丹麦税务局因指称的税务欺诈损失了1.44亿英镑的英国诉讼,一名法官拒绝所有索赔要求,批评其监管不力。
Denmark’s tax agency lost a £1.44 billion UK lawsuit over alleged tax fraud, with a judge rejecting all claims and criticizing its weak controls.
丹麦税务当局SKAT(SKAT)因指称的累积税欺诈而损失了1.44亿英镑的伦敦诉讼,一名联合王国法官裁定,根据丹麦法律,4000英镑以上的索赔都无效。
Denmark’s tax authority, SKAT, lost a £1.44 billion London lawsuit over alleged cum-ex tax fraud, with a UK judge ruling that none of the 4,000+ claims were valid under Danish law.
法官批评SKAT的内部控制几乎不存在,允许Sanjay Shah及其前对冲基金Solo Capital等欺诈者利用2012年至2015年期间欧洲税收制度中的时间差距。
The judge criticized SKAT’s internal controls as nearly nonexistent, allowing fraudsters like Sanjay Shah and his former hedge fund, Solo Capital, to exploit timing gaps in European tax systems between 2012 and 2015.
虽然Shah在丹麦被定罪,但英国法院认为其证词不可靠。
Though Shah was convicted in Denmark, the UK court deemed his testimony unreliable.
SKAT计划提出上诉,尽管这一裁决被法律专家称为重大挫折。
SKAT plans to appeal, despite the ruling being called a major setback by legal experts.
此案是继美国向SKAT单独授予5亿美元的民事赔偿金之后发生的。
The case follows a separate U.S. civil award of $500 million to SKAT.