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EU Lays Down the Law on Tax Deals as Apple Probe Continues
May 20th, 2016
EU regulator clarifies rules for profit-shifting arrangements Transactions between units should be at market prices The European Union, locked in a tax battle with the likes of Apple Inc. and McDonald’s Corp., laid down the law in its bid ...
EU to compile blacklist of tax havens
May 20th, 2016
European Union finance ministers will agree next week to draw up a common list of tax havens and sanctions against them, according to a draft EU document, part of a crackdown on tax evasion by companies and wealthy individuals. ...
Five States Agree To Adopt New Tax Transparency Standard
May 19th, 2016
Bahrain, Lebanon, Nauru, Panama, and Vanuatu – five territories that were earlier criticized for not following tax transparency standards – have newly committed to sharing financial account information automatically with other countries. With these new commitments, 101 jurisdictions around ...
Hedge Fund Tax Guru, Diya Wilson, moves from Deloitte to PwC
May 18th, 2016
PwC has recruited Diya Wilson as a tax partner in its Asset & Wealth Management practice. Ms Wilson joins from Deloitte, where she was was responsible for leading the Firm’s hedge fund tax business in London. She initially joined ...
Panama Says Tax Evasion ‘Not A Crime’ There
May 17th, 2016
It is a misnomer to call Panama a tax haven, but tax evasion in “not a crime” in the central American country and such a situation does not invite criminal proceedings, its Multilateral Affairs Minister Maria Luisa Navarro said ...
France May Accelerate Corporate Tax Cut
May 17th, 2016
The French Government is reportedly considering cutting the rate of corporate tax further than already planned as part of changes to the Responsibility and Solidarity Pact under consideration by the Government, although the reports were later denied by Finance ...
Nearly 400 LSE-listed companies based in tax havens linked to UK
May 13th, 2016
Research finds 389 firms on London Stock Exchange with market capitalisation of £225bn are registered in offshore territories Almost 400 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), with a collective market capitalisation of £225bn, are based in offshore havens connected ...
Italy To Announce Tax Break For Investors In SMEs
May 11th, 2016
In a newspaper interview, Italy’s Minister of Finance and the Economy, Pier Carlo Padoan, has disclosed that the Government will shortly introduce a decree providing a tax break for investors in Italian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). An interview ...
Panama Papers spur global tax tightening as second leak names more people, companies
May 10th, 2016
Details are still being sifted from the hugely anticipated second global data leak that names people, companies and tax schemes connected to offshore entities — many with familiar names. Legal or otherwise, the new cache of thousands of financial ...
U.K., Russia Offer Lowest Rates of Corporate Tax, Study Finds
May 9th, 2016
Corporate tax rates globally average 27 percent, UHY says Group of Seven economies impose corporate levies of 32 percent Russia and the U.K. give companies the lowest effective tax rates among the world’s leading economies, according to a report ...
