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PricewaterhouseCoopers accused of conflict of interest in development role
March 21st, 2016
Diane Abbott is furious that PwC is working on a DfID scheme called the Investment Facility for Utilising UK Specialist Expertise Big Four accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers has been accused of “a very serious conflict of interest” in its role as an ...
The Rats Keep Pressing The Bar: Two Amazing Stories, One Inevitable Result
March 17th, 2016
Anyone who doubts that the global financial system has run out of (good new) ideas has only to track the recent words and deeds of central bankers and mainstream economists: Slightly-negative interest rates didn’t lead people to borrow more? ...
Amazon’s Italy Chief Says Company Under Probe for Tax Evasion
March 16th, 2016
Amazon.com Inc. is under investigation in Italy for alleged tax evasion, Francois Nuyts, Amazon’s chief for Italy and Spain, said in an interview Tuesday. The Seattle-based online retailer is cooperating with the probe, Nuyts said. “Amazon pays all applicable ...
Kuwait approves economic reforms including the introduction of a 10 per cent Corporate tax
March 15th, 2016
Kuwait approves 10 per cent corporate tax, other reforms as deficit widens Kuwait’s cabinet has approved economic reforms including the introduction of a 10 per cent tax on corporate profits to narrow a budget deficit caused by low oil ...
Apple, McDonald’s, Google and IKEA to face EU lawmakers over tax deals
March 15th, 2016
Apple (AAPL.O), Google (GOOGL.O), McDonald’s (MCD.N) and IKEA will be asked about their European tax deals on Wednesday as EU lawmakers ratchet up the pressure on multinationals to pay more tax on their profits locally. The hearing, organized by ...
Two Cayman Island Financial Institutions Plead Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Conspiring to Hide More Than $130 Million in Cayman Bank Accounts
March 10th, 2016
Cayman Companies Admit to Helping U.S. Taxpayer-Clients Hide Assets in Offshore Accounts, and Agree to Produce Account Files of Non-Compliant U.S. Taxpayers First Conviction of Non-Swiss Financial Institution For Tax Evasion Conspiracy U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern ...
Deutsche Bank and UBS lose bonus tax case
March 10th, 2016
The UK Supreme Court has ruled Deutsche Bank and UBS should pay taxes on bonuses paid to their investment bankers. The bonuses were paid to staff via offshore accounts in the form of shares to avoid attracting income tax ...
Agreement on the exchange of tax information
March 9th, 2016
EU economic and financial affairs ministers (Ecofin) meeting today in Brussels reached political agreement on the exchange of tax information. The agreement was announced by Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem at a press conference following the meeting. Anti-tax avoidance ...
Russia’s Oil Dilemma, Explained
March 9th, 2016
Kremlin needs to plug hole in budget stemming from crude slump Higher tax could cause output to drop from post-Soviet record While the world focuses on Russia’s Oil-freeze talks with OPEC, there are discussions behind closed doors in the Kremlin ...
France launches probe into UBS subsidiary over fraud case
March 3rd, 2016
France on Wednesday launched an official investigation into the French subsidiary of Swiss banking giant USB for alleged witness intimidation, a source close to the case told AFP. UBS France is suspected of trying to silence a whistle-blower who ...
