02/19/2015
Figures obtained by Pinsent Masons showed a 45% increase in the number of requests for information made by overseas governments as part of their own tax evasion investigations in 2013.
02/19/2015
With so much attention on FATCA in recent times, the financial services industry could be forgiven for seeing it as the most obtrusive regulation ever imposed.
02/19/2015
High-net-worth investors using property tax relief schemes without proper advice may get hit with requests for accelerated payment, Marios Gregori, tax partner at BDO, has warned.
02/19/2015
Barclays, Lloyds and RBS are poised to announce aggregate bonus awards of approximately £2.8bn, Sky News learns.
02/17/2015
New poll in the wake of HSBC revelations finds 52% of voters want less mercy shown to rich avoiding their dues
02/17/2015
Tax Commissioner Yiannakis Lazarou told MPs that between 2006 and 2012, authorities found 3,353 Cypriots with deposits abroad, taxing them €7.5 million in total.
02/15/2015
French authorities have disputed the Coalition Government's claims they effectively blocked prosecutions linked to the HSBC tax avoidance allegations
02/15/2015
Some of the biggest listed Irish firms have subsidiaries in so-called 'tax havens', like the British Virgin Islands, Jersey or Luxembourg. They say it's not to reduce their tax bills - so why are they there?
02/15/2015
When Sir David retired as chairman of Minerva in 2005, it was reported that his family trust sold 13.4 million shares in the company
02/12/2015
Originally introduced in 2008, the relief was initially capped at capital gains of £2m, but was subsequently raised to £10m.
02/12/2015
With the top 10% of income tax payers paying more than 55% of the UK’s income tax, we ask why politicians continue to portray these people as not paying their ‘fair share’.
02/12/2015
A former member of staff told The Independent that there were “skeletons in the closet” dating from before the financial crisis.
02/12/2015
UK tax authority will expand the scope of its investigation into Swiss tax accounts held with HSBC, the BBC has learned.
02/11/2015
Ed Miliband failed to do his research about the Isle of Man before issuing a tax avoidance warning
02/10/2015
The real ‘housewives’ of HSBC
It was just a day in the life of a housewife.
02/10/2015
Traditionally, EU Member States have restricted charitable tax reliefs to domestic charities meaning that a legacy to a foreign charity may attract a tax liability
02/10/2015
After three years of intense negotiations, on the 15th January 2015 representatives of the Italian and Swiss Governments signed an agreement which spells the end of banking secrecy.
02/09/2015
British offshore financial centres on Sunday criticised the leader of the opposition Labour Party after he threatened to put them on an international blacklist for tax avoidance if he wins a national election in May.
02/09/2015
Former trade minister and HSBC boss was either asleep at the wheel or involved in dodgy tax practices, says head of public accounts committee
02/09/2015
The controversial £100 fine for late income-tax returns could be axed after the taxman admitted it was punishing honest taxpayers who miss the deadline by a day.