01/01/2015
Austria double taxation pact to take effect today
A double taxation avoidance agreement between Taiwan and Austria, which is expected to boost bilateral trade an investment, will take effect on Jan. 1, 2015
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12/30/2014
Kiev targets oligarchs with budget bill
The laws will form the revenue-boosting backbone of an austerity-packed 2015 budget
12/30/2014
Do not unfairly tax the rich
The former private client lawyer and partner of London-based Simmons & Simmons where acted for some of world’s wealthiest, said that when the top rate of tax came below 50 per cent, the tax take increased by 5 per cent.
12/29/2014
Kiev targets oligarchs with budget bill
Recession-battered and war-torn Ukraine overhauled its business-choking tax system early on Monday, promising to lower the burden on small businesses and lower-income citizens while closing loopholes long exploited by oligarchs.
12/29/2014
Vatican Bank Joins 100 Nations In FATCA Offshore Account Hunt
In his annual Christmas messages to more than one billion Catholics, the Pope may have left out something: offshore account compliance.
12/25/2014
Netherlands, Curacao To Avoid Double Taxation From 2016
The Dutch Ministry of Finance announced that a new regulation for the avoidance of double taxation between the Netherlands and Curacao is expected to be effective beginning 1 January 2016.
12/25/2014
Kazakhstan's Majilis ratifies double tax treaty between Kazakhstan and Qatar
Majilis, a lower chamber of Kazakhstan's Parliament has ratified the Agreement to Avoid Double Taxation between Kazakhstan and Qatar
12/23/2014
Mark Chesham, Moore Stephens, Bristol: Impending EU VAT changes for digital businesses
Complex changes to VAT rules in the new year for businesses which sell digital services in the EU are continuing to develop.
12/22/2014
Swiss reputation abroad suffers setback
However, Switzerland’s reputation has improved in Poland and in Britain over the past five years.
12/22/2014
German state buys tax CD containing Swiss bank client data - paper
The newspaper also said that in the past week there had been several raids on the unreported income of clients of Credit Suisse in NRW related to a tax CD that NRW authorities bought in 2012.
12/21/2014
OECD document on international tax dispute resolution is "disappointing", says expert
A discussion document on making dispute resolution mechanisms in international tax disputes more effective is does not provide enough answers to the questions it raises, an expert has said.19 Dec 2014
12/21/2014
Qatari ruling family hit with £38million stamp duty bill after using tax avoidance scheme on purchase of Chelsea Barracks
The Qatari ruling family has been ordered to pay £38million in stamp duty for the purchase of Chelsea Barracks after using an aggressive tax avoidance scheme to avoid the bill.
12/19/2014
Cyprus signs agreement with United States under FATCA
On December 2 2014 the Cypriot finance minister and the US ambassador to Cyprus formally signed the intergovernmental agreement between Cyprus and the United States under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
12/19/2014
Seminar advises on raft of UK tax changes
More than 200 financial services professionals filled the Sanderson Suite of the Claremont Hotel to hear of substantial changes in the local and international tax environment.
12/19/2014
Taiwan-Austria double taxation avoidance pact to take effect Jan. 1
After Austria finishes its final legal procedures, "the agreement is set to take effect Jan. 1, 2015," he said at a regular news conference.
12/18/2014
EU Leaders to Urge Stepped-Up Fight Against Tax Evasion
EU leaders attending today’s summit in Brussels will call for a renewed push against tax evasion as cash-strapped nations seek more ways to refill depleted government coffers.
12/17/2014
Two Swiss VAT Rule Changes From January 1
A second change deletes Article 16, paragraph 3 of the Value Added Tax Ordinance
12/17/2014
UBS Loses Appeal in French Tax Evasion Probe
UBS to Challenge French Ruling at European Court of Human Rights
12/15/2014
Boris Johnson risks US fine or jail over failure to pay American capital gains tax on London property
Boris Johnson risks a hefty fine or even a spell in jail if he fails to pay American capital gains tax on a London property he sold in 2009
12/14/2014
Diverted Profits Tax To Undermine UK Economy: ACCA
In the recent Autumn Statement, the UK Government announced that a 25 percent DPT would be introduced from April 2015 to tackle artificial profit shifting arrangements that have the effect of reducing profits taxable in the UK.