Tax Evasion
23 entries
Al Capone Tax Evasion
Al Capone was Americas most notorious gangster, running a vast criminal empire in Chicago during Pro...
Leona Helmsley
Leona Helmsley, known as the Queen of Mean, was a New York hotel magnate. Helmsley was convicted of ...
Wesley Snipes
Actor Wesley Snipes was convicted of three misdemeanor counts of failing to file federal tax returns...
Swiss Bank Secrecy
The Swiss Banking Law of 1934 made it a criminal offense to reveal bank client information. This sec...
Panama Papers
The Panama Papers were 11.5 million documents leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca in...
Pandora Papers
The Pandora Papers, leaked in 2021, were 11.9 million documents from 14 offshore service providers. ...
Apple Irish Tax
The European Commission ruled in 2016 that Ireland had given Apple illegal state aid through favorab...
LuxLeaks
LuxLeaks was a scandal involving 28,000 pages of leaked tax rulings from Luxembourg. The documents r...
Tax Haven Ireland
Ireland developed one of the most successful low tax regimes in the world. The corporate tax rate wa...
Tax Haven Bermuda
Bermuda has no corporate income tax, no capital gains tax, and no withholding tax. This makes it one...
Tax Haven Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands has no direct taxes. There is no income tax, corporate tax, capital gains tax, or...
Tax Protestor Movement
The tax protestor movement in the United States argues that the federal income tax is illegal, uncon...
Tax Haven Singapore
Singapore developed as a tax haven alongside its growth as a financial center. Singapore has no capi...
Tax Haven Netherlands
The Netherlands is one of the worlds most important tax havens, though it is rarely labeled as such....
Pelosi Stock Trading
The STOCK Act of 2012 prohibited members of Congress from using nonpublic information for personal i...
Tax Haven Panama
Panama has been a tax haven since it began registering ships in 1919. The Panama Canal made Panama a...
Tax Haven British Virgin Islands
The British Virgin Islands is one of the worlds leading offshore incorporation jurisdictions. BVI ha...
Tax Gap Italy
Italy has one of the largest tax gaps in the developed world, estimated at approximately 90 billion ...
Tax Gap Greece
Greece has one of the highest tax evasion rates in the EU. The Greek tax gap was estimated at approx...
VAT Carousel Fraud
VAT carousel fraud, also called missing trader fraud, exploits the zero rating of intra EU trade. A ...
Cigarette Tax Evasion
Cigarette tax evasion is one of the largest forms of tax crime globally. High cigarette taxes create...
Fuel Tax Evasion
Fuel tax evasion costs governments billions annually. Common methods include using untaxed agricultu...
Tax haven Luxembourg Detail
Luxembourgs tax haven status dates to the 1929 holding company regime, which exempted holding compan...