Sin, the Hot New Government Revenue Strategy
Russia’s finance minister tries to encourage people to smoke and drink more so that they’ll bring in more sin tax revenues.
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Russia’s finance minister tries to encourage people to smoke and drink more so that they’ll bring in more sin tax revenues.
ATHENS (Greece) – GREECE’S Socialist government retained its finance minister in a cabinet reshuffle announced early on Tuesday but changed other key officials involved in the effort to reform the country’s troubled economy.
ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s Socialist government has retained its finance minister in a cabinet reshuffle but changed other key officials involved in the effort to reform the country’s troubled economy.
While B.C.’s Finance Minister still insists the HST wasn’t on his radar before the 2009 election, a former provincial finance minister said he was briefed on the issue almost 10 years ago.
The replacement of the Romanian finance minister by an obscure politician has raised fears in financial circles that Romania’s reform drive could be imperilled as the country grapples with a deep economic crisis.
VICTORIA – B.C.’s finance minister says he’s seeing some positive signs as he puts the finishing touches on the first quarterly report of the
RBC, 30.08.2010, Moscow 12:54:53. The Finance Ministry generally agrees with the Economic Development Ministry’s revised macroeconomic forecast, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told journalists today.
Finance Minister Bill English says depositors’ interests will be protected but he won’t speculate on what action the Government might be considering to safeguard the future of South Canterbury Finance, one of New Zealand’s biggest non-bank institutions.
Finance Minister Bill English is to visit Hong Kong and Singapore next week.
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