11/12/2015
The Governments of the Crown Dependencies have provided an update on the proposals for the transition from the Crown Dependancies and Overseas Territories (CDOT or "UK FATCA") to the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) in 2017.
11/11/2015
America’s controversial global tax law has been slammed as ‘a masterclass in fiscal imperialism
Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, which came into effect in July 2014, all non-U.S. financial institutions are required to report the financial information of American clients who have accounts holding more than $50,000 directly to the IRS.
11/11/2015
The 2015 Tax Amnesty program is a limited-time opportunity for the country's taxpayers to pay any outstanding tax liabilities
11/10/2015
Zucman then moves on to discuss the data, calculating that of the world’s entire wealth
11/08/2015
AEOI is at the heart of international efforts to reduce international tax evasion, and strengthen international efforts to increase transparency among financial institutions and tax administrations.
11/06/2015
Update on UK disclosure facilities - SMP
This means that time is rapidly running out for UK taxpayers to make a disclosure of any UK tax irregularities to HM Revenue & Customs under the current facilities.
11/06/2015
Admittedly, Mauritius does have a significant Indian diaspora and once had a large textiles industry.
11/06/2015
Also featured on the list were Gibraltar and the Isle of Man and the British Virgin Islands.
11/06/2015
First-time legislator Fausto Pinato to lead investigation into Eduardo Cunha
11/05/2015
MPs attack HMRC for 'failures' over tax avoidance reports
HM Revenue & Customs is still failing to report how much cash it has received from its efforts to address aggressive tax avoidance, a group of MPs has said.
11/04/2015
As tax havens go, the US is worse than the Cayman Islands
The report notes that most countries scores have improved as the world is taking “real action” to tackle financial secrecy.
11/04/2015
UAE signs agreement on exchange of information for tax purposes with Norway
The visit aimed to explore ways of developing and promoting the technical partnership as well as exchanging experience on financial and economic affairs between the two parties.
11/04/2015
U.K. Offshore Tax Enforcement `Woefully Inadequate,' Panel Says
The agency should also publish and maintain a comprehensive list of the 1,140 types of tax relief identified by the Office of Tax Simplification and identify those which need to be monitored and have their costs and objectives evaluated
11/03/2015
With its ambitious FATCA undertaking, the U.S. has cowed the world into submission. making foreign banks and foreign governments hand over what would be secret bank data about depositors.
11/03/2015
The amount of tax lost to potential avoidance and evasion that should have been collected through pay as you earn (PAYE) and self-assessment has increased by almost 10% in a year, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
11/02/2015
The event was held in conjunction with a meeting of the OECD's Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes that was also hosted in Barbados.
11/02/2015
The tax rate for capital gains is currently lower than that for most ordinary income, as it is a direct tax on savings and investment.
11/01/2015
The imminent shift to the automatic exchange of information will send a strong warning to tax evaders.
11/01/2015
Inniss has sought to assure Barbadians that far from being an attempt at witch-hunting, the law has benefits for the country.
10/30/2015
It is the 37th treaty signed between Barbados and another territory while Barbados became the 74th country to sign an agreement with Slovakia.