Search Results for: tax evasion
Commission presses Member States on VAT revenue collection
September 9th, 2015
VAT revenue collection has failed to show significant improvement across EU Member States according to the latest figures released by the European Commission. Based on VAT collection figures from 2013, the overall difference between the expected VAT revenue and the amount ...
The danger of eliminating cash
September 4th, 2015
In the early days of central banking, one primary objective of the new system was to take ownership of the public’s gold, so that in a crisis the public would be unable to withdraw it. Gold was to be ...
Fatca law: Taking the IRS to Court
August 21st, 2015
The 2010 Fatca law has made many Americans unbankable overseas. Nancy Pelosi famously said Congress had to pass ObamaCare so Americans could learn what was in it, but that rule applies to other regulatory monsters too. Take Fatca, the ...
Australia pushes to recognize bitcoin as regular currency
August 5th, 2015
The Australian government on Tuesday suggested treating bitcoin and other digital currencies on a par with standard money in the country. The move comes in contrast to an earlier position towards digital currencies as “intangible assets.” “The committee is ...
Bailout Money Goes to Greece, Only to Flow Out Again
August 3rd, 2015
The Greek businessman was nervous as he carried a suitcase stuffed with cash through security at the Athens airport a few months ago. But the distracted and overworked officials waved him through. A few hours later the man touched ...
$76 Million penalties for Forex Ponzi Scheme
August 3rd, 2015
In Related Criminal Actions, Simmons Sentenced to 40 Years’ and Salazar Sentenced to 4.5 Years’ Incarceration and Ordered to Pay in Total $40 Million in Criminal Restitution Both Simmons and Salazar Currently are Serving Their Prison Sentences The U.S. ...
IRS Probes Singapore Asset Manager for accepting transfers from undeclared Swiss accounts
July 20th, 2015
First came Switzerland. Now the Internal Revenue Service has a new target: Singapore Criminal investigators at the IRS are probing whether a Singapore asset-management firm accepted transfers from undeclared Swiss accounts closed by U.S. taxpayers, according to lawyers familiar ...
The Neo-Marxist Threat to National Economies
July 10th, 2015
The theatricals and melodrama of the current Greek crisis mask a far more serious issue than mere political entertainment. The self-created sequence of threats to Greece i.e. sovereign debt default, bankruptcy, Eurozone exit and relegation to the status of ...
Greece crisis: Emergency summit called for Monday
June 19th, 2015
An emergency summit of leaders from eurozone nations will be held on Monday, after the latest attempt to resolve the Greek debt crisis failed. A meeting of finance ministers on Thursday made no breakthrough. Head of the Eurogroup, Jeroen ...
Brussels talks halted as pressure on Greece mounts
June 12th, 2015
The International Monetary Fund has withdrawn its delegation from negotiations in Brussels aimed at breaking an impasse and unlocking crucial loans, citing significant differences with the Greek side following another round of talks between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, German ...
