Sentences with phrase «evasion at»

Its own Treasury estimates tax evasion at about a fifth of the country's GDP; Fabio Capello, Silvio Berlusconi and, collectively, the gondoliers of Venice (as the by - product of allegations made during a very nasty divorce of one of their number) are, or have recently been, the subject of investigation for tax evasion.

We all knew that after the Panama Papers scandal, Swiss banking disclosures, and the release of information concerning the Russian / Global Laundromat that the Government would respond to the facilitation of tax evasion at some stage.

This year, for instance, HSBC shares fell in the wake of news that the firm's executives in the UK and Hong Kong were unaware of tax evasion at a Swiss subsidiary.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday in a statement said he supported «sensible reforms» to the enforcement of toll evasion at subway turnstiles.

Not exact matches

And our government is claiming that it doesn't have enough money for infrastructure or for healthcare or for police or for education and at the same time, there's just huge amounts of tax avoidance and tax evasion going on through this secrecy world.

Look for more money to be given to the Canada Revenue Agency to fight offshore tax evasion, an investment that has so far helped the CRA reap millions in extra tax dollars while at the same time achieving the aim of discouraging tax evasion by Canadians.

Income - tax - evasion rates in Argentina are roughly 60 percent, and evasion of the value - added tax is roughly 40 percent, according to Marcelo Bergman, a professor at Mexico City's Center for Economic Research and Teaching and the author of Tax Evasion and the Rule of Law in Latin Aevasion rates in Argentina are roughly 60 percent, and evasion of the value - added tax is roughly 40 percent, according to Marcelo Bergman, a professor at Mexico City's Center for Economic Research and Teaching and the author of Tax Evasion and the Rule of Law in Latin Aevasion of the value - added tax is roughly 40 percent, according to Marcelo Bergman, a professor at Mexico City's Center for Economic Research and Teaching and the author of Tax Evasion and the Rule of Law in Latin AEvasion and the Rule of Law in Latin America.

But over the last 40 years, every British minister has done what our bosses (usually their former classmates at Oxford and Cambridge) tell them to do: keep income tax rates low, make evasion easy with a ton of loopholes, turn a blind eye to our bonuses and our market - rigging, hand over tens of billions of pounds in bailout money when necessary, and pass the check to those mythical non-Londoners in their seaside retirement homes and Amazon logistics centers.

Birkenfeld once worked at Switzerland's UBS before approaching the U.S. government with tax evasion information regarding Americans who had secret bank accounts.

Italy's Silvio Berlusconi cancelled a planned «solidarity tax» targeted at the very highest earners — opposed by professional soccer players, among others — opting instead for measures to curtail tax evasion and eliminate tax breaks for co-operatives.

Vice-premier Zhang Gaoli said at a taxation forum in Beijing on Wednesday that China had called for greater international cooperation to clamp down on tax avoidance and evasion.

Full catwalk looks, skipping check - in queues at airports, tax evasion: famous people can get away with a lot that us mere mortals can't, and edgy haircuts are no exception.

At the time, police and tax authorities had reportedly been raiding local exchanges on alleged tax evasion charges.

New rules aimed at preventing the use of the growing crypto - sector for money laundering, tax evasion and other criminal acts.

Algeria, Morocco, Bolivia, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal and Bangladesh have all issued bans — or at least begun the process — on bitcoin and other alternative currencies, in order to stamp out tax evasion and irresponsible trading.

But Greek authorities failed to investigate the data for potential tax evasion, sparking outrage at a time of severe salary and pension cuts, and spiraling unemployment.

Carney went on to warn, «On the downside, at present, crypto - assets raise a host of issues around consumer and investor protection, market integrity, money laundering, terrorism financing, tax evasion, and the circumvention of capital controls and international sanctions.»

At the end of the day, if mass tax evasion takes place around the world, this is going to be another big reason for regulators to dig their roots further into the cryptocurrency space.

PARIS (AP)-- France's finance minister says he wants new regulation targeted at virtual currencies, to stop them from being used for tax evasion, financing terrorism and other crime.

And finally, Freeland announced a C$ 3.25 - million commitment aimed at strengthening the global sanctions regime and countering North Korea's sanctions evasion and proliferation networks, an initiative to be implemented in partnership with the U.S.

At least you got past your sophist evasions to actually address the questions.

She further argues that the fact of human sinfulness makes it necessary to have coercive measures at national and international level to prevent tax evasion and restrain tax avoidance.

It is impossible to deny that this division exists, or to point out that there is also a third force at work, or to evade the issue in some other way; for, we are told (and on the whole rightly), such evasion amounts to condoning oppression, therefore siding with the oppressor.

He uses cleverness against himself as a spy and informer, which informs him instantly of each evasion, yes, even gives warning at any suspicion of an evasion.

