05/05/2016
Separating fact from tax-haven fiction
The onus is now very much on us and the firms that Bermuda hosts to ramp up our international lobbying and public relations efforts.
05/05/2016
S'pore may now focus on 1MDB's Cayman investments
The authorities are probing "complex and layered transactions" with "cross-border elements" involving many shell companies in their investigations into 1MDB, said Singapore's chief prosecutor Tan Ken Hwee.
05/04/2016
U.N. says firms channeled $221 billion to low tax entities in 2015
Investment flows to offshore financial centers, chiefly the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, were $72 billion, roughly in line with historical averages, the report said.
05/04/2016
Bermuda and international transparency drive
Since the introduction of Fatca Bermuda has seen the roll-out of the UK’s version, largely known as “CDOT” or “UK Fatca”
05/04/2016
KPMG to committee: dodgy Isle of Man tax scheme a thing of the past
Times change and we do too,” Wiebe told members of the House of Commons Finance Committee Tuesday, adding that KPMG does not “deal with clients that engage in tax evasion.
05/04/2016
How world's big money sails to offshore investment hubs: UN report nails Panama model
The leaks from the database of world’s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca, shows that it acts for about 300,000 companies spread across the world.
05/04/2016
Panama Papers: Head of Lithuania’s Central Bank Linked to Offshore Accounts
The three were authorized to open bank accounts at the Lithuanian branch of the Swedish bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB and to perform other actions related to opening the account.
05/03/2016
We are obviously interested what those papers and the discussions around those papers – what it means and what criminality may be at play.”
05/03/2016
Previously unreported papers—part of a leak from HSBC’s private bank in Geneva—known as the Swiss Leaks reportedly show how Moussaieff had links to offshore companies and to trusts registered outside the UK.
05/02/2016
If the process is legal, why are we labelled a tax haven?
05/02/2016
BVI FIs with UK FATCA reporting obligations that have already enrolled on BVIFARS for US FATCA are not required to submit a new enrolment application but can log on and complete a Change of Reporting Obligations form to update their reporting obligations
05/02/2016
Onshore might be about to become de rigueur, and the UK stacks up rather well, says Andrew McNally
05/02/2016
He said after the scandal the UN convention against corruption enacted in 2003, might be strengthened further.
05/02/2016
Japan’s political elite is so far untouched by the scandal.
05/02/2016
There are varying reasons for the decline, ranging from privacy concerns following a leak of documents in the BVI, to the stricter regulations on transparency that were enforced in the wake of the financial crisis.
04/29/2016
As world leaders consider what to do about the revelations emerging from the Panama Papers, Liberia's government will be worrying about the fall-out that may cross the Atlantic Ocean from the affair.
04/29/2016
Moscow hopes to be a full member of the OECD's information exchange system by 2018, according to Russian media.
04/29/2016
OECD officials say they have long tried to get Panama to agree to their common reporting standards on exchanging tax information, to no avail.
04/29/2016
QROPS pensions, for instance, are perfectly legitimate tax shelters for pension savings in just the same way as UK workplace pensions
04/29/2016
Bermuda provides over a quarter of the capacity for Lloyd’s of London.