International taxes

European Union finance ministers agreed to add 10 countries to a blacklist of alleged tax havens, including the United Arab Emirates and Bermuda, despite last-minute push-back by some EU nations.

Bank Hapoalim Ltd., Israel’s second-biggest bank, set aside an additional $246 million to settle a lengthy tax evasion investigation by U.S. authorities. The shares fell the most in more than two months.

The European Union’s inability to agree on taxing Internet giants like Google and Amazon shows the need for majority voting at the soon-to-be 27-member bloc, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said.

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France intends to tax the revenue of about 30 internet giants such as Amazon.com Inc. to help ensure “fiscal justice,” according to Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire.

The country hopes to reverse swelling outflows to international tax havens.

Ailing shopping districts are losing revenue to e-commerce, according to a government report.

A Paris court found the bank guilty of helping wealthy French clients stash undeclared funds in Swiss accounts.

The Swiss lender eschewed a settlement in a French tax investigation after failing to agree on an amount, exposing it to in-court demands from the state.

Women with at least four children will be exempt from paying personal-income tax.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is making progress on dealing with the tax challenges of the digital economy.

The bank won a court bid to see how much money its rivals paid under a one-time U.K. banker bonus tax that was levied amid public anger.

Chief executive officers from some of Europe’s largest tech companies hope to avoid a tax on digital revenues.

Expats will have to wait to submit their returns and receive refunds.

Tax advisory revenue at professional services firms expanded 8.6 percent to $20.3 billion in 2017, and grew by around $5 billion in just the three years from 2014 to 2017, according to a new report.

Kering SA, the French owner of the luxury brand, owes about 1.4 billion euros to Italy in back taxes.

A no-deal Brexit could create yet another headache for the European Union as it prepares to hand dozens of U.K.-based companies a tax bill that is expected to top $1.5 billion.

How are businesses in the U.K. faring as Brexit looms? Not well.

A global poll finds a high level of distrust in politicians and nongovernmental organizations when it comes to their nations’ taxes.

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