05/30/2016
PanamaPapers: SA tax dodgers walk a tightrope
But if Sars gets to them before the legislation is passed to provide for the amnesty, or before they come clean, they are in for a financial hiding.
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05/30/2016
Argentine president proposes amnesty for tax dodgers
The government did not say how much money it expected to collect with the plan.
05/30/2016
Beyond FATCA, Costa Rica Adopts “GATCA” Tax Reporting Measures
GATCA measures also seek to eliminate the use of offshore tax havens recently and scandalously revealed by the Panama Papers.
05/26/2016
Black money: India may sign agreements with Swiss banks during PM Modi’s Switzerland visit
Both countries have stepped up their cooperation on tax matters related to black money allegedly stashed by Indians there.
05/26/2016
All bidders for the Land Registry have links to tax havens
All of the potential bidders have business links to tax havens or secretive jurisdictions including the Cayman Islands, Jersey and the US state.
05/26/2016
French Senate decides not to pursue SocGen CEO over 2012 tax testimony
The committee decided that although the statements in question might have contained some ambiguity, they could not be qualified as false testimony," the Senate said in a statement.
05/26/2016
Panama Papers law firm approved Vancouver billionaire David Ho despite his criminal charges
Emails and documents about Ho are among the 11 and a half million documents leaked from the international law firm, prompting a worldwide debate over the secretive world of offshore tax havens.
05/26/2016
Panama president admits to offshore company in Pakistan and other unbreakable news
He also owns an expensive flat in Karachi.
05/26/2016
India is shutting down its tax havens: Why this may be a good thing.
Mauritius has over the years developed and marketed its legal and judicial system
05/25/2016
Cayman Islands tax haven holds more Japanese money than ever
The 74.4 trillion yen figure is larger than the corresponding figures invested in France and Britain, the BOJ statistics showed.
05/25/2016
SARS identifies South Africans mentioned in Panama Papers
So far 79 of a total 560 offshore entities have been matched to 81 South African residents.
05/25/2016
French bankers try to reassure Senate over tax havens
Jacques D’Estais also said BNP was closing a branch in the Cayman Islands.
05/25/2016
Panama Papers: British-Canadian billionaire mysterious middleman in ‘corruption scheme’
U.S. officials say he “enriched himself” with $400 million (U.S.) in mark-ups and paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes to Bahraini officials, a Toronto Star/CBC investigation has found.
05/24/2016
Moving offshore doesn’t mean you’re avoiding tax
But what the uproar has shown is there is good and bad offshore tax avoidance.
05/24/2016
Deloitte Tax Breakfast Seminar
Going with the Flow or Being Swept Away by the Tide?
05/23/2016
Bad offshoot of Mauritius tax treaty
This is expected to plug a huge source of revenue leakage and capital flight.
05/23/2016
Finance Ministry To Conclude Tax Treaty Revision With Singapore, Cyprus In FY17
After revising the tax treaty with Mauritius , the Centre will soon initiate the process of modifying tax agreements with Singapore and Cyprus and hopes to complete the process within the current fiscal so that there is uniformity on capital gains tax wit
05/23/2016
Leak Scandal: Japan, Panama Agree to Share Data on Offshore Companies
Japan and Panama have reached an understanding on how to share tax and shell firm data after a scandal involving a Panamanian company that allegedly helped clients evade taxes.
05/22/2016
Crackdown looms for India's super-rich tax avoiders
The numbers are hard to square with the estimated 2,100 ultra-wealthy Indians whose net worth exceeds $50 million
05/20/2016
Portugal named tax evasion leaders
Research by one of the world’s leading economists has identified Portugal as having the highest proportion of its wealth secured in offshore ventures.