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OECD updates anti-tax evasion list
August 4th, 2015
Europe’s attempts to clean up tax evasion and money laundering took a step forward yesterday when an international task group said that Austria — a eurozone nation that was until recently falling short —was almost fully compliant with new ...
Italy Eyes 24 Percent Corporate Tax Rate
July 31st, 2015
During his speech to the Ambassadors’ Conference at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 27, Premier Matteo Renzi disclosed that one of his objectives is to reduce Italy’s headline corporate tax rate to 24 percent in 2017, ...
FATCA Faces Lawsuit, Taxpayer Advocate’s Criticisms
July 23rd, 2015
As I expected, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and its related controversies have not gone gently into that good political night. For starters, Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky is part of a legal battle, filed ...
Germany, Netherlands To Exchange Data On Tax Rulings
July 20th, 2015
Germany and the Netherlands have signed a new agreement that provides for the “spontaneous” exchange of information on advance pricing agreements and advance tax rulings. The agreement was signed in Brussels on July 14, 2015. Under the new agreement, ...
Swiss banks win German market access after long-running tax tiff
July 17th, 2015
Swiss banks can more easily take on clients in neighbouring Germany, the Swiss government said on Thursday, after a deal that ends a lengthy standoff between the two countries over hidden offshore accounts. Germany’s wealthy have traditionally been the ...
Emerging Challenges Facing Tax Policymakers and Administrations in the Area of International Taxation and Transfer Pricing
July 14th, 2015
From July 7-9, 2015, senior tax administrators and tax policy officials from 26 countries throughout Europe and Central Asia as well as experts from the WU University and the World Bank met in Vienna, Austria to share experiences and ...
Tax: MEPs advocate country-by-country reporting to help developing countries
July 9th, 2015
The EU and its member states should make multinationals report their financial performance, tax details, assets and employee numbers country by country, so as to help fight tax evasion and illicit money flows in developing countries, says Parliament in ...
George Osborne pledges lowest corporation tax in G20 but new bank tax hits UK small lenders
July 9th, 2015
Chancellor pledges lowest corporation tax in the G20 – but casts punitive net over the UK’s small lenders Chancellor George Osborne ushered in a new tax regime for British banks yesterday, dialling down the controversial bank levy while introducing a new ...
SRO CRFIN and the Russian union of taxpayers signed an agreement
June 30th, 2015
SRO CRFIN and the All-Russian non-government organization “Russian union of taxpayers” signed an agreement to develop cooperation in s enhancement of budget and tax legislation, individual investor rights protection, issues of tax legislation within operations of Forex-dealers, protection of ...
Russia Confirms Tax Rate Freeze
June 29th, 2015
Affirming commitments made last year, Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, has stated that tax rates will be frozen for the next four years. Putin has indicated that he wants to offer greater support to new and growing businesses. He stated ...