September 29th, 2007 by admin
Die neue slowakische Regierungskoalition unter Premier Robert Fico hat einen Vorschlag zu Gesetzesnovellen im Bereich des Abgabenrechts und
Sozialversicherungsrechts vorgelegt, welcher aber noch durch den
slowakischen Nationalrat verabschiedet werden muss.
Demnach sollen die Eckpfeiler der bisherigen Steuerpolitik wie etwa die flat
tax grundsaetzlich unangetastet bleiben, wobei aber soziale Komponenten
verstaerkt einfliessen.
So soll im Bereich der Einkommensteuer der flat tax Steuersatz von 19% zwar
weiter gelten, es kommt aber zu einer Einschleifregelung des allgemeinen
Steuerfreibetrages ab einem steuerpflichtigem Jahreseinkommen
von ca SKK 600.000 ( ca EUR 16.000) bzw ca 980.000SKK(ca 26.000Euro) bei
Alleinverdienern.
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September 27th, 2007 by admin
Die Konjunktur von Serbien und Kroatien, den größten Teilrepubliken des früheren Jugoslawiens, zieht immer mehr ausländische Investoren an. Gleichzeitig entstehen trotz Privatisierungen von Staatsbetrieben neue Arbeitsplätze.
Einheimische Medien vergleichen die kroatischen Erfolge als “Wiederholung des irischen Wunders” oder berichten von Serbien als einem neuen “Tiger auf dem Balkan”. Auch ausländische Geschäftsleute und Wirtschaftsvertreter in beiden Staaten teilen diesen Optimismus, obwohl sie, aus eigener Erfahrung, auch auf Mängel der beiden Standorte hinweisen.
Die kroatische Wirtschaft wächst um sieben Prozent jährlich, die Inflationsrate beträgt 2,1 Prozent und ausländische Firmen haben seit 1993 über zehn Milliarden Euro investiert, davon 1,2 Milliarden allein in den ersten drei Monaten dieses Jahres. Die größten Investoren kommen aus Österreich und Deutschland.
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September 27th, 2007 by admin
As Romania continues its progress towards EU accession with its entry date confirmed as January 2007, so the rules relating to foreign freehold ownership of land and property in Romania are changing to come in line with the European Union’s regulations.
This bodes well for the investment property market in Romania because currently non-Romanian citizens are not permitted to own land in Romania unless they purchase it through a Romanian company structure.
The property buying process in Romania will become more streamlined and hopefully more transparent in the years following Romania’s EU entry (Jan 2007), in the meantime here’s our guide to the real estate purchase process in Romania currently.
The first objective to fulfil is the search for suitable real estate, and to this end an investor can secure the services of an estate agent in Romania who speaks English and has local knowledge of properties available for sale. An investor will likely have a strict set of criteria that his property acquisition should fulfil, and these should be articulated to the estate agent so that they can source suitable properties for viewing.
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September 26th, 2007 by admin
A cultural treasure trove stuffed to bursting with the ancient monasteries, churches, mosques and Roman and Byzantine ruins, and located in the very heart of the Balkan Peninsula is Bulgaria. Investors Provident have recently launched their investment section on Bulgaria and offers its clients some very diverse and high capital growth investment opportunities.
Since its escape from the yoke of communism, Bulgaria has struggled to join the modern world. It became a member of NATO in 2004 and is due to join the European Union in 2007. With the Black Sea to the east, Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south, it’s a country that retains a charming mixture of the old and the new.
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September 21st, 2007 by admin
Enjoying the same dramatic coastline as Montenegro and Croatia, and languishing less than sixty miles from the Italian coast, Albania has previously been overlooked by the investor spotlight in favour of its headline grabbing neighbours. Yet with Albania scheduled to join the EU and NATO, hundreds of millions of Euros being invested by the EU and low property prices, Albania’s stunning potential is no longer a secret.
Barrasford and Bird, the Devon based agents that pioneered the Bulgarian property market over three years ago, are one of the first agents to recognise the huge potential of this emerging property market. Robin Barrasford, Managing Director of Barrasford and Bird Worldwide, says “Albania is an amazing opportunity that I believe to be unrivalled in the overseas property market today.
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September 20th, 2007 by Ines
The thought of buying a home in France is one thing – but when it comes down to actually considering the practicalities of obtaining and raising a mortgage or loan to buy French property, for most people beads of sweat pop out on their forehead and they take a look at their finances and see whether they can just buy outright!
But in practical terms it seldom makes sense to pour all your hard earned cash into one fairly illiquid commodity and also, there is very little difference between mortgages in France for British people and mortgages back in the UK for the purposes of buying a home in England…
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September 18th, 2007 by Ines
Berlin is attracting more British investors with property prices currently 10 times cheaper than London, and lower than even those of main Central and Eastern European cities. Based in the UK, Alpha Real Estate Investments, the Central European property specialist, is launching a variety of lucrative opportunities for shrewd UK and Irish investors who want to capitalise on the property market in Germany’s capital with rental yields from 5.5 per cent.
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September 13th, 2007 by lana
This topic examines the steps, time, and cost involved in registering property in Russia.
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September 13th, 2007 by lana
Russia is a fast-moving and complex market and Real Estate Investment World
Russia is the place to meet everybody involved and build new relationships
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September 13th, 2007 by lana
Corporate income tax
The standard rate of corporate income tax (CIT) in Russia is 24%. Regional Governments have the authority to reduce their portion of the tax by up to 4%, thus potentially reducing the effective tax rate to 20% depending on the location of the business.
Resident companies and non-resident companies which trade in Russia through a permanent establishment, or that otherwise receive income from Russian sources, are subject to CIT. Rental payments made to non-resident companies without a presence in Russia are subject to 20% withholding tax. ( for more info click here)