Comprehensive property tax reform in Albania is generally acknowledged to be a technically complex and data intensive process, typically involving interaction and coordination between many agencies at both the central and local level. The present property tax in Albania is fairly...
The worldwide economies are facing some of the highest ratios of public debt in decades. For those countries that are not at imminent risk of losing market access, current policy debates center on the appropriate pace at which to pay down...
There are many reasons for the intensified focus on energy taxes. Some are purely political. To many policy makers, certain types of energy taxes seem more acceptable to the voting public than typical tax increases, such as increments to personal...
In the private sector, mergers and acquisitions of big companies take place quite regularly. In public sector this move is different and is accompanied with politic and social environment issues. At the elementary level, it can be argued that it is perceived...
Albania has significant potential to increase oil investment and production. The obstacles to investment are not in the legal or contractual framework, but in the regulatory and institutional credibility. Albania is one of the countries in the world in which...
The distinguishing features of excise taxation are selectivity in coverage, discrimination in intent, and often some form of quantitative measurement in determining the tax liability. Specific taxes on goods and services, referred to as excise taxes, are among the oldest...
Some of the most popular countries that offer the financial benefit of having no income tax are Bermuda, Monaco, the Bahamas, Andorra and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). There are a number of countries without the burden of income...
Budget deficits, as well as surpluses can be part of our everyday financial life, together with their effects. But, the impact they reflect to economic environment is the most important effect for the future. Business investment spending on physical capital such...
One of the main ways to detect fraudulent activities of a subcontractor, is (besides the site observations or visits) the practice of analyzing data (digital and on paper) in the possession of the tax administration. There exists a wide variety of...
