Tuesday, January 22, 2013

11 European Countries Adopted A Financial Transactions Tax, And The U.S. Should Too

11 European Countries Adopted A Financial Transactions Tax, And The U.S. Should Too: 11 members of the Eurozone today received the go-ahead to apply a financial transactions tax to trades of stocks and derivatives that occur within their countries. The EU’s tax commissioner called it “a milestone for EU tax policy“: EU ministers have given the go ahead for 11 eurozone members, including France and Germany, to prepare [...]/p