Trump tariffs forcing rethink of PC purchases stateside
Some businesses sticking with Windows 10, AI boxes not reviving demand
Personal Tech27 Feb 2025 | 37
Tax
Trump administration threatens tariffs for any nation that dares to tax Big Tech
Digital services taxes, network build levies, touted as violations of US sovereignty
Public Sector24 Feb 2025 | 138
Trump teases 25% semiconductor tariffs that will go ‘substantially higher’
Envisions phased introduction dependent on manufacturing commitments
Public Sector19 Feb 2025 | 174
Acer signals 10% laptop price hike in US, blames Trump's extra China tariff
Analyst tells El Reg to expect more of this across hardware brands
Personal Tech18 Feb 2025 | 56
Legacy systems running UK's collector are taxing – in more ways than one
Updated Costs for fixing them and keeping them working up by 390%, NAO report reveals
Public Sector10 Feb 2025 | 67
As Trump slugs Canada, Mexico and China with tariffs, industry groups hope trade war weapon isn’t pointed at their feet
Updated Tech lobby isn't at the negotiating table, fears unintended consequences
Public Sector03 Feb 2025 | 141
NARROWER TOPICS
UK tax collector's phone service 'deliberately' bad to push users online, say MPs
Cut off nearly 44k peeps who had been waiting 70 minutes for advice on unavoidable chore
Public Sector22 Jan 2025 | 82
Tariff uncertainty looms large over budget conscious CIOs
Updated It’s a feature not a bug, and what the US electorate voted for, says analyst
Personal Tech21 Jan 2025 | 33
Trump China tariffs to 'overshadow' the 'progress' of AI PCs
Already inflated costs of NPU-based boxes set to jump on import tax
AI + ML09 Jan 2025 | 25
Now Trump's import tariffs could raise the cost of a laptop for Americans by 68%
CES Make America irate again
Personal Tech07 Jan 2025 | 188
Binance accused of tax evasion by India's finance department
Minister reveals 17 crypto players owe $100 million – with Binance the baddest of the bad
Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 7
If Trump gets elected, get your tech buying done asap
60% tariffs on all Chinese goods are going to slam the IT sector
Personal Tech01 Nov 2024 | 255
US lawmakers push DoJ to prosecute tax prep firms for leaking taxpayer data to big tech
TaxSlayer, H&R Block, TaxAct, and Ramsey Solutions accused of sharing info with Meta and Google
Security22 Oct 2024 | 6
UK electronics firms want government to stop taxing trash and let them fix it instead
CLEAR group calls for VAT to be dropped on spare parts, repairs, labor
Personal Tech17 Oct 2024 | 62
Biden tackles trade loophole used by cheap Chinese e-tailers
Removing de minimis exemption could stymie Beijing’s plans to grow its cyber-bazaar abroad
Personal Tech16 Sep 2024 | 22
Apple owes billions in back taxes over Ireland state aid rule break
Final judgment handed down by Court of Justice of the European Union
Personal Tech10 Sep 2024 | 146
Infosys denies it owes $4B in taxes to India
Taxman disagrees with the outfit that built the tax portal
Off-Prem01 Aug 2024 | 6
India ditches its 'Google Tax' after US waved a big stick
Stakeholders found it an 'ambiguous' compliance burden and the world has moved on – or tried to
Public Sector25 Jul 2024 | 19
SAP system gives UK tax collector a £750B headache as clock ticks on support
Updated For now it's Capgemini to the rescue (again)
Databases23 Jul 2024 | 27
Intuit decimates staff, hopes to hire same number in AI refocus
What's that Lassie? The IRS hopes to offer free direct tax filing for everyone next year?
Applications10 Jul 2024 | 6
IMF suggests tax on AI's CO2 emissions, but not AI itself
Be afraid … be very afraid: AI could also revolutionize tax itself, money boffins argue
Public Sector18 Jun 2024 | 14
Pakistan punishes tax dodgers with new measures to ensure telcos cut off their mobile phones
Already doxxed and ordered disconnection for half a million of its own citizens suspected of not paying their share
Public Sector14 Jun 2024 | 8
FTX's $24B tax bill written down to just $200M
No, this isn't the weird logic of cryptocurrency infecting the IRS. It's a 'Fight us and everyone loses even more' kinda deal
Personal Tech06 Jun 2024 | 22
Tax helpline callers left on hold for nearly eight centuries
HMRC forgot to tell Brits about its digital support channels
Public Sector16 May 2024 | 32
Infosys announces 'In-Person Collab' weeks
Sounds so much cooler than 'come back to the office or else'
On-Prem04 Apr 2024 | 6
Dirty data shocks Indian taxpayers with huge bills
Extra zeroes added to transaction values, just a handful of days before a payment deadline
Public Sector13 Mar 2024 | 13
UK tax agency's digital services not good enough to take strain off phone lines
Watchdog says taxpayer assistance is getting worse
Public Sector01 Mar 2024 | 28
Australian Tax Office probed 150 staff over social media refund scam
$1.3 billion lost as identity fraud – and greed – saw 57,000 or more seek unearned tax refunds
Cyber-crime14 Feb 2024 | 3
US tech innovation dreams soured by changed R&D tax laws
But Congress is on top of that, right?
