The National Audit Office launched an unprecedented attack on the Danish Tax Authority (SKAT) yesterday for its failure to prevent DKK9.1bn of fraud in the so-called ‘dividend payout scam’. Under double taxation agreements,…

Parties on both sides of the aisle are lining up to question the Justice and Tax ministers as to how, and why, a number of foreign businessmen have funded terrorist activities with a…

The multi-billion tax scam continues to grow. The Danish Tax Authority, already tricked into paying fake tax refunds totalling DKK6.2bn to people outside the country, has now reported further losses of DKK2.9bn to The State…

Multi-billion fraud linked to global tax shelters / Pension boss ranked no.3 in world / Illegal immigrants in service sector Fraud: The proceeds from Denmark’s biggest-ever tax fraud have been traced to tax shelters…

A long line of Tax Authority (SKAT) scandals will lead to top officials being fired if it’s up to the centre-right majority. After the share dividend fiasco  and a report charting aggressive, and…

Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen has warned that public officials could be facing prosecution in the multi-billion tax fraud affair. He said it’s too early to say to what extent former ministers, heads of…

Maersk shareholders get $6.6bn windfall / Maersk Line to invest in mega vessels / Fraud squad drops Danske Bank investigation Maersk windfall: Shipping and oil giant A.P. Møller-Maersk will hand shareholders a $6.6…