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").

07/13/2014

Bruised and grumbling, foreign banks bend to U.S. rules

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.

07/11/2014

US to see changes to offshore amnesty tax programmes

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

07/08/2014

Macau, Guernsey to sign tax agreement

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.

07/06/2014

Cayman mostly FATCA compliant

The Cayman Islands Banking Association says almost 15,000 of Cayman’s financial institution have registered with the Internal Revenue Service in the United States.

07/04/2014

States of Guernsey STEPs up

The Income Tax Office introduced a Compliance and Investigation Unit in the late 1980s to address domestic tax evasion and tax avoidance.

07/03/2014

Bahamas : Bank Braces For $2.4m Tax Impact

Bank of the Bahamas incurred a further $2.311 million in loan loss provisions during the quarter to end-March 2014, and Mr McWeeney hinted that more were to come.