#recent decision

Big win for IT firms: US court rules in favour of grant of H-1B visas to computer programmers – Times of India

MUMBAI: A recent decision by the US appellate court (referred to as Ninth Circuit) is a resounding victory for information technology (IT) companies that seek to sponsor computer programmers for H-1B visas. The Ninth Circuit has deemed as arbitrary and capricious a decision of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which had held that computer programmers are not entitled to H-1B…

PRISTINA, Kosovo | EU official calls on Kosovo to revoke tariff on Serb goods

PRISTINA, Kosovo — European Union’s enlargement commissioner is visiting Kosovo to try to push authorities to revoke a recent decision to impose a 100-percent tariff on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Johannes Hahn met with Kosovo’s top officials Monday after earlier visiting Belgrade, where he held talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and called on Kosovo “to unblock regional…

WASHINGTON | Taxes may be a bigger part of online shopping this season

WASHINGTON— Shoppers heading online to purchase holiday gifts will find they’re being charged sales tax at some websites where they weren’t before. The reason: the Supreme Court.

A June ruling gave states the go-ahead to require more companies to collect sales tax on online purchases. Now, more than two dozen have moved to take advantage of the ruling, many ahead of the busy holiday shopping…

WASHINGTON | Lump of coal? Taxes more likely for online gifts this season

WASHINGTON — Shoppers heading online to purchase holiday gifts will find they’re being charged sales tax at some websites where they weren’t before. The reason: the Supreme Court.

A June ruling gave states the go-ahead to require more companies to collect sales tax on online purchases. Now, more than two dozen have moved to take advantage of the ruling, many ahead of the busy holiday shopping…