Germany's former finance minister
Hans Eichel explained the ecological tax reform in his country, pointing out that it is better to increase and broaden taxation and pricing of carbon and energy than any other indirect or direct taxes like value added tax and corporation or income tax.
Former Minister of Finance of Germany
Hans Eichel explained the ecological tax reform in Germany, pointing out that it is better to increase and broaden taxation and pricing of carbon and energy than any other indirect or direct taxes like value added tax and corporation or income tax.
creditors attending the Paris Club meetings in 2004, an agreement, driven by Germany's finance minister
Hans Eichel and his American
However, a change of the tax regime introduced by the Social Democratic Finance Minister
Hans Eichel in the late 1990s enabled German Banks to sever their ties with German industry and realize enormous tax-free gains (Maisch 2005).
Meanwhile, a document signed by Gordon Brown, the then French Finance Minister Francis Mer and
Hans Eichel, the then German Finance Minister, stated that 'approximately half of all new regulations that impact upon businesses in the UK originate from the EU'.
Hans Eichel, the German Minister attending his last Council before being replaced by SPD Peter Steinbruck from the CDU-CSU-SPD camp at the end of November, again voiced his opposition to reviewing the list of services to benefit from reduced VAT rates (except catering).
As the parties compete for last-minute votes, Merkel claimed this week that finance minister
Hans Eichel was trying to keep under wraps a "poison list" of planned savings until after the election.
German Finance Minister
Hans Eichel said oil prices continue to pose a threat to global growth.
Finally, in May, finance minister
Hans Eichel proposed a tax law that--once passed by both houses of Parliament--would effectively pull the plug on media funds.
German Finance Minister
Hans Eichel said after a meeting of G8 finance ministers that the suggestion for a voluntary air ticket tax was on the group's agenda.
So concerned was German Finance Minister
Hans Eichel by what is seen as "brutal divergences" between countries on growth, credit and price levels that he held a secret meeting in Berlin last week with the head of the Bundesbank.