Tech News The global minimum tax rate and what it means for multinationals The G7 has come to a historic agreement on global corporate tax rates. But what does it mean for governments and multinationals? 05/06/2021
Tech News Facebook welcomes global minimum tax rate announced by G7 today Facebook says it could pay more tax after G7 deal 05/06/2021
Switzerland Joe Biden said Switzerland is a tax haven. The Swiss do not agree. Switzerland long had a reputation as a haven for tax dodgers to squirrel away their money to avoid fiscal authorities abroad. But Swiss authorities have been at pains to try to change the country’s image. 30/04/2021
World News Euroviews. Panama Papers: 5 years on, EU still failing to tackle tax abuse | View Much more is needed if the EU is to take effective action to address the problems highlighted 5 years ago by the Panama Papers, says Action Aid's Anders Dahlbeck 02/04/2021
My Europe Series Why doesn't the EU consider Luxembourg a tax haven? The tiny Grand Duchy has been accused of being a tax haven after the OpenLux investigation revealed the country hosts 55,000 offshore companies. 17/02/2021
Luxembourg Luxembourg rejects new tax haven claims A year-long investigation by sixteen media outlets combed through four billion publicly-available documents found that a third of companies in Luxembourg are holdings that allow for favourable tax treatment. 08/02/2021
Portugal Criticism over Portuguese taxation paradise for foreign pensioners Portugal is often described as a pensioners tax paradise and maybe not unfairly as it offers tax breaks for those who move there from other countries 13/05/2019
France Euroviews. The restitution of ill-gotten gains should be a French - and European - priority ǀ View A new draft law could see the restitution of resources and assets to dispossessed people in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere. But here is much more to be done in France - and more widely in Europe - to tackle the problem. 19/04/2019
Business EU adds UAE, Bermuda to expanded tax haven blacklist EU adds UAE, Bermuda to expanded tax haven blacklist 13/03/2019
World News EU adopts broadened blacklist of tax havens, tripling countries on list The EU has broadened its blacklist of tax havens in a revamp that triples the number of listed jurisdictions in a bid to limit tax evasion and avoidance 12/03/2019
Sport Cristiano Ronaldo accused of using offshore firms in Luxembourg and Jersey Documents provided to the German magazine Der Spiegel suggest that the Real Madrid player operated a holding in Luxembourg and a trust in Jersey in 2015. 21/04/2018
Europe News Brief: EU updates tax haven blacklist and Belgium debates migrant law This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU's de facto political capital. 23/01/2018
Europe News EU removes 8 countries from controversital tax blacklist European Union finance ministers have removed eight countries, including much-criticized Panama, from a tax haven blacklist. Ministers say the jurisdictions have committed to making reforms that meet EU standards of tax transparency. 23/01/2018
Europe News The Brief: Counterterrorism and tax havens This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU's de facto political capital. 05/12/2017
Europe News EU issues tax haven blacklist Sun sea and tax avoidance might sound like paradise but the European Union doesn't agree. It's issued a blacklist of 17 countries it says are tax havens. 05/12/2017
Greece 'No secrecy': Malta's PM discusses business and journalism ‘There is no secrecy’ Malta's prime minister tells euronews as he talks about business and theories surrounding the recent murder of a local journalist. 09/11/2017
United Kingdom Prince Charles' estate 'may have profited' from his campaigning The British royal is shown to have connections with offshore investments and is criticised for a "conflict of interest". 08/11/2017
USA Apple caught in the spot light of Paradise Papers revelations Apple denies avoiding tax after the latest documents in the Paradise Papers are released 07/11/2017
World News US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross denies wrongdoing after Paradise Papers leak. The New York Times has accused US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross of having ties to Putin-linked firm 06/11/2017