International Taxation

UK Tax advisers have questioned the need for more clarity about the new tax evasion offenses, following the Government’s announcement that it will go ahead with them. Documents published [...]

The UK Government has annonced that existing taxpayer disclosure facilities will be replaced by a tougher,  regime from 2016. David Gauke , the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, has launched a [...]

Israel signed  the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, making it the 91st jurisdiction to join the world’s leading instrument for boosting transparency and [...]

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes recently  has switched its rated on Liechtenstein being  “largely compliant” with Organisation for [...]

Australia’s new Serious Financial Crime Taskforce (SFCT) is ready to launch investigations into serious international tax evasion  over the next two years. The SFCT has been operational [...]

Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg’s Finance Minister, has announced a  tax amnesty scheme as part of the draft 2016 budget. Gramegna outlined details of the amnesty scheme during his presentation [...]

The Ministry of Finance of the United Arab Emirates has announced on May 5, 2015, that he has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA), a [...]

HSBC Swiss subsidiary helped wealthy customers dodge taxes and conceal 180.6 billion euro of assets. Recovered by the tax authorities in 2009, databases stolen by Herve Falciani are anonymous at [...]

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), a new international financial center in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced on December 10, 2014, that it has appointed an expert panel of 16 leading [...]

http://www.icij.org/project/luxembourg-leaks By Leslie Wayne, Kelly Carr, Marina Walker Guevara, Mar Cabra and Michael Hudson November 5, 2014, 4:00 pm The landlocked European duchy has been [...]