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Panama papers: Multi agency group looking into fresh revelations, says finance ministry
•The finance ministry on Thursday said the fresh revelations under the 'Panama Paper Leaks' are being looked into by the Multi Agency Group (MAG), which includes the tax department and the Reserve Bank
'Rich individuals will do anything to not pay taxes': How leaders, corporations across the world reacted to Paradise Papers leak
Fp Staff •Revelations of the Paradise Papers, a leak of financial documents and an probe into offshore and banking assets, has caused ripples throughout the world.
Paradise Papers reveal Formula One champ Lewis Hamilton evaded taxes on private jet with elaborate scheme
•Paradise Papers allege accountancy firm EY and Appleby — the Bermuda-based law firm at the centre of the leaks — assisted Hamilton and dozens of other clients in setting up seemingly artificial leasing businesses to get multi-million-pound VAT rebates.
Paradise Papers leaks: European Union to discuss blacklist of worldwide tax havens today
•Measures previously discussed include an EU-wide list of tax havens meant to discourage the rerouting of profits made in EU to tax-free or low-tax countries like Panama or Bermuda
Paradise Papers: European Union shocked over revelations, urges member states to adopt tax haven blacklist
•The European Union on Monday denounced the "shocking" revelations on the way top companies and dignitaries, including Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, avoid taxes using offshore wealth hubs.
Apple denies moving operations from Ireland to avoid taxes, following criticism based on the Paradise Papers
•Apple said it pays billions of dollars in taxes to the United States at the statutory 35 percent rate on investment income from its overseas cash.
Paradise Papers: India's most powerful people and companies figure in tax haven list
•The ICIJ said the 'Paradise Papers' reveal the offshore activities of some of the world's most powerful people and companies
Paradise Papers make good headlines, but what did we do with Panama, HSBC lists?
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 •Tracking deposit movements post-demonetisation will hardly yield big results because much of the black money is stored in real assets not cash—something most experts have pointed out time and again.
Paradise Papers leaked: Russian politicians insist deals were legal, not politically motivated
•Russian politicians on Monday downplayed leaks in the Paradise Papers concerning Russian officials and state companies, insisting the deals were legal and not politically motivated.
Paradise Papers: MoS for civil aviation Jayant Sinha says transactions were legal, done in professional capacity
•Union minister Jayant Sinha's name has cropped up in Paradise Papers even as he said that the transactions were not done for any "personal purpose".