Diesel drivers in the UK are facing a congestion charge in 16 UK cities from 2020. Maarten van den Heuvel - twitter.com/mvdheuvel (Dubbed the "T tax" (here T stands for toxic), the first cities to receive approval are Birmingham,  Derby, Leeds, Nottingham, London, and Southampton. Cities that are considering clean air zones are Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Hull, […]

The UK is about to introduce a sugar tax on soft drinks, which will add at least 18p a liter to sweet fizzy drinks. (The tax will be levied according to how much sugar is added to a drink. According to the BBC, there will be two bands - one for total sugar content above […]

The UK government paid social media giant Facebook 113 times more in taxpayers’ money for advertising than Facebook paid in corporation tax in the UK. (Government departments spent £489,329 in the 2014-15 fiscal year for advertising on Facebook, who only coughed up £4,327 in corporation tax. They only had to pay such a tiny amount […]

It's that time of year again: filing an income tax return. All of a sudden the meaning of the word "taxing" becomes clear as crystal. Taxing means, burdensome: not easily borne; wearing. I have to say that the German tax system is very taxing.