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Website usage
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Disclaimers
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The Institute may add, change, improve, or update the information and data of the website without notice. Further, it reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue part of this site. The Institute is and will not be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered which is claimed to result from use of this site, including without limitation, any fault, error, omission, interruption or delay. The Institute accepts no responsibility with regards to problems such as failure of performance, computer virus, communication line failure, alteration of content, etc. incurred as a result of using this website or any link to external sites. The use of this site is at the user’s sole risk.
Information contained in this website does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Institute concerning the legal status of any country or of its authorities. Its content and any map displayed are indeed without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.
This website may contain advice, opinions and statements from external websites. Hyperlinks to other websites do not imply any official endorsement of or responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data or products presented at these locations or guarantee the validity of the information provided. The sole purpose of links to other sites is to indicate further information available on related topics.
We like to point out that the transmission of data via the Internet (downloads, emails, etc.) can offer security vulnerabilities. It is therefore impossible to safeguard the data completely against access by third parties. We cannot assume any liability for damages arising as a result of such security vulnerabilities.
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Linking to tax-index.org
In order to promote our work, we encourage users who maintain an external website to include hyperlinks to www.tax-index.org without having to ask prior permission under the following conditions:
These hyperlinks must not:
– infringe the Institute’s rights, in particular relating to its logo, acronym and intellectual property rights;
– be used for the promotion of an organization or company, or of any commercial products or services.
As a consequence:
– links to this website must appear clearly as such, i.e. with the complete and obvious URL;
– once a link to the Institute’s website has been created, it should be tested to ensure that it works and meets the above conditions.
If you have further questions about linking to the Institute’s website, please feel free to send us an email at info(at)tax-index.org.
Website analytics
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