Tax

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday that Germany would temporarily slash the sales tax on gas to help consumers facing soaring bills amid a crunch in Russian energy supplies.

With the recently launched Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), the UK will extend tariff cuts to hundreds of more products from 65 developing countries.

The IRS has published answers to frequently asked questions about crypto and a basic explainer and a roundup of its publications on the subject.

The proposed US tax credit is included in President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion spending package pending in Congress.

They will be voting on plans for Royal Dutch Shell to switch its tax residence and top executives including CEO Ben van Beurden to London.

Data leaks, including the FinCEN files and the Panama Papers, show that the Caribbean archipelago was a major global hub for money laundering and tax evasion.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have hired Bill and Melinda Gates' top staffer as their charity head.

BBC presenters want the organisation to help pay their tax bills after a years-long investigation.

Molly Scott Cato MEP, the Green spokesperson on tax justice in the European Parliament, refers to documents leaked to the Green group in Brussels.

In early 2014, the IRS released tax guidelines on cryptocurrencies and clearly spelled out that they are to be treated as property and not currencies.

John Auckland of TribeFirst, says HMRC's stricter guidelines may cause campaigners to stumble before they even get out of the blocks.

Authorities said thousands have already fallen victim to the scheme described as a "new twist on an old scam".

Prices of bitcoin and other digital currencies skidded as South Korea's top financial policymaker said that a crackdown on trading of cryptocurrencies was still possible.

Tax overhaul could violate international obligations and risks having "a major distortive impact" on trade.

Legal practitioner and IBTimes UK columnist Martin Kenney writes 2017 has been another mega year for financial scandals.

After a burst of eleventh-hour horse trading, bill overcomes American legislative hurdles.

Dominic Wheatley says sensationalist reporting is deliberately designed to undermine legitimate business acts of offshore centres.

Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for South West England and Gibraltar, has sat on three consecutive inquiry committees into tax avoidance as a member of the European Parliament.

Angel Gurria tells CBI conference recently sensationalised tax practices were being clamped down on and no longer the norm.

Trump and the GOP consider a revamp of the nation's tax code a political imperative after the collapse of their attempt to repeal Obamacare.

New research finds $2.6trn in offshore profits, $752bn in unpaid US federal taxes.

A look at the veracity of claims by the US President and his close-knit team.

After scrapping a wealth tax and reaching out to big investors, Macron's popularity is flagging, and he made matters worse for himself with a vulgar reference to soon-to-be-jobless workers.

Making a gift of a cultural object to the nation in return for a tax deduction against income, capital gains or corporation tax liabilities is worth considering.

Companies allege Baghdad is employing strong-arm taxation tactics to extort more money.

HMRC says the country will have to tackle 130,000 new EU companies that have not previously come into contact with British customs.

'Wrong again, Donald,' British author Emma Kennedy tweeted.

Lykke partners with CryptoTax to provide customers with country-specific tax reports.

Acacia Mining protests 'unexplainable' tax bill from Tanzania.

Google said HMRC actually owed it £31.5m in 'corporation tax' according to accounts published on 31 March.