WASHINGTON, May 4 (UPI) -- Closing business tax loopholes and cracking down on the use of tax havens are two international tax code changes U.S. President Barack Obama sought Monday.
PARIS, April 3 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's work to regulate tax havens has been rocked by reports he helped clients open accounts in Switzerland, one such haven.
PARIS, March 27 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy is prepared to renounce his princely title in the country of Andorra if banking changes do not take place, an official says.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said Monday making the tax code fairer is a cornerstone of his economic recovery plan.
PARIS, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Germany has urged the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development to list Switzerland, one of its members, as a tax haven.
BRUSSELS, May 16 (UPI) -- Finance ministers from the European Union have agreed to rewrite rules on savings tax in an effort to curtail tax havens, EU's tax commissioner said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., a Democratic Party presidential contender, said his tax plan would take pressure off the low and middle classes.
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 25 (UPI) -- Bankers are dismissing as insignificant the effect of a European Union directive designed to uncover and tax interest on Europeans' offshore savings.
SALEM, Ore., May 23 (UPI) -- Oregon lawmakers were examining the tax code Friday in search of loopholes and tax breaks that could be eliminated and bolster the cash-strapped treasury. Large personal deductions and some business breaks are being targeted as an alternative to another t
