01/22/2014

BVI Signs Tax Information Exchange Agreement with Poland - Harneys

The British Virgin Islands’ (BVI) government entered into its twenty-fifth tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with the Republic of Poland on 29 November 2013. The BVIPoland TIEA supplements similar treaties entered into by the BVI in 2013 wit

01/17/2014

PwC launches Intergovernmental agreement monitor

The expected wave of intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) implementing the tax reporting and withholding procedures commonly associated with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has begun.

01/16/2014

US Court upholds offshore tax avoidance rules

The DOJ said on Jan. 13 that the Florida Bankers Association and Texas Bankers Association had challenged the 2012 amendments to the Department of the Treasury’s interest-reporting regulations.

01/15/2014

France says 11,000 declare hidden bank accounts

Cazaneuve told lawmakers today that 11,000 people had applied to take advantage of the offer and this represents "potential revenue of more than one billion euros" for the French state.

01/13/2014

Revenue clampdown on offshore trusts pays off

HMRC stepped up its attack on banks and other businesses that paid salaries and bonuses through trusts, ratcheting up an extra compliance bill for the 770 companies in the large business sector by 160 per cent to £533m in the year to April 2013.

01/07/2014

Overseas Tax Havens Toppled By IRS

Some of the world’s most notorious secret account havens have agreed to give information about U.S. taxpayers to the Internal Revenue Service.