08/22/2019
Tax scandal: Iain Duncan Smith demands action after thousands of lives ruined by tax hunt
The Loan Charge was announced in the 2016 George Osborne budget and as a result, made any outstanding loans on April 5 this year taxable income.
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08/21/2019
France, Panama to launch bilateral body to fight tax evasion
While France and Panama already implement double taxation agreements, Paris is not satisfied with the information exchange.
08/21/2019
Memo to the Chancellor: ten top tips to simplify the tax system by George Bull
Only around 55 per cent of UK adults currently pay income tax.
08/20/2019
Tech giants back US probe into France digital tax
Facebook and Amazon are set to back US president Donald Trump’s probe into the French tax on large digital companies
08/20/2019
Swiss justice charges tax avoidance whistle-blower with industrial espionage
The question at hand is how Seith got internal bank documents that allowed him to make the case against the Swiss banking system.
08/19/2019
Tax investigations yield hits £13bn
Overall, almost two thirds of HMRC’s yield from investigations isn’t actual cash, it’s purely hypothetical and could just be a figure plucked out of thin air.
08/16/2019
Fatca could push French banks to close up to 40,000 accounts
The Fatca international tax code was intended to clamp down on international tax avoidance, but many Americans living abroad have found it has also caused problems for them.
08/16/2019
Luxembourg moves to enforce crackdown on tax-avoidance
Certain Luxembourg entities which are liable for corporation tax, including Luxembourg permanent establishments of foreign entities, will be subject to the legislation from 1 January 2020.
08/15/2019
Luxembourg Government submits bill to Parliament implementing the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive 2 into domestic law
Luxembourg taxpayer must be able to provide the tax authorities with any relevant documentation
08/14/2019
Andersen Global Grows Austria Team
This collaboration will allow our firm to continue to grow and provide us with greater resources so that we can serve our clients even better, with more significant reach and expertise all over the world.
08/14/2019
An end to the favourable tax treatment of partnerships? by George Bull
Income tax is the single largest source of government revenue
08/13/2019
Ex-Grant Thornton U.K. CEO Sacha Romanovitch Has a New Gig
A 28-year veteran of the Queen’s Grant Thornton, Romanovitch took over as CEO of the firm in July 2015.
08/13/2019
Bitcoin investors face tax crackdown from HMRC
HMRC is looking to work with exchanges when it comes to finding information on people who have been buying and selling crypto
08/13/2019
More UK non-doms switch to domiciled status after tax changes
The switch explains the decline in the number of registered non-doms in 2017/18, HMRC says
08/12/2019
Majority of Germans to stop paying 'solidarity tax' from 2021 - draft law
The draft law says that around 90% of taxpayers should no longer pay the tax, which adds 5.5% to income taxes, from 2021, calling it the most comprehensive tax reduction in over 10 years.
08/09/2019
Estera Launches Economic Substance Solutions
The portal and guide will be used by Estera clients to help establish how their entities are impacted by the new economic substance regulations.
08/09/2019
A fair share of tax or a missed opportunity? HMRC reveals latest non-dom statistics
This policy shift was designed to increase tax revenue
08/09/2019
UK taxman demands customer info from crypto exchanges: report
The move follows similar steps from tax authorities elsewhere, most notably the IRS in the U.S., towards recovering unpaid tax on cryptocurrency transactions.
08/09/2019
Hope for Tax Dodgers in German Chaos?
There, officials are sifting through to root out suspected tax dodgers and cheats.
08/09/2019
Italy: Tax incentive for professional athletes
One of the greatest advantages of the special tax regime is that it applies to all employed and self-employed professional athletes