On-Prem12 Jan 2024 | 5
OpenAI's non-profit arm netted less than $45,000 last year
The wages of sin are almost certainly much, much higher
AI + ML12 Dec 2023 | 4
Taxing times: UK missed out on £1.75B because of digitization delays
Public Accounts Committee slams progress and questions plans
Public Sector24 Nov 2023 | 25
48-nation bloc to crack down on using crypto assets to avoid tax
Blockheaded cheats given four years to find new schemes
Legal13 Nov 2023 | 29
Apple might have to pay that €13B EU tax bill after all
Also, the US DoJ says iMaker owes $25M for years of hiring discrimination
Public Sector11 Nov 2023 | 57
Samsung family sells $2B worth of shares to pay inheritance tax bill
Nothing is certain except death and taxes
Legal06 Nov 2023 | 7
TaxWatch finds astute scheme minimizes Big Tech's UK tax bill by over $2B
As British public spending comes under pressure, tech superstars seemingly avoid two-thirds of tax burden
Legal16 Oct 2023 | 12
Hell no, we won’t pay, says Microsoft as Uncle Sam sends $29B bill for back taxes
Says it has enough cash to foot the demand
Software11 Oct 2023 | 60
G20 sets 2027 as the year in which it hopes members can tax crypto transactions
Leaders settle for modest action on issues including AI, stablecoins, cross-border payments
Software11 Sep 2023 | 6
India slaps massive 28 percent tax on online games of skill
Fantasy sports bets put on the same footing as online casinos or a punt on the gee-gees
Legal13 Jul 2023 | 7
Multi-tasking blunder leaves UK tax digitization plans 3 years late, 5 times over budget
Public spending watchdog says scale of task was massively underestimated
Software13 Jun 2023 | 44
UK government proposes legislation to regulate umbrella companies
'Mixed bag' of solutions await tech workers forced into IR35 alternatives
Legal07 Jun 2023 | 28
IR35 costs UK Research and Innovation £36M – the same it spent funding tech projects
Quango tax blunder follows similar payments from Defra and MoJ
Science26 May 2023 | 26
Big Tech mainstays named as targets of PwC tax law leak
Consultancy's Australian arm is in deep trouble after offering advice on how to avoid rules its people helped write
Legal15 May 2023 | 3
India smacked for illegal tech import tariffs that hurt buyers and exporters everywhere
Is this the way to take China’s title as top tech manufacturer? Maybe yes, maybe no
Legal19 Apr 2023 | 2
US changes rules on tax credits for electric cars to cover American-made only
Everyone else, tough luck
Personal Tech17 Apr 2023 | 22
Cisco Moscow trashed offices as it quit Putin's putrid pariah state
Even destroyed spare parts, then may have rubbed salt into the wound by filing for tax write-offs
Networks06 Apr 2023 | 97
April brings tulips, taxes ... and phisherfolk scammers
Tactical#Octopus: Don't let users click on that zip file
Research03 Apr 2023 | 6
Aussie tech worker payroll scheme operators found guilty of tax fraud
Contractors left hanging while principals splurged on luxury goods
Cyber-crime08 Mar 2023 | 19
India sidelines Big Tech in push for farming cloud, goes open source instead
Also cuts import duties to attract EV-battery makers and keep smartphone factories humming
Software02 Feb 2023 | 1
UK arrests five for selling 'dodgy' point of sale software
Turns a $100 bottle of wine into a $4 soft drink to avoid tax, earning probe by major governments
Cyber-crime12 Dec 2022 | 64
Too bad, contractors: UK government reverses decision to axe IR35 tax reform
Latest U-turn follows a series of clown-car maneuvers that spooked financial markets
Legal17 Oct 2022 | 191
Cisco asks shareholders to vote against global tax transparency
Amazon's already said no to country-by-country breakdown
Networks27 Sep 2022 | 7
Good news for UK tech contractors as govt repeals IR35 tax rules
Controversial reforms ditched but expert notes HMRC thinks 90% don't comply
Legal23 Sep 2022 | 83
Philippines decides outsourcers need incentives to stick around, after all
Just three months ago senior bureaucrat said 'Tax perks are not that important to investors.' Contortions now in place to keep cash flowing
Channel19 Sep 2022 | 4
UK govt says contractors should challenge IR35 status via self-assessment
What could possibly go wrong?
On-Prem02 Sep 2022 | 38
AI detects 20,000 hidden taxable swimming pools in France, netting €10m
Aerial photo scanning tool to be expanded to catch out other unreported home improvements
AI + ML30 Aug 2022 | 124
FTC presses ahead in its war on 'free' Turbo Tax
Updated US watchdog snubs Intuit's request to drop claims of bait-and-switch tactics
Personal Tech23 Aug 2022 | 15
Indian tax authorities raid offices of Chinese smartphone maker Vivo
Why does a smartphone maker have 2kg of gold bars in the office? India reckons it smells tax fraud
Legal08 Jul 2022 | 18
Intuit pulls QuickBooks from India, uncomfortably quickly
Walks away from enormous but parochial market, while leaving global development teams in place
Applications01 Jul 2022 | 4
Giant outsourcer keeps work from home, loses tax breaks. Government says 'good riddance'
Philippines says subsidies inflate profits, not local economy
Off-Prem14 Jun 2022 | 17
Infosys celebrates first birthday of glitchy Indian tax portal by fixing another bug
Search fail added to list of embarrassing issues since debut
Software09 Jun 2022 | 4
Infosys skips government meeting – and collecting government taxes
You call this a glitch?
Software18 May 2022 | 7
Legacy IT to blame for UK's inflexible benefits system
Government department struggles with 30-year-old applications
On-Prem06 May 2022 | 82
Biting the hand that feeds IT
