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Treasure Islands
Random House 2011; US$ 13.34Billionaire Warren Buffet, currently the third wealthiest man in the world, paid the lowest rate of tax among his office staff, including his receptionist. In 2006 the world's three biggest banana companies did nearly £400 million worth of business in Britain but paid just £128,000 in tax between them. In January 2009, US law enforcement... more...
Over Here and Undertaxed: Multinationals, Tax Avoidance and You
Random House 2013; US$ 2.74Tax has rocketed to the top of the news agenda. When Amazon, Google and Starbucks were pulled up in front of the Public Accounts Committee, many were stunned at how little corporation tax they paid (if at all) in a time of austerity and government cuts. How can a tax gap of £12 billion be justified, when a CEO can take home $101 million a year? There... more...
International Handbook of Land and Property Taxation
Edward Elgar Publishing 2004; US$ 60.00The 28 studies were prepared for the World Bank in early 2002 as part of the background for its 2003 Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction. Most of them are case studies reviewing the taxation of land and property in 25 countries, five each in the OEDC, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. more...
How to Pay Zero Taxes 2003
McGraw-Hill 2002; US$ 15.95''Might very well be the IRS's worst nightmare. . . . If there's a tax break allowed out there, it's in here.''New York Daily News. Publishers Weekly called it ''a can't-miss title.'' The New York Daily News praised it for ''pushing the envelope'' and taking ''a consumerist approach that's helpful during all the other months before next April.''... more...
Taxing Wages
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 133.00Taxing Wages provides unique information on income tax paid by workers and social security contributions levied on employees and their employers in OECD countries. In addition, this annual publication specifies family benefits paid as cash transfers. Amounts of taxes and benefits are detailed program by program, for eight household types which differ... more...
The Political Economy of Environmentally Related Taxes
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 56.00Environmentally related taxes are increasingly used in OECD countries, and ample and increasing evidence of their environmental effectiveness is now available. However, there remains a high potential for wider use of these environmental policy instruments, provided that they are well designed and that their potential impact on international competitiveness... more...
VAT Liability and the Implications of Commercial Property Transactions
Thorogood Publishing 2005; US$ 258.00Suitable for the non VAT specialist involved in property transactions either as an investor, occupier or professional advisor. This report provides guidance on VAT liability and accounting. It contains key planning points, tips and techniques. It shows you where the traps and pitfalls lie and how to avoid them. more...
Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in Latin America
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95This book provides a comprehensive analysis of tax systems and tax reforms in a number of Latin American countries since the early 1990a (TM)s, including Argentina and Brazil, Costa Rica and Mexico, Paraguay, Colombia, Chile and Uruguay. The authors present and discuss tax systems from a broad quantitative and historical perspective and describe the... more...
Fiscal Equalization
Springer 2007; US$ 129.99Highlights the developments in intergovernmental transfer design. This work include: the fundamental nature and objectives of equalization grants and their consequences on efficiency and equity; the appropriate institutional setting for the design and implementation of equalization grant systems; among others. more...
National Tax Policy in Europe
Springer 2007; US$ 94.99Discusses the question of how much room for national tax policy Member States of the European Union will find necessary and possible to maintain in the future. This book focuses on the possibilities Member States have and the constraints they face, such as the need to enhance competitiveness and attractiveness to inward foreign direct investment. more...









