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Tax-News.com: The German cabinet has approved its highly controversial EUR80bn 'future package', containing a raft of austerity measures designed to consolidate the public finances thereby promoting sustainable growth, and including significant cuts in social spending and rises in tax revenues.

Tax-News.com: The Swiss Federal Council has adopted the administrative assistance ordinance governing the implementation of administrative assistance provisions contained in either new or revised double taxation agreements in accordance with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s standard.

Tax-News.com: It has been indicated that Pakistan’s government has made a decision, in principle, to introduce additional tax measures to generate internal revenues to provide part of the funds required for the country’s reconstruction after the devastating recent floods.