I know Dana thanks to her back pain. I was in Winterthur, that was years ago. In the car park at the train station, I left my car and went in the direction of the stairs. Dana was walking in front of me and out of nowhere, she fell on the ground within seconds. Crashing she hit the concrete floor with her chin. It hurt just by listening. I went to help her. Read More »
Author: Michaela Merz
Rückenschmerzen
Ich kenne Dana eigentlich dank ihrer Rückenschmerzen. Ich war in Winterthur, das ist schon Jahre her. In dem Parkhaus beim Bahnhof bin ich aus meinem Auto ausgestiegen und bin Richtung Treppe gegangen. Dana ist vor mir gegangen und aus heiterem Himmel ist sie innerhalb von Sekunden zu Boden gegangen. Sie schlug krachend mit ihrem Kinn auf dem Betonboden auf. Read More »
Switzerland – The 2015 work permit quota Levels have been re-confirmed for 2016
The Swiss Government has decided to keep the quota Levels unchanged for 2016, although the numbers are significantly lower than in 2014.
For more Information please read HERE or contact my colleagues:
Mirela Stoia Martin Zeier
mirela.stoia@ch.pwc.com martin.zeier@ch.pwc.com
+41 58 792 91 16 +41 58 792 52 74
CEE VAT antifraud conference – Budapest
As already announced the CEE VAT antifraud conference took place on November 19, 2015.
Officials from the ministries of finance and economy of five CEE countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia) have called for a Joint Approach to combat VAT fraud and increase VAT collection in a conference hosted today by PwC in Budapest.Read More »
Invitation for informal Webcast on Country-by-Country Reporting
Last month the OECD has published its final reports to combat Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (‘BEPS’). Finance Ministers from the G20 countries have since then endorsed the final detailed action plan for putting in place a coherent and transparent global tax regime.
One of the core themes of the BEPS action plan is the concrete requirement for all multinational companies (with a global turnover of EUR 750 million or more) to annually prepare the country-by-country report (CbC Report). Read More »
PwC Webcast: Data Analytics – 3 December 2015 (9h00 CET – 10h00 CET)
Over the last years, I have seen that challenges and demands faced by tax and finance departments have been growing rapidly. On the one hand, international developments mean that domestic and foreign authorities require more transparency on financial and tax-relevant data. Read More »
Multiples
I always wished for having an identical sister. One of these wishes which remains in the realm of the what would be if.
In the course of the years I experienced in my circle of friends several twins and triplets. I remember well when our friend Davide came with the news that his wife was expecting their second child. Read More »
Mehrlinge
Ich habe mir immer gewünscht eine eineiige Schwester zu haben. Einer der Wünsche, der im Bereich des was wäre wenn bleibt.
Im Verlauf der Jahre habe ich in meinem Bekanntenkreis einige Zwillinge und Drillinge erlebt. Ich mag mich gut erinnern wie unser Kollege Davide mit der Nachricht gekommen ist, dass seine Frau das zweite Kind erwartet. Read More »
New Zealand – Tax Bill proposes GST registration for foreign B2C e-service providers as of 1 October 2016
Further to my previous post the New Zealand Government submitted its legislative proposal in relation to the GST law reform on offshore online purchases of services.
The Government has followed the modern VAT/GST practices and OECD recommendations and has decided to reform the GST system. The reforms focus on two main Areas:
1. Digital products and cross border services, in respect of which draft legislation proposes imposing GST on digital products and other Services purchased by New Zealand private consumers from offshore sellers. The new rules will apply from 1 October 2016.Read More »
Flat share
It started some time ago. Sometime a friend, a professor at university, asked me whether I would have a room for a Chinese student for 6 months. I had a free bedroom but had never really considered whether I would like to rent it. My friend promised me that if it would not work out at all, the student would move to the couch of her doctoral Supervisor.Read More »
Michaela Merz 