11/07/2013

French Assembly Passes Tax Evasion Bill

The French National Assembly has definitively adopted the Government's anti-tax evasion and major economic and financial crime bill. The legislation was passed by 358 votes to 198.

11/07/2013

The annual bonus round by Withers

In anticipation of the new year’s annual bonus round, there has been a flurry of regulatory requirements that will have to be taken into account this time around:

11/04/2013

Customs agents seizing increasing amounts of undeclared cash

The cash, often in bundles of 500-euro notes, is moving with political currents as some Europeans seek to hide their wealth from rising taxes, high-profile tax investigations and tightening rules at Swiss banks and other traditional havens.

10/31/2013

France investigates chairman of Swiss bank Reyl

The probe follows the release of former Reyl banker Pierre Condamin-Gerbier from Swiss prison in September after he said he held a list of French politicians with undeclared funds in secret Swiss bank accounts.