Presenting basic coverage of the foreign exchange market and the balance of payments, this text places particular emphasis on research findings related to exchange rate determination. Coverage includes topics such as financing international trade, "overshooting" exchange rates, and "speculative buubles". The text integrates international financial management topics with international monetary economics, and also introduces the determinants of the balance of payments and exchange rates.
Foreign Taxes and the Growing Share of U.S. Multinational Company Income Abroad
by Office of Tax Analysis U S Department O
Practical Guide U.S. Taxation of International Transactions
by Robert J Misey, Jr and Michael S Schadewald
Measuring tax transaction costs in small and medium enterprises
This book introduces a practical methodology for the measurement of tax transaction costs (TTCs) in small and medium enterprises. TTCs comprise the administrative costs incurred by Governments to collect taxes, as well as the costs incurred by taxpayers to comply with tax laws. Measuring TTCs is critical to assess reducible costs, as well as to monitor progress towards their actual reduction. This publication analyzes also the results of the pilot testing of such methodology in two countries in...
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Lessons for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
by Cheryl Gray, Tracey Lane, and Aristomene Varoudakis
South Africa, like many countries in Africa, is resource rich but the benefits are not shared by the whole population. High levels of unem-ployment are leading to increasing conflict and violence, undermining the brighter future hoped for when apartheid was abolished. The authors set out a proposal to unleash their country's potential for growth in a way that benefits investors and the poorest by reforming taxation - a blueprint for other developing countries. The rapid develop-ment of Taiwan...
Ich bin Steuerberater - Ich war jung und brauchte das Geld
by Sonnige Bucher
Implementing a Local Property Tax Where There Is No Real Estate Market
by Michael E. Bell and John H Bowman
A resource for multinational employers and expatriate employees, this volume sorts out the basic tax rules and regulations for individuals around the globe. It provides a comprehensive summary of basic information about individual taxes and tax rates in over 120 countries and territories.
Taxation in ASEAN and China (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia)
China and the ASEAN region have risen rapidly to a position of immense economic significance in the global economy. Academics, policy makers and businesses are all keen to understand more about taxation in China and ASEAN, and this work seeks to address this key issue by providing a comprehensive overview of the many often mentioned but little understood challenges of doing business in the region. Traversing a wide range of regional issues and jurisdictions, topics covered include the role of...
Redesigning Petroleum Taxation (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics)
by Emre UEsenmez
Since its inception some 40 years ago, petroleum-specific taxation in the UK has been subject to numerous modifications. Often these modifications were brought into place not only to sufficiently incentivise the investors but also to capture a fair share for the government. However, it is evident from the frequency of changes that finding the right balance between these two aims is no easy matter. Such a balance, and the consequent fiscal stability, is necessary for the long-term relationship be...
This book seeks to answer a series of questions, such as: Why do developing countries rely heavily on indirect taxes? Why is income tax the dominant tax in advanced countries? Why do some countries have more tax expenditures than others? Why has VAT become the dominant sales tax world-wide? Why do less than half OECD countries have annual wealth taxes? Why are there so many differences in the way countries tax corporate income and capital gains? Why are the keys to success in tax reform? And man...