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OECD: Greece will be on the top of countries regarding taxes withheld from salaries and pensions
March 15th, 2016
Taxes take half of high salaries The government will send Greece to the top of the chart among the countries of the eurozone and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in terms of taxes withheld from salaries ...
New tax scandal as Ikea ‘avoids paying £775 Million in taxes using onshore havens’
February 15th, 2016
FURNITURE giant Ikea has been accused of underpaying a staggering €1 billion (£773 million) in taxes between 2009 and 2014. The Swedish firm is under scrutiny for using “onshore European tax havens”, according to a members of the European ...
IASB issues narrow-scope amendments to IAS 12 Income Taxes
January 21st, 2016
The International Accounting Standards Board® (the Board) today issued amendments to IAS 12 Income Taxes. The amendments, Recognition of Deferred Tax Assets for Unrealised Losses (Amendments to IAS 12), clarify how to account for deferred tax assets related to debt instruments measured at ...
Cyprus:‘Lagarde List’ accounts face €35mln in taxes
January 13th, 2016
Some €35mln in taxes have been imposed on undeclared deposits in 85 Swiss bank accounts included in the so-called Lagarde List, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Tuesday. Speaking before the House Watchdog and Ethics Committees, the minister said ...
EU, Ukraine Cut Trade Taxes Through New Free Trade Deal
January 5th, 2016
On January 1, 2016, the tariff cuts contained in the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between the European Union and Ukraine became effective. Welcoming the deal, the European Commission said the application of the DCFTA of the ...
Germany gives Greece names of 10,000 citizens suspected of dodging taxes
November 26th, 2015
Inventory includes accounts invested in Swiss banks worth €3.6bn as Alexis Tsipras pledges to tackle tax dodging to pull country out of economic meltdown Germany has handed Athens the names of more than 10,000 of its citizens suspected of ...
Bank of Israel to cut VAT, corporate taxes to buoy economy
September 4th, 2015
Israel will cut corporate and value-added taxes to help boost economic growth after it collected more tax than expected in recent months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. In a plan initiated by Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, VAT ...
MarketAxess Reports First Quarter 2015 Record Revenues
April 23rd, 2015
MarketAxess Reports First Quarter 2015 Record Revenues of $76.8 Million, Record Pre-Tax Income of $38.5 Million and Record Diluted EPS of $0.65 First Quarter Financial Highlights* Record revenues of $76.8 million, up 21.1% Record pre-tax income of $38.5 million, ...
HSBC files show how Swiss bank helped clients dodge taxes and hide millions (Video)
February 9th, 2015
Data in massive cache of leaked secret bank account files lift lid on questionable practices at subsidiary of one of world’s biggest financial institutions. HSBC’s Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers dodge taxes and conceal millions of dollars of ...
HMRC recovers record £3.65bn in unpaid taxes
November 10th, 2014
A record amount of unpaid tax has been recovered from avoidance schemes, evasion and fraud by HMRC’s top team of specialist investigators – up by almost a quarter in the past year, says Pinsent Masons, the international law firm. ...
