05/06/2013
Belgium offers diamond traders tax amnesty deal
A lawyer representing some of the diamond traders accused of tax evasion is advising his clients to reject the offer made by the government
Tax
05/01/2013
Google faces second Parliament grilling on UK tax avoidance
His company’s sales team were based in Ireland and that the job of its UK staff was merely to market Google
05/01/2013
HMRC accused of letting Goldmans off £20m tax to avoid 'major embarrassment' to Chancellor
They are accused of letting Goldman Sachs off £20m in tax in a "sweetheart" deal
04/30/2013
'There will be more wealth confiscation, without a doubt'
European politicians will take the "easy option" of taking money from the rich rather than raising taxes
04/29/2013
'Sweetheart' tax deals worth over £1bn each
Individual secret agreements drawn up between tax officials and corporations to settle disputes
04/28/2013
Top soccer manager’s secret Swiss account stuns Germany
A former football star himself who is at once loved and loathed across Germany for his outspoken opinions on sports and politics, said he had voluntarily alerted tax authorities in January that he held the Swiss account.
04/28/2013
Tax avoidance: Treasury minister dismisses 'absurd' warning that HMRC is ‘too cosy’ with accountancy giants
Big Four ‘outgun’ HMRC in tax avoidance battle
04/28/2013
Deutsche Bank's Fitschen: Zero Tolerance for Tax Evasion-Report
Germany's largest bank has established very restrictive measures against tax evasion
04/28/2013
Financial Transaction Tax 'may add to eurozone’s debt woes’
The world’s largest banks have warned European finance ministers that plans to impose a Financial Transactions Tax could deepen the Continent’s sovereign debt crisis. In a strongly-worded letter, the International Banking Federation also
04/25/2013
France Mulls Anti-Tax Evasion Bill
The bill establishes a "tax police" to combat tax evasion, and creates an "aggravating circumstance" for the most serious types of tax fraud
04/23/2013
France probes HSBC tax fraud claims
France has opened a probe into whether HSBC offered illicit products to help French clients avoid tax in Switzerland
04/22/2013
Luxembourg supports Britain's legal challenge to Financial Transaction Tax
The finance minister of Luxembourg has thrown his weight behind Britain’s legal challenge of Europe’s controversial financial transactions tax
04/21/2013
OECD reports new developments in tax information exchange
The report covers three strategic initiatives
04/21/2013
Revision of the European Investment Bank’s anti-fraud policy happens outside of political reality
But contrary to the revision of its anti-fraud policy in 2008, the EIB has not engaged in a genuine consultation process with civil society this time.
04/18/2013
Norway submits to FATCA
The country also released an accompanying Memorandum of Understanding —a departure from what has happened with the release of other IGAs
04/17/2013
French tax probe eyes 353 prospective UBS clients
Swiss asked for help in investigation
04/16/2013
Germany buys leaked Swiss bank data on tax evasion
German authorities said they have purchased a CD containing secret Swiss bank account details of thousands of alleged tax evadors
04/16/2013
Europe's fight against tax havens still has far to go
Recent tax scandals have portrayed the inefficiency of the European Union to nail down offshore tax-dodgers and the necessity for an automatic exchange of information.
04/15/2013
Threat of 'wealth tax' on holiday homes
Britons who own homes in Spain and other troubled eurozone states could face a new "wealth tax" to help fund future bail-outs, influential German economists have suggested.
04/15/2013
French MPs declare wealth in armchairs, watches and kayaks
Historic exercise known as Le Grand Déballage raises eyebrows with assets from €4,500 armchair to carbon canoes revealed