Cezary Podkul
Cezary Podkul is a reporter for ProPublica who writes about finance.
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Cezary Podkul is a reporter for ProPublica who writes about finance. Previously, he worked as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal and Reuters where he specialized in data-driven news stories. His work with Carrick Mollenkamp for Reuters’ Uneasy Money series was a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. He has covered energy and commodities and the private equity industry, among other beats, after leaving investment banking in 2008 to pursue journalism.
Cezary earned a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2006 and is a 2011 alumnus of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, where he won the Melvin Mencher Prize for Superior Reporting. He is fluent in Polish.
Denmark Seeks EU Fix To ‘Div-Arb’ Deals
A Danish member of the European Parliament is asking the trading bloc’s executive arm to examine the tax avoidance deals, which are going on in at least 13 member states of the European Union.
Denmark Is Big Victim Of Wall Street Tax Avoidance Deals
The complex transactions add up to a meaningful loss of revenue from dividend taxes Danish taxpayers would otherwise get.
This Is What New York’s ‘Voluntary Compliance’ For Landlords Looks Like
Tenants overcharged by landlords who received property tax breaks shouldn’t expect much help from state regulators. Many are opting to go to court and, so far, they are winning big.
New York Isn’t Telling Tenants They May Be Protected From Big Rent Hikes
Due to an error by state officials, rent limits on tens of thousands of New York City apartments were improperly removed. Now, 20 years later, the state is relying on landlords to fix that problem. What could go wrong?
Meet the NYC Tax Break That Could Save You From Eviction Or A Big Rent Hike
A property tax benefit known as J-51 can mean the difference between a rent freeze and a sharp increase. Here is how to find out if your building qualifies.
Germany Waves ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to Costly Wall Street Tax Scheme
The country’s lawmakers have enacted legislation to halt complex stock-lending deals detailed in a ProPublica investigation last month.
Prosecutor Targets Commerzbank for Deals That Dodge German Taxes
Officials in Frankfurt, Germany’s financial capital, have launched an investigation into tax avoidance trades enabled by the country’s second-largest bank.
German Finance Minister Cries Foul Over Tax Avoidance Deals
The German government may not be able to recover billions of dollars in lost dividend taxes from complex stock-lending deals that benefited U.S. and other foreign investors.
Tax Avoidance Has a Heartbeat
Every year at dividend time, demand to borrow German stocks spikes.
Wall Street Stock Loans Drain $1 Billion a Year From German Taxpayers
Carefully timed deals help big money managers skirt dividend taxes in 20 countries, confidential documents show.