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Swiss banks threaten freeze on US accounts over tax evasion
July 8th, 2014
Several Swiss banks have threatened to freeze American clients’ accounts unless they prove they are, or take steps to become, tax compliant, as the country’s lenders hurry to resolve a tax evasion dispute with the US. The moves – ...
U.K. Stocks, Power-Tax Rebates, Bonus Remarks: Compliance
July 7th, 2014
Britain’s markets regulator should investigate whether the closing prices of stocks are being manipulated, according to lawmakers. Conservative Mark Garnier pressed for the investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority at a July 3 hearing of the Treasury Committee in ...
Gouging the Gauchos
July 2nd, 2014
Like individuals, corporations, and other private firms that rely on bankruptcy procedures to reduce an excessive debt burden, countries sometimes need orderly debt restructuring or reduction. But the ongoing legal saga of Argentina’s fight with holdout creditors shows that ...
Offshore Tax Crackdown Opens With 30% Penalties for Banks
June 30th, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service is about to get an unprecedented look at bank accounts and investments U.S. citizens hold abroad, through a law that is making it harder to hide assets from the tax collector. Tomorrow, the U.S. government ...
IMF Calls For Greater Global Cohesion In Taxation Of Multinationals
June 30th, 2014
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a report on June 25, 2014, which explores the nature and policy implications of cross-border effects from national corporate tax policies. The report, entitled Spillovers in International Corporate Taxation, highlights how these effects ...
Global M&A at seven-year high as big corporate deals return
June 30th, 2014
Investor support for large acquisitions and a desire to trump rivals in consolidating markets have led chief executives to strike big transactions so far in 2014, raising year-to-date global deal volumes to their highest level in seven years. Corporate ...
Qatar Rejects Tax Exemption For Foreign Investors
June 23rd, 2014
Qatar’s Advisory Council has rejected a proposal to exempt foreign individuals and institutional investors from capital gains and income tax on domestic stock market investments. The proposal, which was approved by the State Cabinet and the Financial and Economic ...
UBS Belgium Chief Charged in Multibillion-Euro Tax Probe
June 20th, 2014
Marcel Bruehwiler, chief executive of UBS AG’s (UBSN) Belgium unit, was charged in Brussels as part of a probe into a multibillion-euro tax fraud, accelerating the latest tax-evasion inquiry facing the Swiss bank. Prosecutors said the investigation deals with ...
Three large multinationals under pricing investigations
June 18th, 2014
The European Commission has launched an investigation into the transfer pricing arrangements of three large multinationals about how they’re treated in three countries. The companies are Apple in Ireland, Fiat Finance and Trade in Luxembourg and Starbucks in the ...
‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Calls Rich to Tax-Free Tropical Paradise
June 16th, 2014
He’s known as Bitcoin Jesus in the world of cyber-currencies. Though he can’t promise you heaven, he is offering a haven: a condo in the Caribbean that comes with a new passport and almost zero taxes. Meet Roger Ver, ...
