09/18/2012

Bankers accuse former boss of deceptive conduct

THE former chief executive of St George Bank, Paul Fegan, has appeared in Federal Court to answer claims he engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct while head of the bank in 2008, in the lead-up to the bank's merger with Westpac.

09/18/2012

France To Undo Sarkozy's Wealth Tax Reform

Despite having originally planned major wealth tax reforms, the French government is now resigned to the idea of merely re-establishing the previous wealth tax scale of between 0.55% and 1.8%, and to introducing a fiscal cap of 80% of income to accompany

09/17/2012

Ex-UBS Banker Alleged Attacker Charged

A New York man has been charged with theft and attempted extortion from a former UBS M&A banker, who was tied up at gunpoint during a terrifying home invasion in Bedford Hils, New York, in May.

09/16/2012

Tax CDs bring billions for German state

The state of North-Rhine Westphalia has helped Germany recover more than 3 billion euros ($3.9 billion) from German tax evaders after buying compact discs with details of Swiss bank accounts, according to the region's finance ministry.

09/16/2012

Belgium Remains Attractive Tax Location For Entrepreneurs

There have been renewed calls for the Belgian government to honour its pledge and reform the current system of taxation in Belgium, to remove the current disparity between the taxation of labour and the taxation of wealth, and in so doing shake off the co

09/16/2012

UK-US agreement strengthens UK ability to tackle tax evasion

On September 12, the United States and the United Kingdom governments announced the signing of a bilateral agreement to implement the information reporting and withholding tax provisions within the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).