07/16/2013
National tax laws have not kept pace with the globalisation of corporations and the digital economy, leaving gaps that can be exploited by multi-national corporations to artificially reduce their taxes.
07/15/2013
On July 12, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service announced revised timelines in connection with the staged implementation of the various due diligence, verification, withholding, and reporting requirements
07/15/2013
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has Signed Cooperation Arrangements with 28 EU and EEA Member States
07/15/2013
Wheater focuses her practice on the tax aspects of a broad range of issues. She has significant experience in structuring private equity, venture capital and other funds, including holding companies, carried interest and deal structures.
07/14/2013
It said it had handed all evidence in the case to the Swiss attorney general's office.
07/14/2013
They were arrested in December, along with former UBS and Citigroup trader
07/14/2013
Gray’s Inn set Matrix has set out plans for expansion overseas after launching its first international office in Geneva.
07/14/2013
The new plan, unveiled under the catchline ‘Collaborating to Win’, puts greater collaboration at the heart of revenue generation.
07/14/2013
The regulator said Gloucestershire-based Moseling had failed to comply with an award made against him by the Financial Ombudsman Service
07/13/2013
According to the SEC, the wolf in question is John Paulson, a hedge fund billionaire who enlisted the help of Goldman Sachs to bet against the sub-prime mortgage market using an insurance product called a credit default swap.
07/12/2013
In 2009, the U.S. hit another Swiss bank, UBS, with a $780 million fine and took information on derelict depositors.
07/12/2013
The measure is intended to restore faith in companies and their directors as a whole.
07/12/2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's disciplinary panel said it was the second time the group had been fined over failures with its automated trading platform.
07/11/2013
Linklaters pledges $250,000; Clifford Chance's $100,000 same as local firm TSMP's donation
07/11/2013
He joined the firm on 8 July and will help the development of our existing client bank and the continued expansion of our independent financial services team.
07/11/2013
he French Finance Ministry has clarified regulations pertaining to the wealth tax cap and life insurance contracts.
07/11/2013
Singapore’s central bank fined 22 financial institutions and restricted operations at seven for failing to comply with rules
07/11/2013
UBS said some of its German offices were searched in connection with an ongoing tax probe of the Swiss bank's clients
07/11/2013
To add a statement from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and to add that Singapore and the Cayman Islands have also signed agreements with the United States.
07/10/2013
France, like countries across the world, is cracking down on tax after the global financial crisis put government budgets under strain and increased the need to maximise tax receipts.