Tax

European Union regulators are looking to force corporate tax avoidance via offshore havens into the open, with fresh proposals made more urgent by the Panama Papers revelations.

Escalating a 19-month regulatory assault against U.S. companies’ shifting their tax addresses offshore, President Barack Obama’s administration last week also went after companies that have always been overseas.

Our weekly roundup of tax-related investment strategies and news your clients may be thinking about.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

More companies are offering technology this tax season to connect taxpayers with a preparer who is willing to do their taxes. The latest is a startup known as TaxChat.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has introduced legislation to combat tax refund theft by identity thieves.

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron was accused of “hypocrisy” after he said he held a stake in an offshore fund set up by his late father until six years ago, an admission broadcast on national television following four days of questions over the investment.

The Internal Revenue Service sent out more than $330 billion in refunds to U.S. taxpayers last year. To capture some of this year's cash, and jump on a marketing opportunity, companies are offering freebies and discounts celebrating the end of the annual filing ordeal.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

Among the issues that are keeping tax executives up at night are anti-inversion rules that don’t address the root cause: an anti-competitive U.S. tax system.