05/31/2016
French investigators went to crazy lengths to make sure Google didn’t catch wind of their tax investigation
The raid has apparently been a year in the making, and involved 100 investigators.
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05/30/2016
Panama papers – More than 300 offshore companies have retail property in Belgium
The papers investigating the Panama case include Knack, De Tijd, Le Soir and MO.
05/27/2016
Grant Thornton win Firm of the Year
The firm achieved a nine out of ten score rating.
05/27/2016
HMRC loses £50m Chelsea Barracks tax appeal to Qatar
The Court of Appeal ruling supports our view that SDLTis payable.
05/27/2016
Avoiding Pension Freedom Tax Pitfalls With QROPS
Two unfortunate consequences have combined to complicate the income tax they pay.
05/26/2016
Standard Life Investments votes against against appointment of EY as Shell auditors
Some 92.41% of investors voted in favour of EY’s appointment.
05/26/2016
French Senate decides not to pursue SocGen CEO over 2012 tax testimony
The committee decided that although the statements in question might have contained some ambiguity, they could not be qualified as false testimony," the Senate said in a statement.
05/25/2016
French police raid Google over tax issue
Google issued a statement Tuesday maintaining that it complies with all laws.
05/25/2016
UK Stamp Duty hike not as harsh as first feared for expat property buyers
The changes were announced in the UK Chancellor’s 2015 Autumn Statement, with the higher rate of tax only avoidable for those completing on purchases before 1 April 2016.
05/25/2016
What happens to the UK tax system if we leave Europe? by George Bull
Relax – this isn’t another doom-laden set of predictions on what might happen if the UK votes to leave the EU in the forthcoming referendum. But we thought it might be helpful to think about the big tax picture before revisiting some of the de
05/24/2016
Rich on the Run: Swedish Hunt for Tax Evaders in Denmark Yields Millions
Despite the task group's efforts, tax evasion remains a long-standing problem for the Swedish economy.
05/23/2016
Finance Ministry To Conclude Tax Treaty Revision With Singapore, Cyprus In FY17
After revising the tax treaty with Mauritius , the Centre will soon initiate the process of modifying tax agreements with Singapore and Cyprus and hopes to complete the process within the current fiscal so that there is uniformity on capital gains tax wit
05/23/2016
Moving offshore doesn’t mean you’re avoiding tax
But what the uproar has shown is there is good and bad offshore tax avoidance.
05/23/2016
M&A activity to remain strong during 2016 – Mazars
Mazars recently held an International Corporate Finance Conference in Dublin.
05/20/2016
The Panama Papers and Putin
And Russia has paid a huge economic price for backing the separatist rebels in the Ukraine.
05/19/2016
EU parliamentary group wants the US blacklisted as a tax haven
The European Parliament’s special committee on taxation was set to send a fact-finding delegation to Washington this week to look into the state of tax avoidance in the US.
05/19/2016
Italy Looks At Re-Opening Voluntary Disclosure Program
Under the VDP, participants had to agree to pay all outstanding taxes when declaring their assets, but were subject to much-reduced administrative and criminal penalties.
05/19/2016
Businesses need to gear up for new corporate criminal tax evasion facilitation offence, experts say
In higher risk businesses, the level of training given to staff in different divisions or roles could also vary depending on the risk level of their activities, Haslett said.
05/19/2016
Update on the taxation of South African dividends to the Netherlands by Stephan Spamer and Howmera Parak
In 2014 and 2015, ENSafrica published two articles on the “most favoured nation clause” contained in article 10(10) of the protocol (“2008 Netherlands Protocol”) issued under the Netherlands/South Africa (“SA”) double t
05/18/2016
Tax havens: drive to name and shame may push innocent to the dark side by George Bull
Contrary to much we’ve heard in the last week, not everyone who uses a “tax haven structure” does so to evade tax or to conceal the proceeds of crime - as a recent court ruling has recognised. While the temptation to name and shame may b