International taxes

The U.S. and France agreed to push ahead with creating a global digital tax system at a Group of Seven meeting, papering over a feud on the matter that still has Washington dangling threats of tariffs.

Lawmakers overcame objections from Sen. Rand Paul who had held up the treaties over fears that they could jeopardize U.S. taxpayers’ privacy.

A French-U.S. clash over digital taxation overshadowed the start of a Group of Seven finance chiefs meeting as France refused to flinch on its levy that would hit tech giants.

The Internal Revenue Service offered additional information for multinational companies repatriating their foreign profits under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The move could be a prelude to new tariffs under the Trump administration.

Substantial changes in the regulations for the new global intangible low-taxed income could mean that many more amended K-1 schedules will be necessary for tax practitioners this year.

The Treasury Department has narrowed the reach of a new tax aimed at technology and pharmaceutical companies with overseas income, wiping out an unintended consequence of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax overhaul.

Tom Wheelwright sees value-added taxes as a cause of current tariff troubles.

Multinational corporations got some long-awaited clarity from the IRS, which issued new rules on Friday clarifying how they must compute a new international tax.

The Trump administration is deep in talks with 129 other countries on implementing a new standard for taxing digital companies, but its heart lies elsewhere.

About 80 former and current employees of Deutsche Bank AG are suspects in an investigation by German prosecutors into an alleged tax fraud, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Finance Ministers from Group of 20 nations agreed they need to find a common method to tax technology giants, whose digital business models have grown exponentially faster than systems to tax them.

The president's trade wars have already elimianted all but $100 of the average American household’s windfall from Trump’s 2017 tax law. And that’s just the beginning.

A onetime business partner of Donald Trump’s hotel management company claimed in a court filing that the president’s firm evaded income taxes on a project in Panama and under-reported employee salaries there.

The ride-hailing company also said that its potential tax charges in a number of key foreign markets could change.

The OECD is calling for ideas on handling tax in the new worldwide economy.

Accounting has evolved and if you are not keeping up with the latest advances, chances are your clients won’t be satisfied or they may drop you entirely.

The world’s wealthy are increasingly on the move.

The French leader promised a new wave of tax breaks for France’s middle classes as he sought to placate Yellow Vest protesters and reinvigorate his flagging presidency.

A second court rejected claims the search-engine giant abused loopholes to avoid paying its fair share.