This practical book is written by an internationally renowned expert, who guides the reader through the pitfalls, explaining clearly and concisely the foreign exchange consequences of trading transactions, how to cover longer-term exposures, the tax treatment of interest, the problems caused by the rapidly developing financial instruments which outplace tax legislation and the opportunities to be exploited. The United Kingdom, the United States and Canada are given special coverage highlighting their tax issues as are individual countries from continental Europe, Australasia and the Far East.

"Tax Efficient Foreign Exchange Management "will be invaluable reading for all finance directors, treasurers, corporate planners, bankers, accountants, tax practitioners, lawyers and anyone concerned with managing foreign exchange transactions tax efficiently.

In this comprehensive historical overview, the author writes about monetary unions with an admirable completeness and covers such themes as:
*The Gold Standard
*Monetary Unions in Countries and Areas from Latin America to The British Empire to Japan and Korea with many in between
*EMU and its Policy Ramifications
*the CFA Franc Zone in the former French Colonies.
Written in readable and enjoyable prose, A History of Monetary Unions combines historical analysis with present day context. The book will be of great interest to students and academics involved in the study of money, banking and finance. It is also essential reading for anyone working in the financial sector.

In this comprehensive historical overview, the author writes about monetary unions with an admirable completeness and covers such themes as:
*The Gold Standard
*Monetary Unions in Countries and Areas from Latin America to The British Empire to Japan and Korea with many in between
*EMU and its Policy Ramifications
*the CFA Franc Zone in the former French Colonies.
Written in readable and enjoyable prose, A History of Monetary Unions combines historical analysis with present day context. The book will be of great interest to students and academics involved in the study of money, banking and finance. It is also essential reading for anyone working in the financial sector.

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Everyone is familiar with money. Yet few realize that currently contentious issues and financial difficulties are not new. On the contrary, most are firmly rooted in the past and when examined help to put current economic problems in historical context. This text presents a history of money from Charlemagne's reform in approximately AD 800 to the end of the Silver Wars in 1896. It offers a summary of 20th-century events and an analysis of how the past relates to present problems. This book examines how virtually all modern difficulties associated with money have precedents in the past. It discusses how a mercantile system developed alongside simple, metallic, medieval coinage, in a way which has important lessons for the countries now emerging from central planning. It covers the great periods of monetary disputes, Henry VIII and Sir Thomas Greshem, Isaac Newton's Great recoinage of 1696, Ricardo and the Bullion Committee Report, the battle between the Banking and currency schools, and the neglected but relevant, issues of bimetallism and European monetary union in the late 19th-century.

This book presents a detailed history of money from Charlemagne's reform in approximately AD 800 to the end of the Silver Wars in 1896. It also offers a summary of 20th century events and an analysis of how the past relates to present problems. The book examines how virtually all modern difficulties associated with money have had precedents in the past. It discusses how a mercantile system developed alongside simple, metallic, medieval coinage, in a way which has important lessons for the countries now emerging from central planning. It covers the great periods of monetary disputes, Henry VIII and Sir Thomas Gresham, Isaac Newton's Great Recoinage of 1696, Ricardo and the Bullion Committee Report, the battle between the Banking and Currency schools, and the much neglected but increasingly relevant issues of bimetallism and European monetary union in the late 19th century. The authors have also published "Tax Efficient Foreign Exchange Management" (Cambridge, 1990); "Offshore Financial Centres" (Chown Banker Research Uint, 1981); and "Taxation and Multinational Enterprise" (Longman, 1974).