Meeting of Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine Was Held

Meeting of Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine Was Held

KROPYVNYTSKYI, UKRAINE - AUGUST 20, 2024 - Acting head of the State Service of Ukraine for geodesy, cartography and cadastre Dmytro Makarenko, Acting Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotskyi, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko, acting head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine Tetiana Kiriienko and executive director of the Association of Ukrainian Cities Oleksandr Slobozhan (L to R) sign the Memorandum of Cooperation between state agencies during the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine in Kropyvnytskyi, central Ukraine.

Fuel prices surge in Italy as tax discount expires

STORY: Fuel prices surge in Italy as tax discount expires DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of gas stations STORYLINE: Gasoline and diesel prices in Italy have surged dramatically after a discount on fuel-related excise duties expired at the end of 2022. Local media reported on Tuesday that the national average prices reached 1.8 euros (1.91 U.S. dollars) for gasoline and 1.87 euros (1.98 U.S. dollars) for diesel respectively at self-service pumps, which marked an increase of more than 9 percent in both fuels in just a few days. In the first days of 2023, the national average price for full-service gasoline stood at 1.95 euros (2.07 U.S. dollars) per liter while that for full-service diesel stood at 2.02 euros (2.14 U.S. dollars) per liter. The expired discount was put in place in March 2022 to help combat a surge in fuel prices. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Rome. (XHTV)

Nagoya to cut local income tax by 10%

Nagoya to cut local income tax by 10%

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura salutes citizens in the city's assembly room on Dec. 22, 2009, after the assembly enacts an ordinance sponsored by the outspoken leader to cut local taxes by 10 percent in fiscal 2010. Nagoya and Handa, both in Aichi Prefecture, are the first cities to pass ordinances for cuts in local income tax in the next fiscal year starting April.

Nobuo Otsuki, Japan's oldest person to file tax returns online

Nobuo Otsuki, Japan's oldest person to file tax returns online

OITA, Japan - Nobuo Otsuki (photo), a chartered accountant in Usuki, Oita Prefecture, who continues to run an accountancy business at age 101, joined the ranks of people filing tax returns online Oct. 25 and filed his first tax returns with the use of a personal computer. Officials at the local tax office, who helped him through the online tax filing procedures, said Otsuki is the oldest person in Japan to file tax returns by PC. Japanese tax authorities began accepting online tax returns in 2004.

Yokohama mayor meet press over tax on off-track betting booths

Yokohama mayor meet press over tax on off-track betting booths

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide meets the press at the municipal government building in Yokohama on Dec. 14 after the city assembly approved a revised ordinance allowing the city to impose Japan's first local tax on horse-race betting. The city, the birthplace of modern horse-racing in Japan, estimates the 5% levy on bets placed at the city's off-track betting booths will bring in 1 bil. yen.

Nobuo Otsuki, Japan's oldest person to file tax returns online

Nobuo Otsuki, Japan's oldest person to file tax returns online

OITA, Japan - Nobuo Otsuki (photo), a chartered accountant in Usuki, Oita Prefecture, who continues to run an accountancy business at age 101, joined the ranks of people filing tax returns online Oct. 25 and filed his first tax returns with the use of a personal computer. Officials at the local tax office, who helped him through the online tax filing procedures, said Otsuki is the oldest person in Japan to file tax returns by PC. Japanese tax authorities began accepting online tax returns in 2004. (Kyodo)

Nagoya to cut local income tax by 10%

Nagoya to cut local income tax by 10%

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura salutes citizens in the city's assembly room on Dec. 22, 2009, after the assembly enacts an ordinance sponsored by the outspoken leader to cut local taxes by 10 percent in fiscal 2010. Nagoya and Handa, both in Aichi Prefecture, are the first cities to pass ordinances for cuts in local income tax in the next fiscal year starting April. (Kyodo)

Yokohama mayor meet press over tax on off-track betting booths

Yokohama mayor meet press over tax on off-track betting booths

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hidenobu Takahide meets the press at the municipal government building in Yokohama on Dec. 14 after the city assembly approved a revised ordinance allowing the city to impose Japan's first local tax on horse-race betting. The city, the birthplace of modern horse-racing in Japan, estimates the 5% levy on bets placed at the city's off-track betting booths will bring in 1 bil. yen.