01/15/2016
FG plans new tax on income over €100k after USC abolition
Fine Gael will introduce a new income levy on workers earning more than €100,000 after it abolishes the Universal Social Charge, the Irish Independent can reveal.
01/14/2016
Dame Lin Homer admitted some wealthy tax dodgers escaped prosecution
01/14/2016
So far only one person has faced prosecution as a result of the investigation into HSBC Swiss bank account holders.
01/13/2016
The government is to impose fees for taxpayers wanting to appeal to the tax tribunal. The move has provoked a wave of criticism – not least because many think it is unfair that taxpayers will need to pay to challenge a decision of the state. And don
01/13/2016
It provides for a dividends tax exemption if the beneficial owner of the dividends is a company which is a resident of the other Contracting State
01/12/2016
The European Commission told Belgium to recoup all these companies’ unpaid taxes, stating that excess-profit verdicts allowed corporations to get as much as 90% of their tax reduced.
01/11/2016
The opportunity to reveal undisclosed overseas accounts and trusts with guaranteed immunity from criminal prosecution ended on January 1
01/10/2016
George Osborne's often made things difficult for higher-rate taxpayers. But the looming Spring Budget could reveal his most brutal attack yet
01/08/2016
Swiss banker settles German tax probe
The bank has said it never set up or distributed such products and Eric Sarasin has also denied that he was involved in such a scheme.
01/08/2016
As stock market volatility continues, expats might be well advised to stick with UK buy to lets
01/08/2016
Banks must maintain good internal controls over their tax affairs and have strong governance around tax.
01/07/2016
The Offshore Tax Evasion regime will see information passing to the UK tax authorities from a large number of countries.
01/07/2016
The only remaining general criterion for the application of the CFC rules (without list) will be the low level of corporate taxation of the controlled foreign company.
01/07/2016
The Stability Law has revised the relevant provisions of Italy's tax code relating to so-called 'black lists' on corporate taxation and Controlled Foreign Companies rules.
01/07/2016
Supplementary Guidance Notes Released
01/06/2016
This week, Andrew Hubbard adopts the persona of Dr John Watson to chronicle Sherlock Holmes’ attempt to understand the tax system and the true intentions of parliament. But will the clues in the latest annual report on The Code of Practice on Taxati
01/05/2016
The FCA has concluded a 'deep-dive' into HSBC's Swiss private bank in the wake of a tax evasion scandal
01/05/2016
The Commissioner noted that based on a study conducted in September, Greece’s implicit tax rate on labor as well as the labor tax on the average wage, is relatively lower then the European Union country average.
01/04/2016
HMRC said the amount of money in tax avoidance schemes has fallen from £3.2bn in 2013 to £1bn
01/04/2016
More need for action derives from the set of measures to finance this relief.