What he could not abide, however, were attempts at evasion, such as he saw in the younger generation of Israeli writers.

The sentimentalist, for all his easy evasions, remains precariously rooted in the moil of history, vulnerable to unpredictable infusions of grace, and may at any moment be persuaded to give something of himself away.

For as long as the religious bodies remained vital and central in our public life, the evasion was (at least partially) successful.

«My editor made me do it» is, of course, an old line among reporters, but in this case, at least with some, it seemed to be more than a convenient evasion of responsibility.

A professor of Jewish studies at Harvard, Levenson has written on Jewish - Christian relations and on historical criticism of the Bible — and the evasions that often undermine both.

Oddities tended to attract an undue share of public attention: there was amusement over the King and Queen of England eating hot dogs while visiting President Roosevelt at Hyde Park; outrage when the President changed the date of Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23; excitement when Al Capone was released from a federal penitentiary after serving more than seven years for income tax evasion.

Given that during Portsmouth's turbulent time Storrie gave himself a 30 % pay rise to an astounding # 1.2 m a year and that he has been charged with tax evasion and linked with a number of allegations of corruption one wonders why he would be welcomed back at the club that he has helped to the brink of collapse.

A caricature of an Italian chairman, he wears sunglasses at all times, has a conviction for tax evasion (on the purchase of a yacht, no less) and has a very attractive son straight out of Rich Kids of Instagram.

Every team since then, on day 1 of practice, I line up against the fence, teach technique, and throw tennis balls at them until they can demonstrate proper evasion technique.

WESLEY SNIPES One of the biggest box - office draws of the»90s, he was convicted of tax evasion in 2008 and is serving a three - year stint at McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania, scheduled for a July 2013 release.

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Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric appeared as a key witness at a corruption trial on Tuesday, testifying about his financial deals with a former Dinamo Zagreb director charged with tax evasion and embezzlement.

The 64 - year - old appeared at Southwark Crown Court today for the start of his tax evasion trial.

«The Leipziger won 4 - 1 (at Freiburg) tonight and at last we have another enemy to attack apart from Dortmund,» declared Hoeness at Bayern's AGM, his first official engagement at the club since the end of a spell in prison for tax evasion.

Anthony Weiner was an outspoken advocate for — and opponent to — many things while he served in Congress, but he was the lead sponsor one just one bill that was signed into law — a 2010 measure aimed at reducing cigarette sales - tax evasion.

The prime minister has been asked whether he discussed plain cigarette packs with election guru and tobacco lobbyist Lynton Crosby at least 12 times, and each time he has replied using what appears to be a form of evasion.

The three reviews will be carried out by MPs on the Treasury Committee; they will look at the VAT in relation to Tax Gap, Brexit, Business and Good Tax Policy; how well HMRC is dealing with tax avoidance and evasion; and The Conduct of Tax Enquiries and the Resolution of Tax Disputes.

Ellner had already done time on federal tax evasion charges at that point, lost his law license and gotten it back again and also rented an apartment in a house that Levy owned and lived in during a separation from his wife, Colleen.

With a clear agenda and concrete proposals on a global growth deal - opening up trade, tackling tax evasion and boosting infrastructure - Britain should have been leading efforts at the G20 to reach an agreement that would transform African and low - income countries into genuine, much - needed dynamos for the largest prize: the return to global growth.

Nevertheless, Queens Councilman Rory Lancman is hoping that, at the very least, a bill requiring the NYPD to report data on fare evasion arrests and summonses will get passed.

But in other parts of the drama, the audience gasped with shock at some of the evasion of straightforward questions, about Camilla's lack of professional qualifications, or the inability to explain the «myth» of cash being handed out in brown envelopes.

The fact that Al Capone was nabbed on tax evasion isn't a testament to how good IRS agents are / were - it's a testament to how excellent Capone was at avoiding being charged with any other of the numerous serious crimes he committed.

Also at noon, NYC Councilman Rory Lancman, the Community Service Society of New York and legal services providers hold a press conference to tout passage of legislation that will require the NYPD to report quarterly the number of arrests and summonses issued for subway fare evasion, outside the City Hall R train stop, Warren Street and Broadway, Manhattan.

At the time Ellner was living in Levy's house, he had already been convicted in 1997 on charges of federal tax evasion for which he was sentenced to one month in jail, three months of home confinement and three years of probation, records show.

Speaking at a Brooklyn school just blocks away from the area Mr. Grimm represented, Mr. de Blasio lamented Mr. Grimm's decision to maintain his innocence on 20 federal charges throughout his re-election bid last year, only to plead guilty to one count of tax evasion in December.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's MTA board appointee, David Jones, speaking at a press conference for Queens Councilman Rory Lancman's legislation on fare evasion arrests.