03/11/2015
Vivienne Westwood Embroiled in Tax Avoidance Scandal
The designer has reportedly been paying an offshore Luxembourg company £2 million a year for the rights to use her name.
Tax
03/11/2015
UK to impose 25% Google tax on tech giants profits, says Chancellor George Osborne
At 25 percent, the new tax is significantly higher than the standard 20 percent corporation tax rate — but it will be applied only to companies with annual revenues higher than $376 million (£250 million).
03/11/2015
Spain takes over unit of Andorra bank in laundering probe
Spain's central bank has taken over a bank that caters to the rich following accusations by the United States that its Andorran owner was involved in laundering money for criminal groups from China, Russia and Venezuela.
03/10/2015
Switzerland to sign tax deal with Germany to exchange tax information
Switzerland expects in the future to sign a deal with Germany to automatically exchange tax information
03/10/2015
Malta 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.
03/10/2015
Tony Wickenden: Don’t blame Ed Miliband on tax avoidance
Headlines that mislead over tax avoidance can discourage people from prudent planning
03/09/2015
Puerto Rico fights tax evasion as it seeks new revenue sources
Javier and Oscar Juelle failed to turn over $1.27 million in sales taxes they collected over four years
03/09/2015
Argentina demands HSBC repay $3.5bn in offshore funds
The head of Argentina's tax authority has demanded that HSBC repatriate $3.5bn in funds that it says HSBC helped its clients move offshore.
03/08/2015
IMF Warns Against Gov’t Reliance On Citizenship Sales
Having already returned some unused funds, and made two early repayments, regional representative for the IMF Wayne Mitchell, expressed confidence that the Federation can meet remaining targets.
03/08/2015
FATCA List – March 01, 2015
A global financial imbalance is becoming apparent in the number of financial institutions signing up for the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
03/06/2015
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
Global Information Exchange - Deloitte
2015 looks set to be another busy year for Financial Institutions globally, as they prepare for the imminent US FATCA reporting deadlines, compliance with the OECD Common Reporting Standard and Anti-money laundering sanctions.
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
FATCA Compliance: Bahamas Races Toward the Finish Line with EY and Convey
Ministry of Finance Enlists EY and Convey to Develop and Deploy FATCA Model
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
03/03/2015
Bern and Canberra work towards tax agreement
Switzerland and Australia have signed a joint declaration on introducing the reciprocal automatic exchange of information in tax matters
03/02/2015
MALTA: 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