International taxes

Janet Yellen has one of the biggest to-do lists in Washington: usher in a global tax overhaul, press Wall Street on climate change and distribute billions of dollars in COVID relief.

The issue of transfer pricing is a top focus as governments look to ensure multinational companies aren’t evading their tax responsibilities by reallocating profits to lower-tax jurisdictions.

The plan offers the clearest picture yet of the higher levies that companies could be paying from next year.

As they struggle with an affordable housing crunch, policymakers are looking at targeting the empty homes of the wealthy.

After years of discussions, position papers, proposals, negotiations, and re-proposals, the world is rapidly approaching a serious milestone in tax.

U.S. authorities have obtained a court order allowing them to demand financial information from banks and couriers.

The Biden administration and G-20 leaders are agreeing on the need for more revenue.

Global companies are benefiting from a prolonged decline in tax rates, new data from the OECD shows.

Together with government and industry representatives, the firm has created a far-reaching blockchain solution to address challenges in the cross-border withholding tax process.

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U.S. lawmakers are wary of passing any legislation until they have strong assurances that other countries will also change their laws.

The Israeli technology company is advised by former IRS officials and current PwC execs.

Mexican businessman Miguel Aleman Magnani is residing in France and fighting an arrest warrant in his native country on charges of tax fraud.

A whirlwind tour of American taxes, from Boston Harbor to today’s Internal Revenue Code.

The Treasury secretary said U.S. companies are likely to provide crucial support in pushing lawmakers to back a global overhaul of corporate taxation.

The European Union said Monday it would postpone its push for a controversial digital levy to focus on a negotiation over a broader minimum global tax deal.

The Treasury Secretary hopes Congress can take up two key portions of a global tax agreement endorsed by Group of 20 finance ministers.

The 8th Earl Cadogan, will use most of the proceeds of his family’s real estate business from the past decade to settle a U.K. tax charge.

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he is confident the Group of 20 economies will back a deal on international tax, even as his country pushes for a higher minimum corporate rate.

The tax deal proposes a minimum corporate levy of at least 15%, and new rules for dividing up the tax revenues from the world’s largest companies — particularly U.S. tech giants.