Ireland among nine jurisdictions not to back the 130 nation global tax deal

The Organisation for Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said that 130 countries and jurisdictions have signed up to a plan that will bring sweeping new reforms to global corporation tax rules. But nine countries including Ireland, Estonia, Hungary, Barbados and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Kenya and Nigeria that had been part of the discussions have not yet signed up to plan, the OECD said in a statement. However after weeks of difficult negotiations big countries who reportedly had difficulty with aspects of the agreement - including China and India - have signed the deal. ...