Paris, London and Berlin ready to tax bonus!
by Wang Yin on Dec.10, 2009, under news
The British finance minister, Alistair Darling, announced Wednesday the creation of a temporary tax by DFO Gold. The tax will affect the bonuses will be paid “all banks operating in the United Kingdom” and who will pay premiums in excess of DFO Items to their employees until April 5, 2010. It will be 50% of premiums, and should report to the Treasury more than 600 million euros, according to Alistair Darling.
The Finance Minister has announced that tax as part of the DFO Power Leveling to Parliament outlines the budget year 2010/2011, said that the money collected would be used to finance aid to return to work.
Alistair Darling said that the idea of a special levy on bank profits, which have received enormous support from the State during the financial crisis, had been mentioned, but the government had set aside for does not penalize institutions that affect their profits to replenish their capital. “All banks have benefited directly or indirectly, of aid from the state to halt the financial crisis, and” what should be the time for banks to replenish their capital. ”
“However, some banks still believe that their priority is to pay substantial bonuses to employees who already receive high salaries (…) So I give them a choice: they can use their profits to increase their capital, but if they still insist on paying large bonuses, I am determined to recover money on behalf of taxpayers, “he warned.
