01/06/2013
They are among the world’s wealthiest people but they still know that every penny counts. So while the rest of us struggle to pay our bills, some billionaires are claiming ten per cent off their council tax.
01/06/2013
Combined Market Leading Content and Technology Reduces Regulatory Burden for Firms
01/06/2013
Asking the scandal-hit firm to up its response against allegations of financial irregularity or consider quitting the board.
01/05/2013
Tax office posts pictures of 32 cheats, from cigarette smugglers to advisers working for rich clients
01/03/2013
“There is no excuse for wealthy Americans flouting their responsibilities as citizens of this great country to pay their taxes, and there is no excuse for foreign financial institutions helping them to do so.”
01/03/2013
The Luxembourg government has published a retrospective overview of the key decisions to improve tax transparency and cooperation in tax matters taken by the governing council in 2012.
01/02/2013
Politically, though, resuscitating the tax may be more trouble than it’s worth.
01/01/2013
These changes are intended to reduce the risk of commission payments acting as an incentive for mis-selling.
01/01/2013
FSA expected to disband in April
01/01/2013
The actual number affected by the deal is unknown because Swiss banks are notoriously secretive about clients – but they are likely to include anyone from investment bankers to celebrities and criminals.
01/01/2013
It was one of the most important leads for U.S. investigators pursuing a case against the bank that eventually led to a $1.9 billion settlement on December 11.
01/01/2013
FSA staff have been holding back from launching enforcement cases and are instead opting for regular informal conversations with banks and brokers.
01/01/2013
The IRS's powerful new tool chips away at bank secrecy.
01/01/2013
The rich would see a much bigger tax bill under the fiscal cliff deal, but even they will get some nice breaks.
01/01/2013
The new rules come into force just a month after a tax amnesty ended. As reported, under that scheme, Spanish taxpayers with undeclared taxable assets were given the opportunity to declare them in return for having to pay no more than a flat 10% levy.
12/30/2012
France's socialist president Francois Hollande suffered a setback as the country's highest court ruled his plans for a 75pc tax on its highest earners were unconstitutional.
12/27/2012
Switzerland's aim of preserving banking secrecy has been cast in doubt after the finance minister suggested all options are open, reopening the debate over a pillar of the country's economy.
12/27/2012
Porsche has won the dismissal of a lawsuit by 26 hedge funds that accused the German car maker of causing more than $1bn of losses by cornering the market in Volkswagen shares.
12/27/2012
Given to Greece for a second time by French authorities on December 21, the list contains hundreds of names of Greek account holders at global bank HSBC in Switzerland, which authorities want to investigate over suspected tax evasion.
12/23/2012
The budget minister is at risk of losing his portfolio in an imminent shake-up, newspapers Le Parisien and Le Journal du Dimanche both reported on Sunday, citing unidentified government sources.