at the Villa Madama in Rome for a meeting with Slovenia's President Danilo Turk January 18, 2011. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

    Berlusconi urged to resign over latest sex probe 

    Reuters - Tuesday, January 18 03:39 pm

    ROME (Reuters) - Italian opposition parties stepped up calls on Tuesday for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign over a probe into allegations he paid for sex with several young women, including a 17-year old nightclub dancer. More »

  • Whistleblower hands Assange offshore bank secrets

    Whistleblower hands Assange offshore bank secrets

    AFP - Monday, January 17 08:13 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vowed to publish secret details of offshore accounts after a Swiss banking whistleblower handed over data Monday on 2,000 purportedly tax-dodging individuals and firms. More »

  • Japanese veteran lawmaker Kaoru Yosano (C) is surrounded by the media in Tokyo January 14, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo

    Japan government signals new fiscal reform push 

    Reuters - Friday, January 14 10:24 am

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new economics minister warned on Friday that the country faced a fiscal dead end, signalling that a revamped cabinet was serious about tax reforms to rein in the country's massive public debt. More »

  • John Lewis sees sales jump ahead of VAT increase 

    Reuters - Friday, January 14 07:36 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - Sales at department store chain John Lewis rocketed last week as shoppers rushed to buy furniture and electrical goods ahead of an increase in VAT sales tax. More »

  • John Lewis sees sales jump ahead of VAT increase

    Reuters - Friday, January 14 07:32 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - Sales at department store chain John Lewis rocketed last week as shoppers rushed to buy furniture and electrical goods ahead of an increase in VAT sales tax. More »

  • Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano leaves a news conference in Tokyo June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Issei Kato

    Japan PM to tap fiscal hawk in new line-up-media 

    Reuters - Thursday, January 13 07:19 am

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister will give a fiscal hawk a key post when he revamps his cabinet on Friday, media reported, a move probably intended to show he is serious about tax reforms to rein in the country's huge public debt. More »

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