Taxation in France
Tax revenues fall below even revised target
By Prokopis Hatzinikolaou
Athens and its creditors are increasingly alarmed by the course of public revenues in 2014, as they continue to fall short despite a revision of the targets for this year set out in the 2015 budget, tabled in Parliament last week.
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Business In Bulgaria Pays Sixth Lowest Taxes In Europe - Survey
Bulgaria has the sixth lowest overall taxes for medium-size companies in EU and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), shows the Paying Taxes 2015 survey of PriceWaterhouseCoopers among 189 economies worldwide.
The total tax rate in Bulgaria is 27%, which ranks it sixth after Croatia (18.8%), Luxembourg (20.2%), Cyprus (23.2%), Ireland (25.9%) and Denmark (26%).
Romania Raises Indirect Taxes to Fill Budget Gaps
Romania's government is proposing controversial increases in some taxes after deciding to cut taxes on employers in order to boost job creation.
The cabinet on Wednesday is to start debating a draft Fiscal Code that includes increasing taxes on cars and owners of non-residential properties among other things.
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Primary surplus, revenues beat targets
January-May budget figures show tax collections fetched 140 million euros more than expected
By Sotiris Nikas
The budgets primary balance and its revenues have beaten their targets according to the deficit figures for the years first five months released on Tuesday by the Finance Ministry.
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Budget posts primary surplus of 1.54 bln euros in Q1
Value-added tax revenues from fuel consumption missed their budget target by 288 million euros in the January-March period.
By Prokopis Hatzinikolaou
Despite the significant lag in public revenues, the state budget produced a primary surplus of 1.54 billion euros in the first quarter of the year, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Finance Ministry.