http://www.goldsteinreport.com/ RSS feed for the Government & Policy category. en-au Sun, 19 May 2013 00:04:28 +1000 Copyright: Goldstein Report 2005-2006 http://www.goldsteinreport.com/page?id=rss 120 http://www.goldsteinreport.com/images/site/rsslogo2.jpg http://www.goldsteinreport.com/ http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20312 Twenty-one Republicans voted with 46 Democrats (and 2 Independents) recently to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act, a long-overdue bill allowing states to require online retailers to collect sales taxes and remit them to the state where the customer lives. Will the House be so rational? It's a long shot. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20312 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:53:29 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20311 Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt will meet David Cameron next week, just days after the internet giant was mauled by a Commons committee over its tax affairs, it has emerged. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20311 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:26:51 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20308 A decision by U.S. regulators to end a probe into whether Google Inc. hurt rivals by manipulating internet searches will not affect the European Union's examination of the company http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20308 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:21:55 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20307 Google was branded "devious, calculating and unethical" by MPs who accused the internet giant of deliberately subverting its motto, "don't be evil", in order to pay less tax. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20307 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:48:43 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20305 Google and Amazon came under fierce attack from MPs and tax campaigners after fresh whistleblower allegations put further strain on claims by the internet giants that their multibillion-pound UK-facing businesses should not be taxed by Revenue & Customs. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20305 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:28:36 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20304 Amazon is facing mounting questions over the extent of the business activities conducted out of Patriot Court, its headquarters in Slough, threatening to throw the group's controversial UK tax structure into disarray. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20304 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:27:38 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20297 Surveillance can be a tricky affair in the Internet age. A federal law called the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act allows law enforcement officials to tap a traditional phone, as long as they get approval from a judge. But if communication is through voice over Internet Protocol technology -- Skype, for instance -- it's not as simple. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20297 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:10:44 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20296 A German online copyright law that will give publishers the exclusive right to the commercial use of their publications on the Internet will come into effect on Aug. 1. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20296 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:08:57 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20292 Amazon paid less in UK corporation tax last year than it received in government grants, its official company accounts have revealed - sparking condemnation from MPs around the country. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20292 Thu, 16 May 2013 21:48:12 +1000 Government & Policy http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20289 MPs are ready to haul Amazon back to parliament to answer new questions about its tax status in Britain after a Guardian investigation's findings suggest the online retailer is pushing the tax rulebook to its limits to minimise its tax bill. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20289 Thu, 16 May 2013 19:08:16 +1000 Government & Policy