HONG KONG – India is playing a major role in the global crusade against tax crimes and has completed negotiations for 16 new tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs), according to the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) M C Joshi.
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service is giving more time to Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Aegon NV (AGN) and other banks based outside of the U.S. to implement a controversial tax reporting rule.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking records about American clients of HSBC in India who might be evading taxes, broadening the government’s probe of banks suspected of helping tax dodgers.
PROPUBLICA/FORTUNE – Did GE pay U.S. income taxes in 2010? The company known for minimizing its tax bill made a muddled situation worse responding to a New York Times report suggesting it might get a refund. GE now says it has a small tax liability for 2010.
NEW DELHI – While the Union budget disappointed those hoping for an amnesty scheme for black money transactions, top North Block officials virtually ruled out any such plan in the future.
NEW DELHI – Stung by the opposition charge that it hasn’t taken enough steps to crack down on corruption and black money, the government today said it had adopted a five-fold strategy to tackle the generation and circulation of black money.
NEW DELHI – India and Norway today signed a revised tax treaty for exchange of information between the two countries to prevent flows of black money and check tax evasion.
NEW DELHI: Ahead of G20 meet in South Korea, think-tank Oxfam said the bloc of 20 countries should devise methods to tackle tax havens, so that the interest of developing nations could be protected.
NEW DELHI: India and Norway are all set to expand the scope of their double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) to facilitate greater information exchange on potential cases of tax evasion. After changes to the Indo-Swiss tax treaty this would be the second such treaty that would be reworked to ensure smooth flow of information on tax-related issues.
Bloomberg–The German government may be about to step up its pursuit of tax evaders amid reports that a new CD containing stolen bank data has been offered for sale to state authorities.
ZURICH (Dow Jones) — A Swiss court Monday said it backed a U.S.-Swiss deal governing the handover of thousands of pages of confidential data on clients of UBS AG (UBS) to U.S. tax officials as “binding,” rejecting an appeal by a client of the Swiss bank in a test case.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. grand jury indicted on Thursday a Swiss lawyer accused of aiding a man identified as having an account at London-based HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) evade taxes, the latest in a widening probe into foreign banks that might have helped U.S. clients avoid paying tax.
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