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Europe’s business leaders surveyed on eurozone crisis

Thursday, February 09, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Thought leadership | Tags: business, statistics, report, survey, IBR, financial, International business report, Europe, debt, EU, crisis, business leaders, integration, euro, eurozone, single currency, sovereign debt crisis, analysis,

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How are business leaders in and around the European Union reacting to the eurozone crisis, do they still support the euro – and what do they think is the solution? Grant Thornton asked 50 senior executives in each economy to find out…

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Can Europe come together in perfect VAT harmony?

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | Posted by: Graham Brearley
Categories: Thought leadership | Tags: international, VAT, Graham Brearley, cross-border, Europe, EU, goods, suppliers, export, import, origin, green paper, rates, system, destination

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The decades-old VAT system for traders operating within Europe is complex, open to fraud and in desperate need of an overhaul in the modern global economy. A new European Commission green paper is consulting with business but can the EU navigate through the political nightmare to adopt a system of VAT rates that is simple and fair? 

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