10/04/2016
Twitter’s UK arm books £1.24m tax bill, accounts show
Twitter’s UK arm had a tax bill of more than a million pounds in 2015, its latest accounts reveal, as its revenues rose by almost a third.
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10/04/2016
Offshore Update – Bermuda, BVI and Cayman are now ‘white-list’ jurisdictions for Italian tax purposes - Harneys
In April 2015 the BVI, the Cayman Islands and certain other jurisdictions were removed from Italy’s blacklist of jurisdictions.
10/04/2016
When It Comes to Tax Avoidance, Donald Trump’s Just a Small Fry
But that’s not the goal of this particular column.
10/03/2016
India tax evasion amnesty uncovers hidden billions
They were told they would not be pursued by the authorities if they came clean and paid a penalty.
10/03/2016
Scottish firms pushing Swiss bank accounts to international tax dodgers
A former senior detective last night warned that gangsters were seeking to exploit the SLP process for money-laundering and illegitimate trading purposes.
10/03/2016
KOREA: Nearly 1 out of 3 foreign investors based in tax havens
Their combined stock and bond value is worth some 16.37 trillion won ($148.27 billion), amounting to almost one third of the total investment from foreign investors in Korea.
10/03/2016
Barbados key to Cuba investment
In a new analysis on investing in Cuba, the lawyer said the potential investors who may want to access Cuba from Barbados will include, especially in the near term.
10/03/2016
Pakistan: Tax matters
The federal cabinet had authorised the finance minister to sign the convention on August 31, 2013.
10/03/2016
Bermuda LLCs: A New Entity in a Familiar Form
The central provisions of the Bermuda LLC Act were closely modeled on the corresponding provisions of the Delaware LLC legislation.
10/03/2016
Why HMRC’s new regime under CRS is bad news for HNWs
The CRS was developed by the G20 nations to implement a global standard of automatic tax information exchange.
09/30/2016
Denmark Receives Panama Papers Data to Fight Tax Dodging
The taxation authorities had received information containing legal documents, agreements, and correspondence,
09/29/2016
Trinidad & Tobago's Deadline for Passing US Tax Legislation Looms as Politicians ‘Play Games’
The legislation gives US banks the power to withhold a portion of payments made to foreign financial institutions
09/28/2016
Bahamas Urged To Immediately Seek 50-60 Tax Partners
The Bahamas should not wait until the enabling legislation has been passed to send out invitations to countries to become information exchange partners under the CRS.
09/28/2016
European Parliament Begins Panama Papers Probe Despite Tax Haven Splits
Despite taking evidence for several months, the LuxLeaks investigation has, so far, failed to put an end to the schemes.
09/28/2016
RSM UK predicts future tax trends by George Bull
A new OECD report “Tax Policy Reforms in the OECD” reviews the tax reforms which were announced, legislated or implemented by OECD member states during 2015.
09/28/2016
Ambition meets reality in EU tax leaks probe
Six of Germany’s seven largest banks, including some state-owned banks, also offered Fonseca-type services, he added.
09/27/2016
U.S. Senate's top tax lawmaker targets corporate offshore profits
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden said he wants to put an end to a Kennedy era law
09/27/2016
Switzerland confirms its commitment towards greater tax transparency
Switzerland is committed to implement automatic exchange of financial account information in time to commence exchanges in 2018
09/27/2016
Malta’s Refundable Tax Credit System
No tax is refunded which represents tax paid on profits which would have been allocated to the UA, IPA or FTA.
09/27/2016
Highly Qualified Persons Rules
The purpose of these rules is to attract foreign expertise and senior professionals to Malta.