Hesse Premier Says Transaction Tax Implementation Unlikely: FAS
2014-01-05 12:03:27.97 GMT
By Nicholas Comfort
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- German govt agreed to implement
European financial transaction tax only if it doesn’t damage
economy or make Germany less competitive and is applied across
Europe, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung cites Volker
Bouffier, premier of state of Hesse, as saying in interview.
* Bouffier says he doesn’t see how tax can be structured to
fulfill those 3 conditions in foreseeable future
* NOTE: Frankfurt, Germany’s finance capital, is located in
Hesse
* NOTE Dec. 4: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble
tells Handelsblatt newspaper resistance to EU-wide
transaction tax increasing NSN MXABCT6K50Y1 <GO>
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2014-01-05 12:03:27.97 GMT
By Nicholas Comfort
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- German govt agreed to implement
European financial transaction tax only if it doesn’t damage
economy or make Germany less competitive and is applied across
Europe, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung cites Volker
Bouffier, premier of state of Hesse, as saying in interview.
* Bouffier says he doesn’t see how tax can be structured to
fulfill those 3 conditions in foreseeable future
* NOTE: Frankfurt, Germany’s finance capital, is located in
Hesse
* NOTE Dec. 4: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble
tells Handelsblatt newspaper resistance to EU-wide
transaction tax increasing NSN MXABCT6K50Y1 <GO>
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Nicholas Comfort in Frankfurt at +49-69-92041-213 or
ncomfort1@bloomberg.net
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Frank Connelly at +33-1-5365-5063 or
fconnelly@bloomberg.net