Tag Archives: Avoidance

Tax Avoidance Rules Increase the Compliance Burden in EU Member Countries

The question of how to address base erosion and profit shifting has been a growing concern in recent years. It gained force around the world when the OECD published recommendations from the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project in … Continue reading

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3 Useful Tax Avoidance Strategies

As we’ve previously discussed, there’s an important distinction between tax avoidance and tax fraud or tax evasion. Tax avoidance is the use of lawful means to lower one’s tax liability. Tax evasion is the willful falsification of information for the purpose of reducing one’s … Continue reading

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New York’s SALT Avoidance Scheme Could Actually Raise Your Taxes

Over the weekend, New York became the first state to create a state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap workaround—two workarounds, in fact, since New York does nothing on a small scale. Yet while the newly adopted budget encourages high-income … Continue reading

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OECD Issues Mandatory Disclosure Rules to Combat CRS Avoidance and Offshore Structures

In December, the OECD issued a public consultation document, requiring mandatory disclosure rules to combat CRS avoidance and offshore structures. Comments are due January 15, 2018. The consultation document is prepared in response to the Bari Declaration, issued by the … Continue reading

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Divorce Wars Avoidance

Divorce wars can happen when couples divorce. Frayed emotions and angry circumstances can combine to make it tempting to try to play dirty. The fact is, resorting to the nasty games of divorce wars make you look bad and does not necessarily improve the outcomes … Continue reading

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