03/09/2015
UK to close loopholes with 'Google tax' initiative
The British Chancellor is set to close a number of loopholes used by Google, Amazon and other multinationals who have headquarters in Ireland.
Tax
03/09/2015
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat confirms that government has Swiss Leaks list
He said investigations are under way as to the origins of the funds hidden by former ministers Ninu Zammit and Michael Falzon.
03/09/2015
HM Revenue & Customs ramping up tax avoidance crackdown with £1m fine
HM Revenue & Customs is ramping up its tax avoidance crackdown by forcing ‘high risk’ schemes to reveal to clients that they are being monitored by the taxman and issuing £1 million fines.
03/08/2015
Greece Hires Spies to Clamp Down on Tax Avoidance
People will be employed on a short-term basis to help crack down on those avoiding value-added taxes
03/06/2015
Guernsey Treasury minister tells Labour to back off on tax
Guernsey's treasury minister has told the Labour Party not to "bash" the bailiwick on tax transparency.
03/05/2015
Tax avoidance – does everybody do it? by Andrew Hubbard
The distinction between tax avoidance and evasion used to be clearer, but the shifting sands of public and judicial opinion are such that nobody any more can say with any certainty where the limits of acceptable tax planning now lie.
03/05/2015
Expats in Spain Need to Declare Overseas Assets by End of March
Expats living in Spain need to submit their annual declaration of overseas assets by the end of March and exchange rates could have a big impact this year
03/05/2015
New Pacts With Amsterdam and Tokyo Boost Transfer Pricing in Hong Kong
This has led to heightened transfer pricing scrutiny from the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department in recent years.
03/05/2015
England Ashes heroes among cricketers facing large bills for tax avoidance schemes
Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs has sent demands to investors, including the former cricketers, in partnerships set up by the company Ingenious Media, which HMRC is challenging in the upper tax tribunal, claiming they constituted tax avoidance s
03/04/2015
Britain's elite still enjoying a tax break 100 years old
To qualify for that status, they simply need to show that their fathers were born outside Britain
03/04/2015
UBS Whistle-Blower Says Bank Has ‘Global’ Issue With Tax Evaders
The former UBS Group AG banker whose cooperation with the U.S. helped expose tax evasion by thousands of Americans says the Swiss bank used similar practices elsewhere and he’s eager to help European governments.
03/03/2015
Monaco latest to ink accord with Italy to end bank secrecy
The principality of Monaco has signed an accord with Italy aimed at ending banking secrecy, days after Switzerland and Liechtenstein inked similar pledges to exchange financial information with Rome
03/02/2015
Ninu Zammit, Michael Falzon tax returns show tax evasion while in office
His position has since been “regularised” through a government tax amnesty.
03/02/2015
Public Accounts Committee seeks to question HSBC over tax
Secret files included details of Irish people who made tax settlements
03/02/2015
Budget set to hit banks with levy: Exchequer aims to raise £2.5 billion with hiked charge
Based on the size of banks' assets and liabilities, it is designed to penalise risky lending and trading, while incentivising firms to cut their use of wholesale funding.
03/02/2015
Greece introduces new tax controls in 400 large enterprises, 900 cases of wealthy taxpayers
Authorities will also intensify pre-emptive actions and full-scale tax controls in 400 large enterprises and 900 cases of wealthy taxpayers.
03/02/2015
MALTA: Investment Registration Scheme attracts 1,469 applications with €455.8m in assets
Italy and Switzerland have agreed an amendment to their double tax agreement (DTA) to enhance tax information exchange provisions
03/02/2015
Tax-dodgers are 'not acceptable': Luxembourg Fin Min
The minister's comments come just days after McDonald's was accused by labour unions
03/01/2015
Lisbon gets list of Swiss Leaks tax cheats
Portugal has received information on 611 taxpayers listed in the Swiss Leaks affair
02/27/2015
Changes in Guernsey taxation to affect home owners and high net worth individuals - BDO
These changes are mainly in the area of personal taxation and are introduced by a number of Amendment Ordinances recently published, some of which are still to be laid before the Guernsey States of Deliberation.