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Tax Avoidance

More Tax Trouble For Apple

Reuters | Luke Baker | Posted 05.22.2013 | Business

By Luke Baker BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders will discuss how to combat aggressive tax avoidance by major companies such as Amaz...

Letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook from a Disgruntled Shareholder

Brian Levin | Posted 05.22.2013 | Technology
Brian Levin

I want Apple to innovate with new "incredibly great" products that wow the world like the iMac and iPhone did--not with new ways of nickel and diming Uncle Sam. Do what's right and stick to what Apple does best and continued success will surely follow.

How to End Tax Exile

Salim Lamrani | Posted 04.09.2013 | World
Salim Lamrani

French magnate Bernard Arnaud's desire to acquire Belgian nationality has reignited the debate over tax exile and the refusal of similar large estates to fulfill their fiscal responsibilities. There is, however, a simple and effective solution to end legal tax avoidance.

How Tax Havens Supported A Massive Ponzi Scheme

ICIJ | Marina Walker Guevara and Emilia DĆ­az-Struck | Posted 04.05.2013 | Business

Bribes for Venezuelan officials were funneled through tax havens, court filings claim. Francisco Illarramendi often called on Moris Beracha when he...

Mega-Rich Use Tax Havens To Buy And Sell Masterpieces

ICIJ | Mar Cabra and Michael Hudson | Posted 04.04.2013 | Business

Famed Spanish art patron uses island haven in South Pacific to manage her collection. Tourists who come to Spain’s capital often make a pilgrimag...

Google, Apple Forced To Disclose Tax Arrangements In Australia

Reuters | Posted 04.03.2013 | Business

By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, April 3 (Reuters) - Australia will force corporate giants such as Google Inc and Apple Inc to disclose their ...

Are Foreign Multinationals Paying Their Fair Share of U.S. Tax?

Martin Sullivan | Posted 05.20.2013 | Business
Martin Sullivan

There are two main ways multinationals shift profits out of the countries where they actually do business and into tax-haven holding companies.

10 Companies Whose Offshore Profits Are Exploding

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.13.2013 | Business

Sending profits away keeps the taxman at bay. That's the motto that Apple, along with dozens of other companies, has subscribed to in an effort to...

When Tax Avoidance Crosses the Line

Christopher Bergin | Posted 05.12.2013 | Politics
Christopher Bergin

With the economy showing signs of recovery, it's high time that our federal lawmakers move beyond these self-induced crises and begin to talk about tax reform that can help taxpayers move forward with a clear understanding of how the tax code works and how much they owe.

Senator Hurls Damning Accusations Against Big Banks

Posted 02.27.2013 | Business

One senator is accusing Wall Street banks of setting up offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying U.S. taxes. In a statement on the Senate floor Wedne...

Crackdown Looming For Tax Avoiding Companies

Reuters | Posted 04.13.2013 | Business

By Leigh Thomas PARIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A sweeping overhaul of international corporate tax rules is urgently needed to stop savvy b...

Experts: Big Banks Can Easily Dodge New European Tax

Reuters | Posted 03.25.2013 | Business

* Only 11 euro zone countries to impose planned tax * UK, Swiss financial centres will be outside the scheme ...

Why Tax Avoidance Doesn't Pay

Reuters | Posted 03.22.2013 | Business

By Tom Bergin and Sinead Cruise LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Growing anger at aggressive tax avoidance by big business has prompted ethi...

Super-Rich Tax Avoidance On The Rise

The Cagle Post | Paul Bucheit | Posted 01.07.2013 | Business

From The Cagle Post: Three trillion dollars a year. That's how much the wealthiest Americans avoid through the system of subsidies and schemes and swe...

Fiscal Cliff Tax Dodging In Full Swing

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 12.04.2012 | Business

For all of the noise they make about the federal budget deficit, U.S. companies are not exactly doing much to help. In fact, many of them have been...

Ex-Romney Adviser: Buffett Is 'A Master Of Tax Avoidance'

GREG MANKIW'S BLOG | GREG MANKIW | Posted 11.26.2012 | Business

Warren Buffett has an op-ed in today's NY Times on one of his most popular themes: The rich should pay more in taxes. At first blush, his position se...

Amazon Accused Of Not Paying Hundreds Of Millions In Taxes

Reuters | Posted 01.12.2013 | Business

LONDON (Reuters) - Internet retailer Amazon said it had received a $252 million demand from the French tax Authorities for back taxes, interest and pe...

D.M. Levine

Beyond His Tax Returns, What About Romney's Massive IRA?

HuffingtonPost.com | D.M. Levine | Posted 07.18.2012 | Business

As Mitt Romney’s refusal to release further tax returns becomes a central issue in the presidential race, a related question first raised in January...

Facebook IPO: The Rich Get Even Richer and More Powerful

David Callahan | Posted 05.18.2012 | Business
David Callahan

Facebook has transformed how people interact with each other and demonstrated yet again the dominance of American ingenuity. Yet its success also dramatically illustrates problems with the U.S. economy. Six troubling features of the Facebook IPO stand out.

Dan Froomkin

Senator Asks Homeland Security To Bar Facebook Co-Founder From U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.18.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A Democratic senator has asked the Obama administration to immediately bar Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin from re-entering the U.S....

Dan Froomkin

Senators Go After Facebook Co-Founder For Renouncing Citizenship

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.17.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Populist anger at Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin's decision to renounce his U.S. citizenship -- a move that could save him hundreds...

Apple's Attack on the Knowledge Economy

Christopher Newfield | Posted 06.30.2012 | Business
Christopher Newfield

Cuts to places like De Anza destroy mass access to a knowledge economy that is led by Apple. Corporate tax avoidance has for decades been a major mechanism of crumbling the social bridging performed by higher ed.

Dan Froomkin

Super Rich Still Have Little To Fear From IRS

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 04.10.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON -- Despite the Internal Revenue Service's promise to bring new scrutiny to tax avoidance schemes used by the super rich, a new report finds...

Facebook Getting A Huge Tax Break, Despite Big Profits: Report

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.13.2012 | Business

Facebook's recent decision to go public may be a boon for the company in more ways than one. Facebook is structuring its initial public offering i...

Tax Evasion Costing The World Trillions

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 12.12.2011 | Business

In a world filled with bulging budget crises and anti-tax rhetoric sits the looming problem of how to obtain the revenue at all. Tax evasion accou...