Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG, located in Vaduz, will pay $23.8 million to settle a probe into its use of undeclared accounts to help U.S. taxpayers dodge taxes over a 10-year period. U.S. Attorney Preet Bhara announced the agreement, saying the bank will forfeit $16.3 million, representing revenue it earned for maintaining […]
Category: Offshore Accounts/International Tax Disputes
Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness surprised Germany when he alerted tax authorities in January to a Swiss bank account he held. He was charged with tax evasion on Tuesday after several months of investigations. “A charge has been lifted against Ulrich H. for tax evasion,” Munich regional court spokeswoman Andrea […]
The days of loopholes and lower taxes for corporations may soon be at an end as the Group of 20 largest economies is poised to back a major overhaul of international taxation designed to eliminate these perks. This 15-point plan has been developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and […]
The world map has never looked so odd. A service called OpenCorporates has launched a website that shows America’s top six banks and their exceedingly intricate and complex organization structure to highlight the lengths to which some corporations go to minimize their tax liabilities. The website is designed to show […]
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) compliance requirement for foreign banks dealing with the US has been delayed until July 1, 2014 so that these banks can continue to implement the changes and agreements necessary to avoid penalties. FATCA was enacted in 2010 to require that foreign banks report […]
One small step for a few island territories could mark a giant leap forward in corporate tax accountability. For years, certain islands represented more than fun in the sun for vacationers: for companies in the know, they were synonymous with tax shelters. Now, on the wave of a global crackdown […]
Back on June 5th, we posted an article discussing how many of the largest companies in the world were coming under scrutiny in Europe for allegedly not paying their fair share of taxes. One of those companies, Starbucks, began making payments today. The interesting thing is that it does not […]
ormer Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi cannot seem to get out of the news. Part of it might have to do with the fact that he owns a controlling share in Italy’s Mediaset, the largest media company in the country. The rest might have to do with the alleged tax fraud […]
In a meeting of the eight wealthiest countries in the world, the Group Eight (G8) discussions on how to deal with international tax evasion was so successful that the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer and Second Lord of the Treasury (highly historical and fancy terms for treasurer) George Osborne stated […]
World famous designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of Dolce & Gabbana fame have been convicted of evading taxes on over 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in royalties. The criminal act involved selling off some of their main brands to a Luxembourg holding company allegedly to evade paying taxes. The […]