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12 Apr 16
The European Commission today unveiled plans to force tax avoidance by large multinational corporations into the open, after toughening up its proposals in the wake of the Panama Papers.
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16 Mar 16
The “shameless” practice of shifting profits to tax havens is rife among France’s ‘big five’ banks, a report published today by Oxfam and two French charities has found.
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9 Mar 16
The European Council has announced it will support a directive strengthening European Union rules to prevent corporate tax avoidance.
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22 Feb 16
Much more work needs to be done to forge an international tax system that is fair, works for all economies and is fit for the 21st century, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine...
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17 Feb 16
A new trade agreement proposed between the United States and the European Union could allow corporations to effectively sue governments who try to collect tax on their profits, campaigners have...
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28 Jan 16
More than thirty countries have today signed an agreement that enables the automatic sharing of country-by-country financial reports from multinational companies.
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28 Jan 16
The European Commission has set out new measures to crack down on corporate tax avoidance that seek to push member states to improve coordination of approaches.
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19 Jan 16
European Union member states that infringe tax-related state aid rules should not be able to keep money they recover in unpaid tax, the European Parliament has called.
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13 Jan 16
The European Commission’s top tax official has said countries have “looked the other way” in the face of serious tax avoidance and pledged to take action this year to improve transparency.
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17 Dec 15
China has become the 77th party to an OECD agreement enabling the automatic annual exchange of tax-related information.
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10 Dec 15
The European Union and San Marino have signed a “landmark” tax transparency agreement, which the European Commission said marks the end of bank secrecy between the two.
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7 Dec 15
Companies caught cheating on their tax bill in Australia will have to repay double what they owe plus interest under news laws to prevent tax avoidance by multinational companies.
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4 Dec 15
Switzerland’s EFG Bank is to pay a penalty of $29m to the US Department of Justice to avoid prosecution for helping its American account holders evade taxes.
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3 Dec 15
The European Commission is to investigate a suspected ‘sweetheart’ tax deal between Luxembourg and the fast-food multinational.
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27 Nov 15
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a suite of corporate tax reforms that will ensure multinational companies pay taxes where profits are made and increase transparency.
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26 Nov 15
Israel has joined 90 other countries in signing up to the OECD’s instrument to combat offshore tax avoidance and increase transparency in tax matters.
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25 Nov 15
Eight out of ten Europeans think there should be a legal clampdown on tax havens, a pan-European poll commissioned by 24 NGOs has found.
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20 Nov 15
The governments of Malta and the Caribbean island of Caraçao have signed a treaty, which both sides say will prevent tax evasion and the double taxation of companies operating in both jurisdictions.