How Appleby's Australian plan failed
Why the law firm at the centre of the Paradise Papers leaks abandoned an attempt to set up a Sydney beachhead.
Why the law firm at the centre of the Paradise Papers leaks abandoned an attempt to set up a Sydney beachhead.
It's different here: A lawyer who worked at the firm at the centre of the Paradise Papers investigation says there was not the "same understanding of director duties" in the British Virgin Islands as there is in Australia.
Engie took a $1 billion dividend from its Loy Yang power station while it complained that a $500 million handout wasn't enough compensation for the carbon tax.
Much or most of what is contained in the Paradise Papers may be legal. But there is no doubt that some of it serves to reduce the tax that would otherwise be due.
A Tax Office investigation in Jersey sought assets of both the deceased Allco Finance boss and the RAMS Home Loan Founder charged with tax avoidance last week.
Records reveal huge overseas hoards tied to hedge fund tycoon and Democratic donor James Simons and other ultra-wealthy people.
A leak of offshore records provides a glimpse into the finances of major Republican and Democratic contributors.
Apple, the world's biggest company, swapped one tax haven for another shifting the management of its Irish subsidiaries to Jersey, the Paradise Papers reveal.
Glencore cut $US6 million off the price of a $US57 million Bombardier 6000 jet that it sold in an undisclosed 2014 deal to the brother of Osama bin Laden.
Buying a $US27 million private jet or plush mega-yacht means millions in sales taxes — unless you know the right pro.
A massive leak of 13.4 million records exposes ties between Russia and Donald Trump's commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, along with the offshore secrets of the world's richest.
The ATO has been working for months to identify Australian clients of Bermuda law firm Appleby, ahead of the release on Monday of a massive leak of files.
A major investor in Twitter and Facebook had financial ties to two Russian government-owned firms known as vehicles for the Kremlin's politically sensitive dealings.
The Jersey law firm which this year sued murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Britain was previously involved in moves to shield assets for clients in the Cook Islands.
Leaked documents show that Glencore secretly funds and helps operate a "ghost fleet" of 167 bulk cargo ships through SwissMarine Corporation.
Appleby's biggest client is Swiss commodities house Glencore, which pays Appleby $1.5 million a year to administer dozens of special purpose vehicles.
A leak of 6.8 million confidential records reveals how top law firm Appleby failed to keep out questionable clients. "Some of the crap we accept is amazing totally amazing."
Wilbur Ross has a stake in a shipping firm that receives millions of dollars a year from a company partly owned by Vladimir Putin's son-in-law.
Long-standing offshore ties of the Liberal Party moneyman and his famous family provide jarring contrast to Canadian prime minister's campaign for tax fairness.
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