International taxes

The impact of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting action plan is still unclear, but tax executives are planning ahead for changes on the international tax front.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it has collected more than $8 billion from its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Programs as more than 54,000 taxpayers have come forward to tell the IRS about previously hidden foreign assets.

Starbucks Corp. and a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV unit are set to be first in the firing line as European Union regulators issue a series of rulings over tax breaks for global companies, including Apple Inc.

The Internal Revenue Service has made progress on implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, including explaining the various requirements to the affected stakeholders, according to a new report.

Nearly three-quarters of Fortune 500 companies booked their profits to tax havens last year, with just 30 companies accounting for 62 percent of earnings stashed offshore, according to a new report.

The OECD unveiled its blueprint Monday for cracking down on international tax avoidance, an opening salvo in what promises to be a prolonged battle.

The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it has met a key milestone relating to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, having begun exchanging tax information with certain foreign governments in time to meet a Sept. 30, 2015 deadline.

The Internal Revenue Service is having trouble keeping track of correspondence with international taxpayers, according to a new report.

The U.S. government has signed “competent authority arrangements” with the United Kingdom and Australia to advance their intergovernmental agreements to combat tax evasion under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA.

Coca-Cola Co. received notice from the Internal Revenue Service that it owes about $3.3 billion in extra taxes, plus interest, becoming the latest global company to clash with the agency over profits booked in foreign countries.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice extending the time under which certain transitional rules for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, will apply.

In its hunt for tax cheats, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is headed to Belize.

The tax law firm Burt, Staples & Maner LLP has joined Ernst & Young as the accounting firm expands its international tax practice.

It’s the beginning of the end of the filing date disconnect between foreign bank account reports and income tax returns.

Many tax practitioners will meet holders of foreign accounts who have either deliberately or unintentionally failed to accurately report their foreign accounts and will need to advise them on the best way to make the disclosure to the Internal Revenue Service.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to offer much more than just his best intentions to clean up India’s whimsical tax regime to help convince insurers.

Microsoft Corp.’s stockpile of offshore profits rose to $108 billion, with a 17 percent increase over the past year as the company continues reaping profits in low-tax foreign jurisdictions.

Business executives are giving mixed predictions on when and if tax reform will finally happen in Washington, in a new survey.

UBS AG and a banker-turned-whistleblower were deemed to have too “unclean hands” to bring a malicious prosecution lawsuit against a real-estate developer who had accused them of duping him into filing a false tax return.

House Democrats introduced two bills to shore up the Highway Trust Fund with money from corporate taxes.