Tag "tax avoidance"
Finance
International
The Panama Papers: Risks and opportunities
Fallout from the Panama Papers began the moment the 11.5 million financial and legal documents were leaked from offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. Issues of tax evasion and havens, secrecy
Europe
Politics
Panama Papers: Iceland PM’s resignation heralds importance of popular reaction
Only days after the Panama Papers leak revealed a trove of confidential and incriminating financial documents, a head of state has resigned. In a powerful show of popular protest, Icelanders have taken to
Europe
Finance
EU plans to battle corporate tax avoidance unlikely to succeed
The EU crackdown on tax avoidance is a step in the right direction. But it is unlikely to prove effective and its implementation will be made difficult by the lack
Europe
Finance
Starbucks’ new European HQ sign of ‘tax posturing’?
Tax mitigation strategies are here to stay and so is public disdain for them, leading multinationals to start ‘tax posturing’. Starbucks is the latest example. On the surface, the announcement
