Brazil recently doubled a tax on foreign purchases of its domestic debt. This week Thailand announced a new 15% withholding tax for foreign investors in its bonds.

巴西最近将外国资金购买的本国国债税提高了一倍，本周泰国宣布，对购买其国债的外国投资者征收15%的持有税。

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Under a compromise, countries could either exchange tax information or deduct a withholding tax on the offshore accounts of EU members and remit it in bulk to the investors' home tax authorities.

在妥协之下，国与国之间既可以交换税收情报，也允许扣除欧盟成员国离岸账户的预扣税款，并汇到投资人母国的税务账户上。

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Most member states chose to exchange information; most European tax havens went for the withholding tax.

大多数欧盟成员国选择交换情况；而大部分欧洲避税港选择扣除预扣税款。

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Experts say other whistleblowers are waiting for what they hope are imminent payments on large issues as varied as payroll tax withholding, tax shelters, illicit foreign accounts or arcane corporate accounting matters like transfer pricing.

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But harmonising corporate tax and setting a minimum withholding tax on savings would be much harder to swallow.

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Publication 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax.

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