International taxes

A federal court in Minneapolis has found Wells Fargo liable for a 20 percent negligence penalty for participating in a tax shelter sold by Barclays Bank that generated $350 million in foreign tax credits.

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing Thursday to examine how tax reform will grow the economy and create jobs, even as the turmoil surrounding the Trump administration threatened the prospects for the first comprehensive tax overhaul in more than three decades.

The tool helps companies calculate and comply with country-specific taxation rules that change often.

A hedge fund manager says the British tax collection agency can’t investigate his 2009 finances because of a mistake in the letter warning him about the probe.

High-net-worth individuals coming to the U.S. need good planning advice.

Four of the most significant transnational organizations are working together to eliminate transfer pricing schemes and abuses.

Avalara CEO Scott McFarlane warns that governments around the world are going to get digital.

Indirect tax compliance software vendors weigh in on the changes that are coming in the field, here and abroad.

Two U.K. soccer teams found themselves in the middle of the sport’s latest scandal after authorities conducted sweeping raids and made arrests over suspected tax fraud.

The U.S. has opted out of certain international bank reporting rules, and that may be of interest to high-net-worth individuals overseas. Venable’s Friedemann Thomma explains what this might mean for U.S. tax professionals and accountants.

Central and South America and the Caribbean offer the best opportunities for Americans looking for lower tax burdens.

The U.K.'s exit from the European Union will bring major tax uncertainties for U.S. businesses trading in the U.K., or using it as a platform to trade into the rest of the EU.

The second-largest Swiss wealth manager faces a sweeping tax evasion and money laundering investigation spanning five countries and potentially involving thousands of account holders.

Approximately two-thirds of residents of Group of 20 countries distrust politicians about the tax system, according to a new survey by a trio of accounting organizations.

The Tax Court decided in favor of Amazon.com in an expensive transfer pricing dispute with the Internal Revenue Service involving intellectual property that the e-commerce giant assigned to a European subsidiary in Luxembourg.

The American Institute of CPAs wants lawmakers to reintroduce a bill to make various fixes to the tax laws.

Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., has introduced two pieces of bipartisan legislation to rebuild roads and bridges by encouraging U.S.-based multinational companies to repatriate the profits they hold abroad.

The tax-fraud case may leave the Swiss bank open to a fine of as much as 4.9 billion euros ($5.3 billion).

Jolyon Maugham is hurrying through the streets of west London on his way to a meeting about Britain’s impending departure from the European Union. Even as he sidesteps dawdling tourists and dodges black cabs, Maugham is arguing about Brexit.

Businesses are making overseas acquisitions now and waiting for tax changes later.