02/18/2014
Swiss Tax Deal Seen Buried After Prominent German Cases Revealed
A proposed Swiss-German tax accord is dead and buried amid growing public opposition in Germany to any agreement that’s seen as too easy on evaders
02/18/2014
Germany, France seek to revive transaction tax plan
Germany and France will lead a face-saving bid this week to revive a flagging project to tax financial transactions in 11 euro zone countries and allay fears it could hamper economic recovery.
02/18/2014
Wealthy Britons risk leaving their loved ones with an unexpected tax bill after a new report revealed less than half are aware of the inheritance tax threshold.
02/17/2014
The Italian justice is claiming him 39 million euros for an old case pending for an alledged tax evasion
02/14/2014
Skandia has called on the Treasury to extend tax relief on advice for employees given through the workplace.
02/12/2014
The wealth tax limits the Norwegian business sector, says Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Solberg dismisses that the wealth tax is a tax for the wealthy.
02/10/2014
Amid the spate of cases, the public perception of tax-dodging is shifting from that of a naughty but common misdemeanour to a crime and a moral assault on fair burden sharing in society.
02/07/2014
The treasurer for Chancellor Angela Merkel's party said he would give up his position in April, after facing criticism for transferring money into a Bahamas-registered trust in 1997 and as a widespread debate on tax evasion continues to simmer here.
02/07/2014
U.S. charges Swiss asset manager in offshore tax fraud case
U.S. prosecutors on Thursday announced they indicted Peter Amrein, a Swiss asset manager, on charges that he assisted U.S. taxpayers in evading millions in taxes by hiding money in offshore trusts at multiple Swiss banks.
02/06/2014
The law also applies to foreign companies that are substantially owned by US taxpayers.
02/05/2014
Revelations that prominent Germans have for years hoarded cash in secret bank accounts have prompted calls from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Social Democrat coalition partners for a clampdown on tax dodging.
02/05/2014
Greece’s chronic difficulties with tax evasion was a topic of discussion today when Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras met his Swiss counterpart Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf in Athens.
02/03/2014
Royal London Asset Management demanded clarity over online retailer's tax levels – and locations where that tax was paid
02/03/2014
Failure by an FFI to disclose information on their US clients, including account ownership, balances and amounts moving in and out of the accounts, will result in a requirement to withhold 30 percent tax on payments of US-sourced income.
01/31/2014
The Berne tax authority said it was investigating bank accounts, lease contracts, work contracts and commercial registers of a now liquidated Ammann-Group subsidiary company in Jersey, a British Crown dependency.
01/31/2014
Seven investment bankers facing charges over tax claims for film losses
The Crown Prosecution Service said that the charges relate to two partnerships, through which the defendants allegedly conspired to submit false tax returns as far back as 2007 to claim tax relief on the firms’ losses.
01/30/2014
Deloitte has pipped rival PwC to become the world's top accountant by revenue in the face of rising pressure on fees and new rules boosting competition, a global survey showed.
01/30/2014
The head of Swiss private bank Reyl & Cie is back at work in Geneva
01/30/2014
Guernsey has completed two further bilateral Double Taxation Arrangements (DTAs).
01/29/2014
The Agreement was signed by the Minister for External Relations, Senator Sir Philip Bailhache, and the Hungarian Ambassador, His Excellency Janos Csak.