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The United Kingdom, Germany and France will charge a new tax to the banks

26 Jun

George Osborne The United Kingdom, Germany and France will charge a new tax to the banks

George Osborne, British ministry of Economy, has just announced in the British parliament a deal that the United Kingdom, Germany, and France will establish from January of 2011 a tax tat will penalize banks operating in these three European countries.

With this measure, the British government hopes to obtain 2000 millions of pounds from the entities placed in the United Kingdom and local branches from stranger groups that operate in the country. France and Germany will confirm early if they take a similar measure, according Osborne.

This tax will be similar as the one that the government of Barack Obama announced the past year.

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A new tax for the banks; The United Kingdom will try to cut deficit dramatically

23 May

he new British Government, proposed to charge financial the system with a new tax up to 8000 millions of pounds, to contain the growth of national debt.

According The Independent on Sunday, this figure, is three times higher than the offered in a beginning by the finance ministry , George Osborne, and is a indicative that The United Kingdom needs drastic measures in front of the serious problem with the national debt.

United Kingdom parliament1 A new tax for the banks; The United Kingdom will try to cut deficit dramatically

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