The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into Nike’s tax arrangements in the Netherlands, looking to examine whether the country’s tax administration body, Belastingdienst, has given the sportswear giant an unfair advantage over its competitors. Between 2006 and 2015, Dutch authorities issued five tax rulings, two of which...
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Online platform Amazon will soon stop supplying Switzerland via its website Amazon.com. The reason is a change in value-added tax law, which will come into force in January. With the new legislation, the Swiss government aims to put domestic and foreign mail order companies on an equal footing. Until now, the import tax for deliveries to...
London - Inditex may be the world's leading fashion retailer, but that certainly does not mean the Spanish conglomerate is immune to allegations concerning its working practices and its business operations. Over the last two years alone the parent company of Zara has been accused of failing to protect its workers from modern day slavery...
Retailers are urging the European Commission to accept that import taxes which have pushed up the price of shoes from China and Vietnam should finally end. The tariffs were originally imposed in 2006, then extended in 2008 at the request of European manufacturers who claimed Chinese and Vietnamese makers were competing unfairly. The tariffs are...
