International taxes

There are financial, operational and remedial measures that companies can implement to mitigate the eventual impact of the administration's tax plan.

The Netherlands, long considered to be at the heart of a system of multinational corporate profit-shifting, has signaled that it’s ready to support a U.S. proposal that ends the practice.

Republicans are working on developing a far smaller infrastructure package than the Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan, relying on user fees such as tolls instead of corporate tax increases.

A surprise U.S. drive to overhaul international corporate taxation promises a new era for governments to capture a bigger tax take from some of the most successful global businesses — if only the rest of the world can agree.

The U.S. is proposing that countries should be able to tax more corporate profits based on revenues within their borders, according to two people familiar with the offer.

Group of 20 finance chiefs, encouraged by new U.S. proposals, pledged on Wednesday to reach a consensus on new rules by mid-year.

The Treasury secretary says the plan aims to remove incentives for companies to shift investments and profit abroad and raise more money for critical needs at home.

The challenge for legislators will be to minimize loopholes that could diminish the impact.

Three top Senate Democrats released a proposal to overhaul the U.S. international tax system that could shape the outcome of the global tax revamp that the White House is pursuing to fund infrastructure spending.

The Treasury secretary outlined the case for a harmonized corporate tax rate across the world’s major economies.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will argue Monday for a global minimum tax rate for companies as she pushes President Joe Biden’s plans to raise levies on U.S. companies, a person familiar with her remarks said.

The corporate tax-cut party President Donald Trump kicked off will soon be over if his successor proves able to enact proposals to roll back half of the 2017 domestic income-tax reduction and to radically revamp levies on profits earned abroad.

As companies prepare to file for the upcoming tax season, businesses face uncertainty emerging from an enduring pandemic. Further, dealing with multiple jurisdictions’ changing laws, deadlines and requirements can often require a small army of specialists.

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The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division is partnering with tax authorities abroad to ferret out signs of tax fraud, targeting financial technology companies and cryptocurrency.

President Joe Biden’s Treasury Department is calling for a “more robust minimum tax” on profits earned by American corporations overseas to remove incentives for companies to shift earnings outside U.S. borders.

A former UBS Group AG executive who is trying to reverse a conviction at a landmark tax trial couldn’t remember the assets managed by his team focusing on French clients out of Switzerland.

Former Credit Suisse Group AG bankers who blew the whistle on their employer for helping wealthy Americans dodge taxes are now urging U.S. authorities to punish the bank beyond the $2.6 billion it paid as part of a guilty plea seven years ago.

UBS Group AG questioned investigators’ dealings with a whistleblower who provided documents and evidence about an event for wealthy clients at the French Open that helped lead to a record 4.5 billion-euro ($5.4 billion) penalty.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen added an international tax policy expert to her staff as the U.S. reverses a Trump-era stance over digital taxation of technology companies.