01/13/2015
International law firm launches Middle East tax practice
He will launch the firm's Tax practice in the Middle East, focusing on multinationals with a tax presence in the region and FATCA-related services in light of Qatar and the UAE having agreed to join the OECD's Common Reporting Standard from 2017
01/13/2015
In the last few months Switzerland has made progress in making its financial centre internationally compliant.
01/13/2015
A pair of Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate have re-introduced legislation aimed at preventing the abuse of offshore tax havens by multinational companies.
01/12/2015
Northumbrian Water bosses have defended the company against allegations its billionaire foreign owner has used a legal tax loophole to boost profits.
01/09/2015
Swiss citizens come clean on tax cheats
A total of 15,039 Swiss residents have filed voluntary disclosures since the government introduced an amnesty
01/09/2015
Switzerland, Italy Treaty Announcement 'Imminent'
The program also establishes a deadline of 60 days from its entry into force on March 2, 2015, for countries that have not yet signed tax treaties with Italy to do so, to enable the exchange of tax information, or risk inclusion on its "black list.&a
01/08/2015
Pensions – is the lure of distant shores fading? by Gary Heynes & Lesley Fidler
British expatriates have always been able to enjoy additional pensions freedom by moving their pension funds out of the UK under the Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS). But now HMRC is reviewing QROPS as a result of the 2014 pensions c
01/07/2015
It is worth noting that each treaty contains an article providing for the exchange of information
01/07/2015
Barbados appears to be moving into full financial information-sharing mode as the world’s most powerful countries put their foot down on tax evasion.
01/05/2015
HM Revenue & Customs has indicated a review is under way of the complicated rules that an offshore pension has to meet to become a QROPS.
01/05/2015
Mr Henry said his $21tn is actually a conservative figure and the true scale could be $32tn. A trillion is 1,000 billion.
01/02/2015
Businesses in the island’s vital financial services are gearing up for ‘substantial changes’ dealing with tax.
12/29/2014
Cyprus has signed a Model 1 IGA containing a most favoured nation provision which provides that any more favourable terms negotiated under another country's IGA will automatically be applicable to Cyprus.
12/29/2014
In his annual Christmas messages to more than one billion Catholics, the Pope may have left out something: offshore account compliance.
12/29/2014
South African investors have used Mauritius as a vehicle for investing in other countries with which Mauritius has beneficial double taxation treaties.
12/25/2014
The Dutch Ministry of Finance announced that a new regulation for the avoidance of double taxation between the Netherlands and Curacao is expected to be effective beginning 1 January 2016.
12/23/2014
Updated Crown Dependency FATCA Guidance Notes
12/21/2014
The clients each have accounts containing up to 5 million euros at the unidentified bank, the newspaper said, adding that NRW tax investigators were currently analysing the data.
12/20/2014
They include Western Union Financial Services Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Clearing House Payments Company LLC, and HSBC USA.cc
12/19/2014
More than 200 financial services professionals filled the Sanderson Suite of the Claremont Hotel to hear of substantial changes in the local and international tax environment.