Monday, September 14, 2009

Head of the Ministry of Finance of Germany called for the introduction of global tax on financial transactions

Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck urged to introduce a global tax on financial transactions to prevent a repetition "of alcohol drinking bouts" among participants in financial markets.

In an interview with Suddeutsche Zeitung, he said that proceeds from the proposed tax will be used to compensate the States for expenses incurred in razgrebanie financial crisis and the rescue of individual financial institutions.

At the suggestion Steinbrueck, the new 0,005-percent tax to pay banks, insurance companies and investment funds. Earlier, a similar idea on the introduction of global tax voiced chap British financial regulator Financial Services Authority Lord Turner.

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