08/10/2017
Talking Taxes: How to Bring Offshore Profits Home
Explaining the knotty subject of U.S. funds abroad, and efforts to repatriate the money
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08/10/2017
€16.8 million recovered from Panama Papers, Swiss Leaks
96 individuals or firms undergoing full tax investigation
08/09/2017
DNA Edit: Tax evaders fall in line
On top of that, the money parked in Swiss banks came down by 50 per cent in 2016 in the face of a progressive crackdown by the government.
08/09/2017
Brazil Says Offshore Assets Amnesty Yielded Billions
The 120-day amnesty had to pay a 15 percent income tax charge.
08/09/2017
HMRC’s Trusts Registration Service: Up and running
The question this prompted was, of course, what HMRC meant by the term “UK tax consequence”.
08/09/2017
NZ to strengthen tax agreements with India, San Marino
The new TIEA with San Marino allows that requirement to be implemented.
08/08/2017
QROPS Transfers Slow But Cash Values Hit New High
The number was down 4,000 from 13,700 the year before.
08/07/2017
Moscow Musings: The Future of Offshore
We are very unlikely to see a return to the volumes of corporate business involving Russia seen by offshore finance centres in the past.
08/07/2017
Hong kong singapore and china get tough tax havens
In an effort to create a ‘level playing field’, Asian economies are committing to new standards of transparency
08/07/2017
Tax panel backs HMRC drive against salaries paid in gold
Ruling follows company’s offshore tax avoidance scheme
08/04/2017
CRS/FATCA Deadline in the Cayman Islands: Final Extension
Deadline for new Notification (Registration) and Variation of Reporting (Notification) Obligations for US FATCA/CRS
08/03/2017
The Panama Papers and privacy
How can the law balance the greater push for transparency with tackling offshore tax evasion?
08/03/2017
Sars will now find you and tax you, no matter where in the world you hide
“Naturalisation is not required to be subject to tax in South Africa."
08/03/2017
Unsuspecting advisers face £3k HMRC penalty
The tax world is becoming more transparent.
08/02/2017
Costa Rica: Tax reform is needed to ensure inclusive growth
OECD Tax Policy Reviews: Costa Rica 2017 provides an in-depth assessment of Costa Rica’s tax system and underlines the key tax policy challenges facing the country.
08/02/2017
SA taxpayers with offshore cash, assets given deadline to disclose info
The deadline for the Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme is August 31, 2017.
08/02/2017
Would a Territorial Tax System Help Investors?
Total shareholder return likely would rise only slightly if repatriated, foreign-earned profits were no longer taxable in the U.S., a study finds.
08/02/2017
CRA getting tougher on tax evasion - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
The CRA is actively gathering information from domestic and international sources to identify and charge offenders criminally.
08/01/2017
Deloitte Channel Islands Tax Bulletin 2017
Guernsey has also released notice 2017/5 which provides further detail on the application of CRS and US FATCA to pensions schemes.
08/01/2017
HSBC in Wider ‘Criminal’ Tax Probe on Swiss Private Bank
Most of the tax authority investigations concern HSBC’s Swiss private bank.