Tax-News.com: Luxembourg’s Prime Minister and President of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker has underlined his confidence that the Eurogroup will indeed be able to implement all the necessary decisions regarding Greece’s second adjustment programme during its forthcoming meeting on February 20.

Tax-News.com: Leader of Germany’s ruling Christian Social Union Horst Seehofer has recently announced plans to make tax policy a central issue of the upcoming elections in 2013, following the decision by the Social Democrats and the Green Party to reject the coalition government’s tax relief measures...

Tax-News.com: The Isle of Man’s Department of Economic Development has welcomed the coverage received from a recent clean-tech business breakfast where the island’s offerings were represented to an audience of over 140 clean-tech sector investors, professional advisers and businesses.

Tax-News.com: Austria’s Finance Minister Maria Fekter has recently announced that the coalition government has finally united on plans for ‘the largest reform package’ of the Second Republic, designed to consolidate the country’s public finances by a total of EUR26.457bn (USD34.915bn)...

Tax-News.com: Delphi Automotive PLC has become the first Jersey company to have its shares directly listed on the New York Shock Exchange, having been advised on its initial public offering by Channel Islands law firm Carey Olsen.

Tax-News.com: Delphi Automotive PLC has become the first Jersey company to have its shares directly listed on the New York Shock Exchange, having been advised on its initial public offering by Channel Islands law firm Carey Olsen.

Tax-News.com: The United States Internal Revenue Service has released the guidance and forms that employers can use to claim the newly-expanded tax credit for hiring veterans.

Tax-News.com: Russian presidential candidate and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced that, if elected, his government would increase taxes on luxury items as part of a larger reform of the tax system to reduce the country’s over-dependence on oil revenues and fund ballooning government...

Tax-News.com: Austria’s constitutional court has recently ruled that the country’s bank tax, which was introduced at the beginning of last year in the wake of the financial crisis, does not violate the constitution.

Tax-News.com: Hong Kong’s double taxation agreement with the Czech Republic, signed on June 6, 2011, came into force on January 24 this year, while that with Spain, signed on April 1 last year, will come into effect on April 16, now that ratification procedures have been completed on all sides.