TEHRAN, June 07 - Jordan's Prime Minister-designate Omar Razzaz said on Thursday he would withdraw a controversial tax bill soon after he has been sworn in by King Abdullah.
TEHRAN, June 05 -Jordan's king says the new government must launch a dialogue over a planned income tax law, which has sparked the country's biggest protests in years.
TEHRAN, June 04 - The dismissal of Mulki was demanded in a series of protests against IMF-backed tax increases that have shaken the kingdom. The sources said King Abdullah had ordered Mulki for an audience in his palace later on Monday.
TEHRAN, March 4 - U.S. President Donald Trump kept up pressure on trading partners on Saturday, threatening European automakers with a tax on imports if the European Union retaliates against his plan to slap tariffs on aluminum and steel.
TEHRAN, February 27 - Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine have spoken out against Tel Aviv’s tax and land grab plans targeting churches in Jerusalem al-Quds, with Beirut and Amman describing the measures as a violation of international regulations.
TEHRAN, February 17 - Japan has okayed plans to let people choose to start drawing their state pensions beyond the age of 70 as it grapples with severe labor shortages, ballooning welfare costs and a shriveling tax base stemming from its graying population.
TEHRAN, December 5 -The dollar dipped on Tuesday, as investors waited to see how the next step of the U.S. tax reform legislation proceeds rather than extend the rise made by the dollar at the start of the week following the U.S. Senate’s approval of the tax bill.
TEHRAN, November 30 - Hundreds of thousands of Argentinean people have flocked to the streets in the country’s capital of Buenos Aires to express discontent over government-proposed labor, tax , and pension reforms.
TEHRAN, November 3 -US Republican leaders unveiled a sweeping tax bill that would dramatically slash corporate rates, but the measure was already under fire from within the party despite pressure from President Donald Trump.
TEHRAN, November 3 -U.S. House of Representatives Republicans unveiled long-delayed legislation on Thursday to deliver deep tax cuts that President Donald Trump has promised, setting off a frantic race in Congress to give him his first major legislative victory.
TEHRAN, October 27 -The Republican head of the tax -writing panel in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Friday progress was being made in efforts to allay concerns among some Republicans about the potential elimination of a federal deduction for state and local income tax es as part of a tax -reform push.
TEHRAN, October 20 -President Donald Trump’s drive to overhaul the U.S. tax code cleared a critical hurdle on Thursday when the Senate approved a budget blueprint for the 2018 fiscal year that will pave the way for Republicans to pursue a tax -cut package without Democratic support.
TEHRAN, October 18 -Senate Republicans scrambled on Tuesday to ensure support for a budget resolution vital to President Donald Trump’s drive to overhaul the U.S. tax code, as one Republican fiscal hawk announced he might vote against the measure.
TEHRAN, October 11 - Speculation that President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul plan would stall kept the dollar below a recent 10-week peak against major currencies on Wednesday, and the euro held near a 12-day high as political tensions over Catalonia receded slightly.
TEHRAN, October 11 - Hong Kong will cut company profits tax to 8.25 percent for the first HK$2 million of earnings, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam said in her maiden policy address on Wednesday in which she laid out some of her priorities for the next five years.
TEHRAN, October 4 - The EU turned the screw on US tech giants Wednesday, ordering Amazon to repay Luxembourg 250 million euros in back tax es and taking Ireland to court for failing to collect billions from Apple.
TEHRAN, October 4 -President Donald Trump’s tax reform plan came under new criticism on Tuesday from two towering Wall Street figures, including billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who called into question a Republican drive to slash the U.S. corporate rate.
TEHRAN, September 30 - The broad-based US tax cuts proposed by US President Donald Trump this week would mostly benefit the very wealthy while lowering government revenues by $2.4 trillion over 10 years, according to an analysis.
TEHRAN, September 28 - The dollar gained for a fourth consecutive day on Thursday as a rise in U.S. Treasury yields encouraged investors to trim their short bets.