The Autumn Budget, released November 22, lowers the United Kingdom’s economic growth forecast as it moves towards Brexit.
The UK’s Autumn Budget leaves in place the UK’s low 19 percent corporate tax while vowing to tighten tax rules and crack down on online sales. This post addresses the main points of interest for corporations.
The Brexit referendum will likely have significant implications for the UK's value-added tax system. Here are some important considerations to help you make informed VAT-related decisions as Brexit negotiations unfold.
After years of negotiation, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive new trade agreement, was signed in February this year by 12 nations. If it is ratified — a big “if” — it will bring important economic benefits to member nations, which include the US, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Peru — but not China. At first glance, it may seem surprising that the world’s second-largest economy isn’t participating. But if you take a deeper look at the pact and its requirements, the reasons become clear. They also shed light on China’s ambitions and the other initiatives it is pursuing to support them, even as the future of the TPP itself becomes increasingly cloudy.
In this week's Global Glance we look at blockchain and why it’s time you got educated, key points of the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, and the UK’s EU referendum.
In this week's Global Glance we look at Politico’s plan to save journalism through global expansion, how a US t-shirt service with a powerful new business model is expanding to Europe, and the decline of global poverty.