12/19/2014

Seminar advises on raft of UK tax changes

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.

12/19/2014

Cyprus signs agreement with United States under FATCA

On December 2 2014 the Cypriot finance minister and the US ambassador to Cyprus formally signed the intergovernmental agreement between Cyprus and the United States under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

12/16/2014

Swiss Bank exits FATCA programme

Barclays Bank’s Swiss operations is ending its cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to prevent investors from investing money in foreign countries with more amenable tax structures and policies.

12/15/2014

How Google and Apple Make Their Taxes Disappear

The British government, after a search, says it knows how to tax the profits Google earns in the United Kingdom. Its solution is simple and elegant, and it probably won’t change a damn thing.

12/08/2014

Cyprus sidesteps Putin offshore call

Finance Minister Harris Georgiades (photo) refrained to comment on Putin’s remarks made during Thursday’s Federal Assembly address in Moscow.