Taxes

How much global offshore tax evasion exists? It’s a difficult number to pin down. One thing some parties can agree on — from academics to civil society — is that the OECD’s exchange of information frameworks, especially its automatic exchange of information (AEOI) standard, has reduced banking secrecy over the past several years. Recently, the

Topline The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case concerning whether a couple had to pay taxes on an investment they didn’t profit from—potentially calling a significant number of provisions in the tax code into question and thwarting Democrats’ efforts to impose a wealth tax on the richest Americans depending on how the

Tax Notes chief correspondent Amanda Athanasiou discusses the growing global popularity of carbon border adjustment mechanisms, the EU’s new regime, and how border adjustments can be used to support carbon pricing and environmental policy. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in

All eyes will be on the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, as oral arguments are presented in Moore v. United States. The case centers on a 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provision that requires companies to pay tax on previously untaxed foreign profits. Facts The petitioners, Charles and Kathleen Moore, own a

Swiss private bank Banque Pictet et Cie SA has admitted that it conspired with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide more than $5.6 billion in 1,637 secret bank accounts in Switzerland and elsewhere, and to conceal from the IRS the income generated in those accounts. The bank entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and agreed