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PwC’s legal arm posts 24% revenue jump
September 14th, 2016
Revenue at PwC Legal has soared this financial year, from £48.5m to £59.9m, an increase of 25%. Led by senior partner Shirley Brookes, the legal arm of the accounting giant has also posted net income of £11m. Of the total revenue, ...
MasterCard sued for £14bn in largest ever British legal claim
September 9th, 2016
MasterCard ‘firmly disagree’ with allegations in landmark case of overcharging 46m UK customers for card fees Credit card group MasterCard is being sued for £14bn, the largest legal claim in British history, in a landmark lawsuit over allegations that ...
Low tax Zug aims to become Switzerland’s ‘Crypto Valley’
September 8th, 2016
Zug town hall now accepts bitcoin More than a dozen crypto currency firms operating there so far Government looking at changing regulation to attract more firms The small Swiss canton of Zug, famed for the low taxes that have ...
Israel puts FATCA temporary on hold; Other countries may rethink
September 5th, 2016
Israeli High Court’s FATCA Injunction Must Make Other Countries Rethink America’s Imperialistic Law The Israeli High Court’s temporary injunction against the enforcement of America’s highly controversial global tax law “should serve as a wake-up call for other countries to ...
Hanjin takes legal steps to prevent ship seizures as more vessels blocked
September 5th, 2016
South Korea’s Hanjin Shipping plans to take legal action in jurisdictions worldwide to prevent its vessels being seized, as more of its ships were blocked from docking at ports in the wake of its collapse. As of Monday, 79 Hanjin ships ...
Why the EU says Apple must pay Ireland $14.5 billion in tax
September 1st, 2016
The European Commission (EC) ordered Apple Inc. to pay Ireland unpaid taxes of up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) on Tuesday as it ruled the firm had received illegal state aid. What is the EC alleging? The European ...
EU Apple Tax Ruling Stirs Fears of Revenue Loss in U.S.
August 31st, 2016
American politicians have spent years salivating over U.S. companies’ stockpile of untaxed foreign profits, now more than $2 trillion and growing. Europe got to that money pot first. The European Commission’s ruling Tuesday that Apple Inc. must pay $14.5 billion in back ...
Geneva’s Corporate-Tax Fight Becomes ‘Mother of All Battles’
August 29th, 2016
When the European Union pressured Switzerland to scrap tax breaks for foreign companies, Geneva had the most to lose. Now, the canton that’s home to almost 1,000 multinationals is set to use tax to burnish its appeal. Geneva will ...
CySec imposed an Administrative Fine of €105.000 on a Cyprus Investment Firm
August 22nd, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform investors that the Commission decided to impose a total administrative fine of €105.000 to the CIF HF Markets (Europe) Ltd for non-compliance with the following legislation: ...
Accounting Watchdog Says Most Brokerage-Firm Audits Need to Improve
August 19th, 2016
Federal inspectors found deficiencies in more than three-quarters of the audits of broker-dealers they reviewed last year, down from the previous year but still at a high level, the government’s audit-industry regulator said Thursday. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ...
