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Bloomberg News reports that the Swiss government has initialed an agreement with the United States (US) which helps American authorities crack down on wealthy citizens evading taxes in their home country.The US adopted Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in...
In the November election, California voters passed Proposition 30, and as a result the statewide sales and use tax rate will increase one quarter of one percent (0.25%) beginning on January 1, 2013. The higher tax rate will apply for four years; January 1, 2013...
On November 20, 2012, a Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that the Multistate Tax Compact (MTC) election is not available for Michigan taxpayers. The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's decision that IBM could not elect to apportion its income according to the...
California readers know that just about the last thing a person wants is for a federal grand jury to hand down charges alleging tax fraud. These tax crimes allegations carry with them serious financial and criminal penalties that can lead to a substantial jail...
On November 19, 2012, the Mexican Undersecretary of Revenue, José Antonio González Anaya, and United States Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Mark J. Mazur, signed a government-to-government agreement for the bilateral implementation of the Foreign...
On November 15, 2012, the United States and Denmark signed a reciprocal bilateral agreement and memorandum of understanding laying out a cooperative governmental approach to implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). This is only the second such...
On November 15, 2012, the United States and Denmark signed a reciprocal bilateral agreement and memorandum of understanding laying out a cooperative governmental approach to implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). This is only the second such...
On November 15, 2012, the United States and Denmark signed a reciprocal bilateral agreement and memorandum of understanding laying out a cooperative governmental approach to implementing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). This is only the second such...
In an update from a previous post regarding a large donation made by an out-of-state non-profit to oppose Governor Jerry Brown's tax initiative ("California audits can arise for a wide range of reasons," Oct. 29, 2012), the California Supreme Court has ruled that the...
The Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) has published an article which argues that the activities involved in selling intangible goods, such as songs and digital books, by means of the Internet are not sufficiently connected to states so as to permit states to tax them....
