Is London real estate being used as a tax haven by the global elite?For tax reasons, anonymous foreign firms are purchasing real estate in affluent cities such as New York, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore, Dubai, an...
27 Aug, 2024, 12.12 PM IST
View: Hungry fund managers are angry with IndiaWhat if the controlling shareholders, or “promoters,” set up hard-to-trace investment entities in offshore tax havens to play their own sto...
15 Mar, 2021, 12.05 PM IST
India-born Reuben brothers in UK's new Tax Haven Elite listThe Reuben brothers, who were born in India to a wealthy Iraqi-Jewish family before moving to Britain in the 1950s, made their fortune in m...
07 Mar, 2019, 05.30 PM IST
Data hack at Appleby rattles Indians with offshore accountsMany resident Indians as well as NRIs have been forewarned by advisers and service providers about the possible consequences of their names...
06 Nov, 2017, 01.03 AM IST
Indian offshore wealth parks itself in tax havens of AsiaOver 53% of India's offshore wealth is now held in tax havens like Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Bahrain and Malaysia, with Swiss banks hold...
14 Sep, 2017, 10.04 AM IST
Expiry date in tax havens? Jersey shares 'old' records of trusts & foundationsA week ago, Jersey, one of the early tax havens often preferred by the rich, disclosed information pertaining to years prior to 2012.
26 Jun, 2017, 11.03 AM IST
Large US firms stashed $1.6 trillion in tax havens: OxfamPoverty-fighting organization Oxfam America said the sum for 2015 was a $200 billion increase over the prior year. The report cites the com...
12 Apr, 2017, 10.46 AM IST
Tax payers should demand closure of tax havensThe Panama Papers has turned our focus to the murky world of offshore tax havens. While it is tough to trace all the money hidden away, we ...
11 Apr, 2016, 08.57 AM IST
ED probing 43 cases relating to HSBC list, ICIJ expose: Arun JaitleyAlso, the concealment penalty of Rs 1,213 crore has been levied in 157 cases. Besides, 154 prosecution complaints have been filed in HSBC c...
04 Apr, 2016, 07.35 PM IST
Indian-origin trade adviser on UK tax haven listAn Indian-origin trade adviser is among nearly 1,000 high-profile Britons named on a vast database of offshore tax havens.
12 May, 2013, 05.29 PM IST
- UK tax evasion global hunt nets over 100 individuals
Britain today said it has caught over 100 people who allegedly stashed wealth in offshore tax havens following a joint investigation.
10 May, 2013, 08.43 PM IST
Agencies seek order to study tax exposé by ICIJInternational group of investigative journalists said 612 Indians are among those with investments in tax havens such as the British Virgin...
05 Apr, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- 13 trillion pounds in offshore tax havens: Report
A new report by tax researchers estimates the amount of black money deposited by a 'global super-rich elite' in offshore accounts is as muc...
22 Jul, 2012, 06.19 PM IST
- Income-Tax sleuths to be posted in offshore havens to track evaders
Tax officers will be posted in offshore havens and various countries to spot suspicious transactions by Indian residents.
20 Mar, 2012, 04.24 AM IST
- Tax havens may cave in under global pressure
With governments around the world straining to pay for bailouts and fiscal stimulus, some 35 or so offshore tax havens from Britain’s Chann...
30 Mar, 2009, 02.13 AM IST
- Vatican demands closure of tax havens
Pope feels closure of such offshore banks is the first step out of the current crisis.
23 Feb, 2009, 01.00 AM IST
- Taxhounds to chase India Inc’s global deals
The global Indian takeover story is attracting the attention of I-T sleuths. Taxmen at North Block are now planning to focus their scanner ...
23 Mar, 2007, 02.37 AM IST