Managers of Wealth Offshore

Bad offshoot of Mauritius tax treaty

This is expected to plug a huge source of revenue leakage and capital flight.

Finance Ministry To Conclude Tax Treaty Revision With Singapore, Cyprus In FY17

After revising the tax treaty with Mauritius , the Centre will soon initiate the process of modifying tax agreements with Singapore and Cyprus and hopes to complete the process within the current fiscal so that there is uniformity on capital gains tax wit

Leak Scandal: Japan, Panama Agree to Share Data on Offshore Companies

Japan and Panama have reached an understanding on how to share tax and shell firm data after a scandal involving a Panamanian company that allegedly helped clients evade taxes.

Crackdown looms for India's super-rich tax avoiders

The numbers are hard to square with the estimated 2,100 ultra-wealthy Indians whose net worth exceeds $50 million

Portugal named tax evasion leaders

Research by one of the world’s leading economists has identified Portugal as having the highest proportion of its wealth secured in offshore ventures.

The Panama Papers and Putin

And Russia has paid a huge economic price for backing the separatist rebels in the Ukraine.

Why the Panama Papers Are a Women's Rights Issue

Everyone from Emma Watson to the former Icelandic prime minister has been embroiled in the leak from Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca.

Tax Havens: How They Work and Can You Do It Too?

There is practically no legal way for a U.S. citizen to avoid paying U.S. taxes, even if this income is somehow connected to a shell company in a low tax jurisdiction, or tax haven.

EU parliamentary group wants the US blacklisted as a tax haven

The European Parliament’s special committee on taxation was set to send a fact-finding delegation to Washington this week to look into the state of tax avoidance in the US.

Italy Looks At Re-Opening Voluntary Disclosure Program

Under the VDP, participants had to agree to pay all outstanding taxes when declaring their assets, but were subject to much-reduced administrative and criminal penalties.

Businesses need to gear up for new corporate criminal tax evasion facilitation offence, experts say

In higher risk businesses, the level of training given to staff in different divisions or roles could also vary depending on the risk level of their activities, Haslett said.

BAHAMAS: Unpaid Taxes ‘Saddle’ City Markets Pension

As a result, a $304,905 tax liability has built up on what could be one of the best recovery sources for hundreds of City Markets pensioners

Dissecting the India-Mauritius Amended Tax Treaty

The Protocol also provides for updating the Exchange of Information Article per international standards

Tax havens: drive to name and shame may push innocent to the dark side by George Bull

Contrary to much we’ve heard in the last week, not everyone who uses a “tax haven structure” does so to evade tax or to conceal the proceeds of crime - as a recent court ruling has recognised. While the temptation to name and shame may b

US must sign beneficial ownership deal first, says Caymans

The premier admitted that his comments were received with hostility, but it was an opportunity he could not pass up, reports Cayman News Service.

Hong Kong residency draws interest from China's elite

Top officials in China's Communist Party are tied to this link via relatives who have established permanent residency in Hong Kong.

I-T department issues advisory concerning request for information from British Virgin Islands

India has a tax information exchange agreement with British Virgin Islands but not with Panama.

How African billionaire Isabel Dos Santos cropped up in Panama Papers

African billionaire whose companies in Malta hold Angola state involvements has had to deny that her business manager sought to open an offshore company for her

“The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall”

As former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey succintly put it, “the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall”).

Cyprus Needs An Anti-Money Laundering Champion

Back in 2012, organisational change and leadership expert Marina Theodotou and I co-authored a report for PwC entitled ‘Professional services: driving growth and jobs in Cyprus’.