11/19/2015
Crackdown on Caribbean tax havens a surprise boon for Hong Kong
For Hong Kong this renewed assault may actually work in the city’s favour.
Tax
11/18/2015
Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan says tougher laws forcing multinationals to play ball
He said some multinationals may still not be complying with the law by attributing profits offshore in lower-tax or no-tax nations where there is not significant economic activity.
11/18/2015
Wealthy few must not be allowed to hijack tax debate
First, some background. Under consideration is a bill that would exempt Australia's wealthiest privately-owned companies from publicly revealing on this particular register the tax they pay.
11/18/2015
A death tax makes good sense in our rich, ageing country
An inheritance tax is the fairest and most painless tax of all. It affects only on the richest part of the community, but not while they are alive.
11/17/2015
Crowe-Findex reveals new pay structure
It will cover 3000 staff in 120 offices across Australia and New Zealand.
11/13/2015
ATO cracks down on 'wealth extraction strategy'
The company typically doesn't control or benefit from the profits.
11/09/2015
Senate inquiry backs tax avoidance bill
A Senate committee has recommended the government review proposed multinational tax avoidance measures within three years to ensure they stop companies siphoning profits offshore.
11/03/2015
Tax evasion will be difficult when information exchange comes: Jaitley
The world is also increasingly moving towards a situation where you can't shift the profits that you earn in one jurisdiction and erode the capital base of that jurisdiction itself
10/30/2015
Vexed issue of ethics: investing in hedge funds in tax havens
But it’s worth working through whether investing in hedge funds in tax havens is both legal and ethical.
10/27/2015
India to apply 5% withholding tax to offshore rupee bonds: Official
The clarification comes amid some confusion about whether the withholding tax also applied to offshore debt.
10/19/2015
ALP backs govt tax crackdown
It also introduces country-by-country reporting to give tax authorities greater visibility of multinationals' tax structures.
10/15/2015
New taskforce targeting international tax evasion
Australians involved in international tax evasion schemes are being warned that a new multi-agency taskforce is making headway in eight investigations into serious financial crimes.
10/15/2015
Wealth of examples on both sides for the tax-haven attack dogs
Bill Shorten won’t like to hear it, but some of his private wealth is being held by a fund with a registered trust in the Cayman Islands.
10/07/2015
Teys family fights for exemption
The ease with which such information about the family's wealth and address details can be obtained...makes it obvious there will be no threat to the personal safety of people like the Teys family
10/06/2015
Black money disclosures revised up to Rs 4,147 cr
India has 96 double taxation avoidance treaties with other countries and 14 bilateral information exchange pacts
10/06/2015
NZ's biggest companies may face 'enormous compliance burden' from OECD tax dragnet
It released a package of measures designed to help governments plug gaps in international rules "that allow corporate profits to disappear or be artificially shifted to low/no tax environments, where little or no economic activity takes place
10/06/2015
Family office investors will go offshore
Nomura still believes the world’s second largest economy will be able scrape through 6.8% growth this year based on data for the first nine months of year.
10/05/2015
Dick Smith says billionaires are 'disgusting' and should pay their fair share of tax
He’s a one-time electronics entrepreneur whose net worth was once $50 million.
10/05/2015
OECD Rewrites Corporate Tax Rule Book
Reforms to the international tax system for curbing avoidance by multinational enterprises
10/01/2015
India, US set anti-tax evasion deal in motion
India has sent the first set of information about Americans holding financial assets in India to the US revenue authorities