Swiss banks open the door for India’s tax evasion crackdown
As the famed secrecy walls of Swiss banks started to crumble, some Indians felt a chill down their spine. ... - Continue reading
Category: Tax Evasion
EU launches campaign to tackle tax evasion
The European Union ups its game by coming up with more initiative to fight off tax evasion. ... - Continue reading
UN forms panel to help battle tax evasion, money laundering
Thought leaders from across the globe on Monday joined a UN panel tasked with making recommendations to fix the financial system that lacks effective ways to deal with tax evasion, tax avoidance, money laundering and corruption. The High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030… – Continue reading
India’s Authority for Advance Rulings denies tax exemption under India-Mauritius treaty
Clarifications on the India-Mauritius tax treaty. ... - Continue reading
Roundup: G20 financial meeting focuses on coronavirus, taxation, global economy
The finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of 20 (G20) discussed issues of the coronavirus, taxation and global economy during a two-day meeting concluded on Sunday in Riyadh. The G20 financial officials agreed to observe the risks of the coronavirus outbreak and adopt policies to limit its global… – Continue reading
Turkey on tax evasion grey list
Turkey stays on the European Union's blacklist since 2017. ... - Continue reading
Turkey on tax evasion grey list
Turkey has been on the grey list of European Union non-cooperative tax jurisdictions since 2017, a situation that undermines its credibility in fiscal transparency. By the end of last year, Turkey should have taken two additional steps to avoid being blacklisted: implementing the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) and becoming… – Continue reading
Cabinet approves India-Sri Lanka Agreement amendment on double taxation, evasion
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the signing and ratification of the protocol amending the Agreement between India and Sri Lanka for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, according to a Press… – Continue reading
Malta: Tax Transparency For Tax Advisors: The Mandatory Disclosure Rules – No More Hiding
The main aim remains linked to curbing tax evasion and avoidance through capturing aggressive tax planning schemes.
... - Continue readingEgypt court sentences fugitive contractor to 3 years over tax evasion
An Egyptian court for tax evasion sentenced on Saturday a fugitive Egyptian contractor to three years in jail over tax evasion charges, Egypt’s state-run MENA news agency reported. Mohamed Ali, a businessman and an actor, said in online videos last year that he fled to Spain after working with the… – Continue reading
Tax avoidance, evasion costs EU 170 billion euros a year, says Poland
The Polish state think-tank reveals a loss of 170 million euros for European Union member states due to tax dodging. ... - Continue reading
Checking Evasion: Taxpayers’ bank accounts to be under GST lens
More measures against tax evasion. ... - Continue reading
Belgium gets more aggressive on tax evaders
Belgium toughens up following proclamation of 'black money'. ... - Continue reading
Google to pay A$481.5m in major win for Australian Tax Office
Search engine giant’s settlement brings to A$1.25bn the amount collected from ecommerce players ... - Continue reading
Shell reveals it paid no UK corporate income tax in 2018
And one more case of tax avoidance by a giant. ... - Continue reading
Kazakhstan to accede to convention against tax evasion
Kazakhstan will accede to the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. ... - Continue reading
Details of 1.89 mil. overseas bank accounts received
The Common Reporting Standard (CRS) allows the tax authority of Japan to detect 1.89 hidden bank accounts overseas. ... - Continue reading
ATO data reveals one third of large companies pay no tax
Of 2,214 entities covered by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) data for 2017-18, 710 did not pay any tax. ... - Continue reading
FBR Warns UAE To Share Details Of Iqama Holders Or Avoidance Of Double-taxation Treaty Be Terminated
Pakistan gives warning over transparency to UAE ... - Continue reading
HSBC Swiss unit to pay $192 mln in latest U.S. tax evasion deal
Trouble for the Swiss private banking unit of HSBC Holdings Plc HSBA.L. ... - Continue reading
Deutsche Bank slapped with €15m fine in money laundering case
German authorities raided Deutsche Bank's offices, including its Frankfurt base, in connection with the probe in 2018. ... - Continue reading
EU divided over definition of “tax paradise”
A policy proposal presented by the Danish government last week calls for a wider scope in the operative definition of tax avoidance and tax evasion. ... - Continue reading
Greece forces citizens to spend more online in tax evasion crackdown
Greeks will be forced to spend around a third of their income using electronic means if they want to avoid substantial fines designed to stamp out rampant tax evasion. ... - Continue reading
A Run Through On Tax Evasion By Bitcoin Criminals
A report released by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has put quite some focus on Bitcoin’s scope for committing tax evasion ... - Continue reading
IRS touts 91% conviction rate for its 2019 tax crime cases
The Internal Revenue Service has a message for tax criminals: "We will not stop in our pursuit." ... - Continue reading
BEPS Changes To Nordic Double Tax Agreement To Take Effect
The double tax agreement between the Nordic countries will be updated with new anti-tax base erosion and profit shifting provisions with effect from January 1, 2020. ... - Continue reading
44% Rise in Requests from Foreign Prosecutors to UK for Help Investigating Tax Crimes
OECD has recently announced new proposals to help countries tax corporate incomes more effectively. ... - Continue reading
Global Forum marks success fighting tax evasion
OECD announces "unprecedented success" in the fight against tax evasion. ... - Continue reading
Cabinet approves pact on avoidance of double taxation with Chile
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ... - Continue reading
Tax evasion arrests down 11 per cent
The number of arrests made in the UK for suspected tax evasion has dropped to the lowest level in five years ... - Continue reading
