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Amazon’s Italy Chief Says Company Under Probe for Tax Evasion
March 16th, 2016
Amazon.com Inc. is under investigation in Italy for alleged tax evasion, Francois Nuyts, Amazon’s chief for Italy and Spain, said in an interview Tuesday. The Seattle-based online retailer is cooperating with the probe, Nuyts said. “Amazon pays all applicable ...
Credit Suisse probed in Italy in tax evasion case
March 10th, 2016
Credit Suisse Group (CSGN.S) is under investigation in Italy in connection with a case looking into allegations that the bank helped wealthy clients transfer undeclared funds offshore, Italian judicial sources said on Wednesday. Credit Suisse offices in Milan were ...
Fighting tax evasion: The European Union and the Principality of Monaco initial new tax transparency agreement
February 24th, 2016
The EU and Monaco have today initialled a new tax transparency agreement marking another major step forward in the fight against tax evasion. The agreement provides that Monaco and EU Member States will automatically exchange information on the financial accounts of ...
HMRC admits to winding up inquiry into HSBC tax evasion claims
January 14th, 2016
Only one person was prosecuted following claims the bank turned a blind eye to illegal activities of hundreds of wealthy customers HM Revenue and Customs has wound up its inquiries into claims that hundreds of British customers used HSBC’s ...
HMRC pushes ahead with criminalising failure to prevent tax evasion
December 11th, 2015
New offence could become a ‘damp squib’ ignored by foreign companies, warns tax lawyer HMRC is to go ahead with a bid to create a new criminal offence for failure to prevent tax evasion, despite warnings of significant challenges ...
RBS pays €23.8m to settle tax evasion inquiry into Coutts’ Swiss operation
December 10th, 2015
Settlement with German prosecutors, which involves immunity for any current for former staff, is latest embarrassment for bailed-out bank Royal Bank of Scotland is paying €23.8m (£17.3m) to German prosecutors to settle an investigation into tax evasion by part of ...
Four senior KPMG partners arrested in HMRC tax evasion inquiry
November 27th, 2015
Accountancy firm places most senior staff in Northern Ireland on administrative leave pending tax evasion inquiry Four senior executives from the Belfast office of accountancy firm KPMG have been arrested in Belfast on alleged tax evasion charges. The four partners were ...
Israel joins international efforts to boost transparency and end tax evasion
November 26th, 2015
Israel signed today 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 combating offshore tax evasion. The Convention provides for all forms of ...
German prosecutors launch tax evasion probe at Volkswagen
November 25th, 2015
German prosecutors have launched an investigation into suspected tax evasion in connection with cheating on emissions tests by Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), adding to the intense scrutiny of Europe’s biggest carmaker. The investigation focuses on five Volkswagen employees, a spokesman for ...
Fighting tax evasion: EU and Liechtenstein sign new tax transparency agreement
October 29th, 2015
Today the EU and Liechtenstein signed a new tax transparency agreement, marking another important step forward in the fight against tax evasion. Under the new agreement, Liechtenstein and EU Member States will automatically exchange information on the financial accounts ...
