Sep 13, 2024
Top EU court rules Apple owes Ireland over $14B in back taxes
The court concluded Ireland illegally cut the tech company a preferential tax deal, after Paradise Papers revealed major tax advantages.
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Aug 29, 2024
Under industry pressure, IRS division blocked agents from using new law to stop wealthy tax dodgers
High-powered tax attorneys bemoaned the 2010 legislation meant to crack down on big-dollar tax shelters. They ended up writing parts of an IRS directive that essentially undid it.
Aug 23, 2024
UN votes to adopt roadmap for global tax convention
The vote clears the way for U.N. member states negotiate a historic framework to tackle international tax dodging and curb tax-related illicit financial flows.
Jul 31, 2024
US, Germany key holdouts as G20 nations push for a plan to tax world’s billionaires
Calls for a global minimum tax rate for the ultrarich were stymied at a meeting of the world’s top finance leaders in Brazil.
Jul 16, 2024
IRS crackdown on millionaire tax dodgers yields $1 billion, Treasury says
The tax agency, once beleaguered by budget cuts, has sought to use an influx of funding under the Biden administration to boost enforcement of tax laws on the rich and large corporations.
Jun 28, 2024
Top economist pitches global billionaire tax to G20 finance leaders
The coordinated push would tax the world’s ultrarich 2% of their wealth annually, and could generate $250 billion in revenue for governments per year, according to a new report.
Jun 25, 2024
IRS plans to shut tax loophole for the ultrawealthy, raise more than $50 billion
New rules will target a long-time tactic used by sprawling corporate structures to dodge taxes in a way the U.S. Treasury now says is illegal.
Jun 25, 2024
Big oil companies reject tax transparency push by activist investor
Nonprofit Oxfam America had sought to encourage Chevron and others to publicly report additional details about their business operations around the world.
Jun 11, 2024
How the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats
Newly obtained data shows the IRS division that audits corporations and the ultrarich flagged no more than 22 possible tax crimes over the past five years — roughly 40 times fewer criminal referrals than from the unit covering small businesses.
Jun 03, 2024
Wealthy countries push back as UN moves ahead with global tax plan
A minority of countries that opposed a legally binding U.N. tax convention may seek to water it down, experts warn, risking the new convention becoming as “inconsequential as the OECD.”
Apr 22, 2024
New ethical guidelines for tax professionals announced following global scandals
Citing both ICIJ’s Pandora and Paradise Papers revelations, an international accounting organization has for the first time urged accountants to consider public interest — and harm — when working on tax minimization schemes.
Apr 03, 2024
How investment firms shield the ultrawealthy from the IRS
An ICIJ investigation examining hundreds of leaked tax forms offers a glimpse into the huge challenges the U.S. agency faces in tackling the favorite new global investment vehicles of the world's most wealthy.
Mar 19, 2024
New data shows IRS’s 10-year struggle to investigate tax crimes
The number of cases the wider U.S. tax agency refers to its criminal unit has plummeted.
Feb 21, 2024
Inside the IRS unit taking on America’s millionaires and billionaires
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is seeking to use an infusion of funding to keep up with the ever-evolving tax maneuvers of the ultra-rich — while staving off frequent political attacks.
Nov 22, 2023
UN votes to create ‘historic’ global tax convention despite EU, UK moves to ‘kill’ proposal
Advocates celebrated the resolution as a key step toward better representation for developing countries, but warned wealthy countries against further attempts to delay the much-needed reforms.
Oct 31, 2023
A global billionaire tax could generate $250 billion annually, researchers say
Tax havens continue to play a key role in helping billionaires and multinational corporations dodge taxes, according to a new report, which found that the ultra-rich pay almost no tax.
Jul 13, 2023
Luanda Leaks whistleblower Rui Pinto faces fresh charges but may benefit from amnesty reforms timed to coincide with papal visit
The source of ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks and a separate exposé that rocked the global soccer industry faces 377 new charges and the prospect of another trial, despite an anticipated amnesty.
Jul 11, 2023
US tech giants restructured to sidestep Australian tax law, following PwC advice
The PwC Australia tax leak scandal continues to grow amid revelations Uber and Facebook set up new company structures weeks before a new tax avoidance law was set to kick in.
Jul 07, 2023
Australia spikes plan to force companies to disclose global tax data
Following pushback from business groups, the Australian government has scaled back a new law meant to crack down on profit-shifting by some of the world’s biggest companies.
Jun 06, 2023
New Australia, EU rules set to force companies to publish global tax data
The Australian plan will require the world’s biggest companies to reveal new details about their country-by-country earnings and tax bills. It’s sparked calls for more countries to follow suit.
May 17, 2023
Accounting giant PwC is in crisis mode amid a growing Australian tax leak scandal
It follows revelations a PwC Australia partner used confidential government intel to help the firm court tax-avoiding clients from overseas.
Jul 14, 2022
Dutch politicians call for probe into tax authorities’ handling of Uber audit after Uber Files exposé
Leaked records reveal details of the company’s “strong relationship” with tax authorities in the Netherlands, a corporate tax haven where Uber has registered dozens of subsidiaries.
Jul 11, 2022
Uber shifted scrutiny to drivers as it dodged tens of millions in taxes
Executives agreed to share driver data to “contain” a tax audit and deflect from the tech giant’s use of European and Caribbean tax havens, new leak shows.
Jul 10, 2022
How Uber won access to world leaders, deceived investigators and exploited violence against its drivers in battle for global dominance
When the ride-hailing giant called, powerful politicians answered, leaked text messages and emails reveal.
Jul 10, 2022
About the Uber Files investigation
ICIJ’s latest investigation exposes how a massive lobbying machine paved the tech giant’s road to global domination.