01/03/2017

German Government Targets Offshore Tax Avoidance

The bill also standardizes reporting obligations for direct and indirect holdings in foreign entities and synchronizes the deadline for information reporting with the deadline for tax returns.

01/02/2017

Fears as Scotland ‘tax haven’ adverts expand

The UK Government has signalled that at the very least it will consider bringing SLPs into a regime that, in theory, forces most other companies to declare who their ultimate beneficial owners are.

12/30/2016

Israel and UK see eye to eye on tax transparency

HMRC met with senior officials from the IsraeI Tax Authority to build on an open dialogue and to make a clear statement of intent for the two jurisdictions to further build their relationship.

12/28/2016

ZKB Ends German Tax Dispute

The Zurich-based regional lender said it settled with justice officials in Cologne, agreeing to pay 5.7 million euros over untaxed assets held by German clients.