WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- Closing business tax loopholes and cracking down on the use of tax havens are two international tax code changes U.S. President Barack Obama sought Monday.
FLINT, Mich., June 17 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has indicated that he would finesse U.S. tax policy so that it better protects working-class Americans in the global economy.
BRUSSELS, May 16 (UPI) -- Finance ministers from the European Union have agreed to rewrite rules on savings tax in an effort to curtail tax havens, EU's tax commissioner said Friday.
MOSCOW, March 23 (UPI) -- Russia's finance minister vowed to revamp the country's oil industry by raising export duties and closing tax loopholes, the Financial Times reports.
MOSCOW, March 3 (UPI) -- Russia has demanded that oil conglomerate Sibneft pay $1 billion in taxes, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.
SALEM, Ore., May 23 (UPI) -- Oregon lawmakers were examining the tax code Friday in search of loopholes and tax breaks that could be eliminated and bolster the cash-strapped treasury. Large personal deductions and some business breaks are being targeted as an alternative to another t
WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- Lawmakers discussed Tuesday how to keep executives from siphoning off funds for personal gain, in light of the collapse of Enron. They focused on how to address tax loopholes in putting money away from retirement plans that benefited only the wealthy few.