G7 countries devise way to catch Amazon in tax net: SourcesSome European countries had concerns that Amazon may fall out of scope of the proposed new rules because its overall operating margin as a ...
Revenue-starved governments should revisit inheritance tax - OECDExemptions, carve-outs and generous lifetime donations mean inheritance and estate tax is a minor source of revenue in most countries and o...
No deal on global digital tax this year, says OECDPublic pressure has been growing on governments to clamp down on the tax avoidance strategies used by multinationals such as Google, Amazon...
Collapse of global tax talks could cost $100 bln, OECD saysIn the absence of a new international rulebook, a growing number of governments are planning their own digital services taxes, which has pr...
EU ministers make push for Google, Facebook taxPublic anger against the billions of euros earned by online behemoths is growing louder in Europe and EU finance ministers meeting in Eston...
OECD unveils BEPS plan to curb tax evasion by MNCsOECD unveiled final plan for 'a comprehensive and coordinated' reform of international tax rules, called BEPS, which will be taken up by G2...
Bihar's first India-Pakistan trade, food fest kicks off in PatnaAn Indo-Pak trade and food festival opened today for first time, showcasing the ethnic and culinary diversities of the two countries.
India's concerns on stolen data garner global attentionThe development comes amid efforts by the government to extract data related to black money stashed abroad, for which an SIT has also been ...
From today, a new beginning to end global bank secrecy: G20The Finance Ministers of the G20 nations today resolved to tackle BEPS to make sure companies pay their fair share of tax.
India, others need to wait till 2017 for automatic tax infoThe declaration comes as a boost for India, which is making efforts to get details from Switzerland on alleged illicit funds stashed away b...
Why Mauritius should now focus on tourismThe original OECD campaign was to put an end to double taxation, and this proved to be successful, perhaps too successful, says Pascal Sain...
Tax evasion, faltering global economy tops on G20 agendaTax evasion and splits over the state of the global economy as emerging markets slow down are the main subjects for a meeting of G20 countr...
Faith AccompliThe great Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia often used to say that there were as many ways of worshipping the Almighty as there are partic...
We need legal tools to counter tax evasion: Pascal Saint-Amans, Global Forum Secretariat Head, OECD"We are producing change which is quite a miracle," says Saint-Amans, who will step into a larger role at the OECD early next year.
- India elected Vice-Chair of global peer review group on taxes
The Peer Review Group would be part of 'Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes' -- a grouping of nations...
- Switzerland moves out of 'grey' list of tax havens
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has taken Switzerland off from the list of non-cooperative tax havens.
- OECD countries take aim on tax havens
Representatives of 20 of the world's leading economies meet Tuesday to discuss how to crack down on so-called tax havens.