04/28/2013
The world’s largest banks have warned European finance ministers that plans to impose a Financial Transactions Tax could deepen the Continent’s sovereign debt crisis. In a strongly-worded letter, the International Banking Federation also
04/25/2013
The bill establishes a "tax police" to combat tax evasion, and creates an "aggravating circumstance" for the most serious types of tax fraud
04/23/2013
France probes HSBC tax fraud claims
France has opened a probe into whether HSBC offered illicit products to help French clients avoid tax in Switzerland
04/22/2013
The finance minister of Luxembourg has thrown his weight behind Britain’s legal challenge of Europe’s controversial financial transactions tax
04/21/2013
The report covers three strategic initiatives
04/21/2013
But contrary to the revision of its anti-fraud policy in 2008, the EIB has not engaged in a genuine consultation process with civil society this time.
04/18/2013
The country also released an accompanying Memorandum of Understanding —a departure from what has happened with the release of other IGAs
04/17/2013
Swiss asked for help in investigation
04/16/2013
German authorities said they have purchased a CD containing secret Swiss bank account details of thousands of alleged tax evadors
04/16/2013
Recent tax scandals have portrayed the inefficiency of the European Union to nail down offshore tax-dodgers and the necessity for an automatic exchange of information.
04/15/2013
Threat of 'wealth tax' on holiday homes
Britons who own homes in Spain and other troubled eurozone states could face a new "wealth tax" to help fund future bail-outs, influential German economists have suggested.
04/15/2013
Historic exercise known as Le Grand Déballage raises eyebrows with assets from €4,500 armchair to carbon canoes revealed
04/14/2013
Merkel and Cameron lay groundwork for tax evasion fight
Both Merkel and Cameron want the EU to have an "ambitious offer on the table" when talks get underway with the US on trade deals later this year.
04/14/2013
Wealthy households would face new taxes on property and other assets under German plans to prop up the struggling eurozone
04/11/2013
In the light of recent offshore tax evasion revelations, the German government needed more enforcement capability to pursue scofflaws.