A former banker working at Credit Suisse in Switzerland was sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States in Virginia. Susanne Rüegg Meier, formerly a manager at the bank, helped numerous Americans conceal millions of dollars in offshore accounts, allowing them to evade their tax responsibilities.
More than a year after their release, the Panama Papers continue to make political waves across the globe. Most recently, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif found himself embroiled in the scandal – and has been removed from office and is facing criminal charges as a result.
High tax rates might not be good for your wallet, but they could be good for your overall happiness, according to the recently released United Nations World Happiness Report. According to the report, the world’s three happiest countries – Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, respectively – are all also the jurisdictions with the highest tax rates in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) when considering their total tax revenue as a percentage of GDP.
European Union Finance Ministers are reportedly in talks around ensuring home-sharing platforms – including Airbnb – pay their fair share of taxes.
Domicile – or your place of residence – can have a huge impact on your tax liabilities. However, understanding the concept of domicile and its subsequent impact on taxes can be tricky. Let’s break it down.
The European Union has instituted new rules designed to make it tougher for terrorist groups and criminal organizations to hide their money by moving it into European countries.
Intellectual property, including trademarks, patents, copyright, designs, and corporate secrets, are incredibly valuable assets for businesses across the world.
When people think of “wealth management,” they often conjure up thoughts of complicated financial concepts and elaborate financial processes.
In many countries across the world, governments use the Controlled Foreign Company designation to ensure that domestic tax bases are not eroded and to discourage their citizens from shifting their income to jurisdictions that either do not impose tax or that have very low tax rates.
Tax records are absolutely integral to the study of economic inequality, providing comprehensive information on income – and in some countries the wealth – of taxpayers in a given jurisdiction.