tax evasion
S Alam sons: They used fake pay orders even to legalise black money
Ashraful Alam and Asadul Alam Mahir, two sons of controversial businessman Mohammed Saiful Alam, deprived the state of Tk 75 crore in taxes by legalising Tk 500 crore in undisclosed income, documents obtained by The Daily Star have revealed.
Urgent bank reforms are crucial
Recover bad loans, punish those who exploited the sector
A wrong signal is being sent by offering tax amnesty
Bank defaulters or tax evaders receive a number of amnesty and benefits for whitening black money.
Neymar avoids $3 mn fine for building lake at Brazilian mansion
A Brazilian court has suspended a $3 million fine imposed on soccer star Neymar last year for building a lake at his mansion on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro without an environmental license.
Spain prosecutors seek jail term for Ancelotti in tax case
Spanish prosecutors on Wednesday called for Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to be jailed for four years and nine months for allegedly failing to declare earnings to the tax office.
There is no alternative to tightening financial regulation
BFIU must be empowered to do more to prevent money laundering
Development strategies: What worked before will not in the future
Bangladesh must embrace change for a sustainable development
Maradona cleared of tax evasion years after his death
Italy's highest court cleared the late Agentine soccer legend Diego Maradona of tax evasion charges, ending a 30-year-long legal battle between the ex-Napoli striker and revenue authorities.
Rising inequality will be our doom
BBS survey reveals alarming picture of wealth concentration by the rich
Is there a way to build a corruption-free society?
The precondition for building a corruption-free state is building a corruption-free society.
Who buys property abroad, and who pays for it?
These cases of illegal property purchase abroad are not the main acts of corruption – these are the symptoms.
ACC seeks bank account details of SK Sur Chowdhury, his spouse, daughter
A probe is going on for their alleged involvement with PK Halder
Bracing for budget of self-preservation
In 2019, when AHM Mustafa Kamal took charge as the finance minister, the Bangladesh economy was taxing for take-off for its long-haul flight to the developed country club.
Tax avoidance, evasion costing govt Tk 55,800-Tk 292,500 crore: CPD
The government is losing as low as Tk 55,800 crore to as high as Tk 292,500 crore of potential revenue due to tax avoidance and evasion, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today.
2023 will be the year of inflation and financial turpitude
While the government is distracted by elections, the financial economy will suffer
Taking loans v tackling laundering: Which serves our long-term interests best?
Fighting tax evasion, preventing trade-based illicit financial outflows and ending the culture of money laundering and loan defaults is a much more sustainable solution to adding to foreign exchange reserves than taking foreign loans on interest.
Pop star Shakira may get 8 years in Spanish jail for tax evasion
A Spanish prosecutor is seeking a prison term of eight years for Colombian superstar Shakira over a 14.5 million-euro tax fraud case, a prosecutor's office document showed on Friday.
Cases filed for dodging tax of 2 luxurious cars
Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) files two cases on charges of tax evasion for two luxurious cars seized from Dhaka and Chittagong.
Foreign workers' tax evasion
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has declared its intention to go after both the companies hiring foreign nationals and individual foreign nationals working in the country on the issue of tax evasion.