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Can digital taxes help fund the Covid-19 recovery in emerging markets?
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With digital payment services and streaming platforms experiencing rapid growth during the coronavirus pandemic, governments in emerging marketsare looking at introducing digital taxes as a way of expanding state revenue. The pandemic and associated lockdowns have causedcommerce toshift online, as consumer purchases are increasingly made through digital channels. Meanwhile, streaming…

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Overview of and recent changes to Trinidad and Tobago's tax regime
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Trinidad and Tobago has traditionally generated the majority of its revenue from its once-buoyant oil and gas sector. However, despite recent growth in the manufacturing and non-energy sector, the sharp decline in energy revenue has seen the government struggle with fiscal measures to keep the economy afloat. For example, despite amendments to the Property Tax Act, the mechanisms are still…

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Brian Hackett, Territory Senior Partner, PwC Trinidad and Tobago: Viewpoint
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Viewpoint:Brian Hackett Traditionally, T&T has generated the majority of its revenue from its once buoyant oil sector, and more recently, from natural gas. Despite recent growth in the manufacturing and non-energy sector, as well as the current administration’s attempt to curtail spending, the decline in revenue from oil and gas streams has seen successive administrations struggle to effectively…

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The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
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The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is located in the southern end of the Caribbean, just off the coast of Venezuela. Its rich and varied heritage lends itself to a vibrant society and cuisine derived from an array of ethnicities and religions. On the back of elevated global oil prices, T&T has gone through a period of rapid economic expansion in recent decades, resulting in higher leve

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The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020: Tax
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In conjunction with PwC, this chapter explores the taxation system and Trinidad & Tobago’s efforts to build an investor-friendly environment. It also contains a viewpoint from Brian Hackett, Territory Senior Partner, PwC Trinidad and Tobago.…

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The Report: Mexico 2019
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Following the economic crises of the 1980s and 1990s, Mexico implemented a series of liberalising structural reforms, enabling it to become one of the world’s most open, trade-orientated emerging economies. However, the slowdown of the US economy, to which Mexico’s fortunes are closely tied, and the rising uncertainty generated by global trade tensions has affected development. Analysts expect

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Mexico aims to improve public finances without raising tax rates
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Mexico’s GDP growth has slowed in recent years, from 2.3% in 2017 to 2% in 2018, and it is estimated to reach 1.6% in 2019, lower than expected given the economic reforms implemented by former President Enrique Peña Nieto between 2012 and 2018. Although GDP is anticipated to expand by 1.9% in 2020, more needs to be done to create the conditions necessary for recovery. Annual inflation has…

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Ricardo González Orta, Partner, Deloitte México: Viewpoint
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Viewpoint:Ricardo González Orta Economic growth and tackling poverty are two of the most important challenges the government faces. In this regard, the National Development Plan 2019-24 contains three broad priority areas: strengthening the rule of law; ensuring the well-being of the population; and fostering economic development. The plan also addresses three issues that will be prioritised…

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The Report: Mexico 2019: Tax
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In conjunction with Deloitte, this chapter explores the taxation system and Mexico’s efforts to build an investor-friendly environment. It also contains a viewpoint with Ricardo González Orta, Partner, Deloitte México.…

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The Report: Colombia 2019
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Colombia is home to a distinctive blend of ethnicities, cultures and geography, has the second-largest population in South America and is the continent’s fourth-largest country. After spending much of the second half of the 20th century embroiled in the world’s second-longest modern civil war, the 2016 peace accord brought a formal end to the conflict between FARC and the government. The end o

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