International taxes

Almost 40 percent — or some $15 trillion — of the world’s foreign direct investment is “phantom capital” designed to minimize the tax bills of multinational firms, according to a study published by the International Monetary Fund.

Some expatriates who have relinquished their U.S. citizenship will have the chance to comply with their U.S. tax and filing obligations and in turn qualify for relief from back taxes, penalties and interest.

Trade wars and fears of a global economic slowdown are shaking optimism.

Despite trade tensions, Elon Musk’s visit last won the electric-car maker an exemption.

The protocols represent the first updates to U.S. tax treaties in nearly a decade.

Germany is looking to cap its corporate tax burden at 25 percent as the country seeks to help smaller businesses amid signs the economy is lurching into a recession.

His boss pleaded guilty to helping wealthy clients hide assets worth at least 1.6 billion euros.

The former Soviet republic of Georgia is another jurisdiction where interest payments must be reported.

French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump may have reached a deal at the G-7 summit to avert tariff hikes that Trump had threatened against French wine.

Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron’s governments have struck a deal to end a feud over France’s tax on some tech giants.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued a notice saying they intend to issue regulations for determining global intangible low-taxed income.

As the U.S. prepares retaliatory measures against European and Indian Digital Service Tax plans, it has found an unexpected ally.

The co-working giant is claiming tax breaks in Britain intended for small companies.

A common opponent — France’s plan to tax U.S. technology giants — will bring the two sides together, at least temporarily.

The court hearing next month is likely to throw the spotlight on antitrust commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s crackdown on tax deals doled out to big companies.

Meat could be a target for higher taxes given criticism of the industry’s role in climate change, deforestation and animal cruelty, according to a report.

Uber Technologies Inc., responding to a European crackdown on offshore tax havens, created a $6.1 billion Dutch tax deduction that will help the company reduce a chunk of its global tax bill for years to come.

The former chief executive officer of HSBC Holdings Plc’s Swiss private bank pleaded guilty to helping wealthy clients hide assets worth at least 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) as French prosecutors flex their muscles to tackle white-collar crime.

Danish police are investigating an explosion that ripped through the country’s national tax agency late on Tuesday, in what authorities are characterizing as a deliberate act.

HSBC Holdings Plc’s Swiss private banking unit agreed to pay about 294 million euros ($329 million) to settle a Belgian criminal probe into allegations it helped wealthy clients dodge hundreds of millions of euros in taxes.