Tax avoidance

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.

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

A federal court in Texas is allowing the IRS to learn the identities of clients it suspects of structuring offshore entities to avoid U.S. taxes.

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing Thursday to examine what's behind the estimated gap of approximately $460 billion between taxes owed and actually paid.

The world’s wealthy are increasingly on the move.

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

The European Union has taken a closer look at how the search giant uses operations in Ireland to help reduce its corporate tax obligations.

The U.K. taxman is coming under fire over its program giving the wealthy one last opportunity to disclose income or assets stashed in secretive offshore accounts.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island introduced a pair of bills aimed at stopping corporations from using offshore tax havens and outsourcing jobs to other countries.

European Union finance ministers agreed to add 10 countries to a blacklist of alleged tax havens, including the United Arab Emirates and Bermuda, despite last-minute push-back by some EU nations.

The European Union’s inability to agree on taxing Internet giants like Google and Amazon shows the need for majority voting at the soon-to-be 27-member bloc, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said.

The country hopes to reverse swelling outflows to international tax havens.

Prior to the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the tax code was full of loopholes that individuals could take advantage of, especially movie stars.

A no-deal Brexit could create yet another headache for the European Union as it prepares to hand dozens of U.K.-based companies a tax bill that is expected to top $1.5 billion.

Sebastian Kurz will meet at the World Economic Forum with top officers of Alibaba, Facebook and Uber at the Alpine resort.

Tax authorities in Ireland are asking tougher questions of multinational companies that have been taking advantage of the country's low tax rates.

The European Union’s executive arm will propose the abolition of national vetoes on tax policy, which national governments are almost certain to reject.

The sportswear maker is the latest multinational to become embroiled in the European Union’s crackdown on corporate tax avoidance.

The nation’s super-rich are running for cover on concern the government will make up the shortfall by going after the wealthy.

Tax authorities swooped in on Walt Disney Co.’s Paris premises last year hunting for evidence to determine whether the entertainment giant improperly shifted revenue abroad, according to a series of court rulings from this month that tossed out claims the raids were illegal.