Indirect linkages to Tax Havens
According to the most current Federal Tax Compliance Research Report, there is an estimated US Net Tax Gap (Tax Not Collected) of $406 Billion. ... - Continue reading
Ukraine- President signs law on ratification of tax treaty with Cyprus
Double taxation agreement signed between Ukraine and Cyprus ... - Continue reading
India, Switzerland call for greater information exchange in tax matters
The first transmission of financial account information on automatic basis between the two countries took place in September 2019 for enhanced cooperation in the fight against tax evasion. ... - Continue reading
Extended tax liabilities for directors in insolvencies linked to tax avoidance
Draft legislation included in the Finance Bill 2019-2020 will potentially make directors and certain other individuals closely connected to a company jointly and severally liable for a company’s tax liabilities that arise from avoidance, evasion or repeated insolvency and non-payment of tax debts or tax-related penalties of the company. ... - Continue reading
Cyprus: Substance – From Corporate Tax Perspective And Other Factors
Substance is vital when it comes to the tax residency of companies and their management and control aspect. ... - Continue reading
Cambodian parliament ratifies double taxation avoidance pact with China’s Hong Kong
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — The Cambodian parliament on Monday ratified an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income that the country had signed with China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Ruling Cambodian People’s Party’s 110… – Continue reading
Parliament ratifies double tax agreement with Malaysia
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified an agreement with Malaysia on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of tax evasion and the protocol thereto, adopting Bill No. 0002. 333 MPs voted in favor of it. It was broadcasted by official Rada Channel. The agreement extends to individual income… – Continue reading
FBR asks UAE to share details of Pakistanis hiding behind Iqama status
Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Shabbar Zaidi on Monday wrote letter to UAE authorities and asked for devising mechanism to share details of Pakistanis who are hiding behind Iqama based residential status to evade taxes. In a letter written to Ministry of Finance UAE by the Chairman FBR Shabbar… – Continue reading
HMRC targets tax avoidance enablers
HMRC is clamping down on the promoters and enablers of tax avoidance scheme as prison sentence lengths for tax evasion rose by 1% on average last year. Penny Ciniewicz, HMRC’s director general of customer compliance, said “We have more than 100 current investigations into promoters [and enablers] and we’re keeping… – Continue reading
European Union: UAE Removed From EU Tax Haven Blacklist Along With Switzerland
The United Arab Emirates and Switzerland removed from European Union's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes on October 10. ... - Continue reading
International tax evasion by EU nationals amounts to US$50B per year
A new study by the European Commission estimates European Union member states lost US$50.7 billion (46 billion euros), about 0.3% of GDP, in tax revenue in 2016 to international tax evasion by individuals. ... - Continue reading
Nigeria: Unprecedented Global Drive For Tax Transparency – The Nigerian Perspective
In the last few years, the international tax space has experienced an unprecedented drive to achieve increased transparency in the tax practices of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) and individuals in order to curb tax avoidance and evasion. ... - Continue reading
Utah man failed to submit proper tax returns, avoided paying taxes for 12 years
A man from Pleasant Grove, Utah, was convicted of multiple counts of tax evasion for failing to submit proper tax returns and avoiding paying his taxes for 12 years. Robin Kartchner, 69, has been convicted of 15 counts of tax evasion, according to a Tuesday press release from the Utah… – Continue reading
Switzerland: Amended Protocol Of Double Taxation Agreement Between Switzerland And USA
On 20 September 2019, Switzerland and the USA ratified the protocol of amendment of their double taxation treaty ("DTA"). ... - Continue reading
BIR Officials: Congress not inclined to lift Bank Secrecy
“The suggestion has been brought up many times before and lawmakers with the support of the business community rejected it,” said a revenue regional director who declined to be named. He recalled that many congressmen even protested when the BIR in 2014 tried to require taxpayers to include in their… – Continue reading
Corporate tax cut to benefit organized retail sector with pricing power most: report
The corporate tax cut would reduce the reach of the unorganized retail sector as they lose their edge of tax evasion, a 2Point2 Capital report says ... - Continue reading
United States: Senators Introduce Bill To Require Reporting Of Beneficial Ownership Information
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill which would impose federal beneficial ownership reporting requirements for legal entities established under state law, intended to assist law enforcement in fighting money laundering and terrorist financing ("AML/CFT"). ... - Continue reading
Accidental Americans’ sue France over FATCA disclosure rules
A group representing French-American taxpayers has filed a complaint against France with the European Commission over its compliance with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), in a bid to avoid being blacklisted by French banks starting in January. France is a signatory to an agreement to give the… – Continue reading
Fiji Institute of Accountants concerned about cybercrime, money laundering
SUVA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — The Fiji Institute of Accountants (FIA) said Monday they are concerned about the increase in money laundering and cyber-crime activities in the island nation. According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC), while presenting before the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, the Fiji Institute of Accountants President… – Continue reading
