Taxes

US threatens retaliation over ‘unreasonable’ EU tech regulations

USTR said European companies could be targeted as retaliation

The tax guidance is the latest win for large corporations and would provide additional tax benefits to companies on top of the tax incentives they won in US President Trump’s tax bill which passed Congress in July.

Trump administration plans to boost tax break for corporations

THE US Treasury Department is preparing to release a corporate tax workaround that would deliver large tax savings to companies including Salesforce and Qualcomm.

US President Donald Trump participates in a video call with service members from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, Nov 27, 2025.

Trump says he may cut income tax ‘completely’ because of tariff income

[PALM BEACH, Florida] US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.

Billionaires such as Checkout.com founder Guillaume Pousaz and Revolut chief executive officer Nik Storonsky have already exited the UK amid the scrapping its non-dom system that allowed tax breaks on overseas wealth for as long as 15 years.

Britain tries to fix its frayed relations with world’s rich

TECH billionaires, the owners of Premier League football teams and heirs to some of Europe’s oldest fortunes all recently left the UK because of higher taxes. Now, Britain’s finance minister is quietl...

Shares of UK’s biggest banks led the FTSE 100 index higher after Reeves’ announcement finally put to rest their fears that she would revive a windfall tax on bank earnings.

Bankers groan at UK tax rise even as lenders rally after Budget

New tax rates for dividends, property and savings income and a decision to tinker with the treatment of cash savings accounts added to the gloom

Billionaires have exited the UK amid the changes, which went further than measures outlined last year from the then-ruling Conservative Party.

UK expects bigger non-dom tax take despite billionaire exits

Meantime, other nations, such as Italy and Greece, have lured some of Britain’s globally mobile population

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced sweeteners such as above-inflation rises to the minimum wage and pensions, along with freezes on rail fares and prescription charges ahead of the budget.

UK to unveil tax-raising budget

[LONDON] Britain’s centre-left Labour government is set to unveil a tax-raising budget on Wednesday to curb debt and fund public services, while aiming to reassure financial markets and voters alike.

Reeves has maintained that she needs to show the markets that the UK government is fiscally prudent and needs to raise £30 billion to balance the books.
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All eyes on UK’s Reeves and her tax moves at Nov 26 Budget

If the Chancellor raises income tax rates, it would be a major U-turn of the Labour Party’s 2024 election promises

British PM Keir Starmer and finance minister Rachel Reeves scrapped earlier plans to raise income tax rates due to concerns the move would anger voters and deepen tensions with discontented Labour lawmakers, the report said.

UK’s Starmer, Reeves ditch budget plan to increase income tax rates: FT

BRITISH Prime Minister Keir Starmer and finance minister Rachel Reeves have abandoned plans to raise income tax rates, changing course just weeks before the Nov 26 release of the government’s budget, ...

A new, targeted sales tax on luxury and branded goods and equipment can generate additional tax revenue, and also serve as a progressive tool to reduce income inequality
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Sustaining Singapore’s edge as a global financial and wealth hub

A consumption-based sales tax on luxury goods could ensure the affluent contribute more without burdening the average citizen