01/24/2014

Prosecutors raid tax offices in Hoeness affair

German prosecutors have raided tax offices in Bavaria in a bid to find out who leaked tax records of the Bayern Munich president, Uli Hoeness, to the press. The crime could carry a five-year jail sentence.

01/17/2014

PwC launches Intergovernmental agreement monitor

The expected wave of intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) implementing the tax reporting and withholding procedures commonly associated with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has begun.

01/13/2014

Revenue clampdown on offshore trusts pays off

HMRC stepped up its attack on banks and other businesses that paid salaries and bonuses through trusts, ratcheting up an extra compliance bill for the 770 companies in the large business sector by 160 per cent to £533m in the year to April 2013.

12/30/2013

Italy Stops Cash Payments in 2014 To Combat Tax Evasion

In the interest of increasing the traceability of payments in Italy, and thereby reducing the opportunities for tax evasion, cash payment for certain types of goods and services will be forbidden from January 1, 2014.