IMF's Christine Lagarde: 'I Don't Pay Taxes, But You Should'
2012-05-30T07:01:13Z

IMF chief Christine Lagarde suggested in an interview with UK s Guardian that the Greeks should pay their taxes. It turns out Ms. Lagarde legitimately doesn t pay them herself. In fact, her IMF salary of $467,940 plus an $83,760 ...

Lagarde to Greeks: 'Pay your taxes'
2012-05-26T17:28:44Z

LONDON, May 26 (UPI) -- The managing director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde said Greeks could do their country a favor by paying their taxes. "As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are ...

IMF's Christine Lagarde, Who Chastised Greek Tax Evaders, Pays No Taxes
2012-05-29T17:53:48Z

Essentially, Lagarde said she has very little sympathy for the Greeks and that if they want to solve their financial problems they should just pay their taxes. Here's what she told the paper exactly: "'Do you know what? As far as Athens is ...

Like an Anorexic, U.S. Sees Itself Fat With Taxes
2012-05-24T11:11:43Z

Are your taxes too high? When Gallup asked that question in April, tax month in the United States, 46 percent said they were. An additional 47 percent said their taxes were about right. Just 3 percent said their taxes were too low.

EU Commission Calls On Spain To Raise Taxes
2012-05-30T11:18:55Z

MADRID -- The European Commission Wednesday called on austerity-stricken Spain to increase taxes further to help contain a mounting public debt problem, and warned that planned banking bailouts may lead to higher budget deficits. In a staff ...

Spain moves to claw back taxes from gaming firms
2012-05-28T23:52:54Z

Internet gaming firms said on Monday that they have been in talks with the Spanish tax authorities in recent weeks over the payment of retrospective taxes for January 2009 to May 2011, a period in which they were in the market without a clear legal framework.

Spain goes from boom to bust in a hectic 10 years
2012-05-30T19:39:59Z

In 2010, center-left Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero introduces controversial hikes in the retirement age, to 67, and in sales taxes to get a handle on the size of government debt and appease markets. Zapatero's measures fail to halt ...

Gas Taxes Remain Steady in the Face of Falling Prices
2012-05-25T18:41:30Z

But while what the drivers will be spending overall might be less compared with recent days and weeks, what they will be paying in state and federal excise gas taxes will remain the same. The state taxes and fees make up a significant portion of ...

How I Reframed Paying My Taxes: Why Self Talk Matters
2012-05-30T19:39:59Z

Do you like paying taxes? I own my own business, which means I write quarterly checks for my taxes. I confess, in the past I didn't enjoy paying them. We have a meeting every Friday afternoon to go over the cash flow, the receivables and the ...

Sen. McCaskill paid condo property taxes late
2012-05-21T16:01:36Z

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill paid several hundred dollars of interest and penalties after she was several weeks late in paying her property taxes on a Washington, D.C., condominium. The Democratic senator from Missouri paid $197 in penalties and interest ...

Analysis: Property taxes give NY Westchester edge over peers
2012-05-25T16:32:39Z

One secret lies in Westchester's higher and steadier stream of property taxes, analysts say ... of its property tax base is not just because it has the highest median home prices - $543,4100 as of the fourth quarter of 2011, according to ...

Africa s future: jobs and taxes
2012-05-27T23:54:05Z

Specifically? Concerns over capital flight, jobs, taxes and foreign direct investment. First, the report, which is overseen by four multilateral bodies*, runs through the expected growth figures: overall GDP growth for Africa of 4.5 per cent in ...

Monti to Increase Gasoline Taxes to Help Quake Relief
2012-05-30T15:00:49Z

Prime Minister Mario Monti s government extended a state of emergency after two fatal earthquakes in northern Italy and will raise gasoline taxes, Europe s highest, to help fund quake relief. The Cabinet approved an increase of 2 euro cents ...