07/25/2014
Obama blasts US firms for 'magically becoming Irish' in controversial tax switches
US President Barack Obama has blasted American multinationals that move to Ireland to cut their tax bill.
07/25/2014
Finance Minister Peter Phillips yesterday blamed tax avoidance and evasion as major contributors to Jamaica's debt problems.
07/23/2014
BVI publishes draft FATCA Guidance Notes
In the latest moves towards implementation of the FATCA Intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) signed by the BVI with the US and the UK, the BVI Government has released draft Guidance Notes for public consultation.
07/23/2014
Taxes charged by governments are a lot like consumer prices charged by retailers.
07/21/2014
The VAT was proposed by the government last month
07/21/2014
New single global standard for the automatic exchange of information between key authorities worldwide
07/20/2014
Fundamental changes to the international tax environment are set to provide both challenges and opportunities to businesses in the financial services sector.
07/18/2014
The Finance Minister said the list of 700 illegal Indian Swiss bank account holders was received from the French government which it had received from the HSBC bank data.
07/16/2014
The IRS has identified at least ten banks whose accountholders face this penalty
07/16/2014
UK FATCA and Cayman Funds by Maples & Calder
The UK IGA provides a framework for the implementation in the Cayman Islands of a UK tax residents reporting regime ("UK FATCA") which is similar in scope to the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("US FATCA").
07/16/2014
Obama Administration Seeks Curbs on Offshore Tax Deal
In inversions, U.S.-based businesses purchase a foreign company, then switch the legal address to take advantage of the foreign jurisdiction’s favorable tax rules
07/13/2014
Cyprus company Glendive Enterprises Limited entered into an agreement with Arabian Resources FZC to provide a ship to transport bauxite ore
07/13/2014
Financiers may grumble that the United States is acting like an imperial power in punishing foreign banks for dealings far beyond U.S. territory, but in the end they are more likely to bow to Washington than kick against its dollar muscle.
07/13/2014
Cash reward system gives tipsters up to 15 per cent of the amount in taxes collected
07/11/2014
Tycoons Bruce Gyngell and Edward Lumley set up offshore tax empires
The families of two Australian tycoons figure prominently in a leaked list of clients belonging to the offshore “wealth management” firm Kleinwort Benson, the Guardian can reveal.
07/11/2014
Expats should know that if they need to file under OVDP, the deadline is 04 August. After this date, OVDP penalties will rise from 27.5% to 50% if your account is held in one of the 10 banks who are cooperating with, or are identified in, a US court filin
07/09/2014
More than 20,000 client names of Jersey tax haven bank leaked
The group says that George Osborne, UK chancellor, announced in April: “If you’re evading tax offshore, there is no safe haven and we will find you.”
07/08/2014
Information on expats opening offshore accounts to be shared with HMRC
The UK signed its agreement with the US in 2012
07/08/2014
The number of jurisdictions that have a TIEA or Double Taxation Conventions (DTC) with Macau will increase to 19 once Guernsey has signed on the dotted line.
07/07/2014
The FATCA law requires, among other provisions, US citizens living outside the US to report their foreign bank accounts to the Internal Revenue Service.