06/24/2014
Isle of Jersey Eyes Bitcoin, But Will it be Perverted for Tax Evasion?
Tiny UK island wants to take advantage of increasingly popular cryptocurrency
06/24/2014
An Offshore Tax Haven Plans to Become the World's First Bitcoin Island
While many places around the world want nothing to do with Bitcoin, some locales are trying hard to make the cryptocurrency happen, not just in the murky international waters of cyberspace or the confines of a student-fuelled experiment, but as a real loc
06/24/2014
Andorran Prime Minister Antoni Marti has made clear that the Government has no plans to introduce a tax on wealth or inheritances.
06/24/2014
All advice relating solely to the investments of the company’s Isle of Man based Evolution and Estate Planning Bonds, and its Axa Life Europe’s Selection bonds will now be considered as advice to the life company and not the policyholder.
06/23/2014
As a result, experts say, the new document will be part of an ambitious program to "de-offshorize" the Russian economy
06/23/2014
The industry body paper states that the government should not use the revenue for bridging its budget deficit
06/23/2014
Cayman bank records seized
Some coming from a branch of private bank Coutts
06/23/2014
Agents at the IRS have been quietly rubbing their hands together in anticipation of July 1.
06/20/2014
Cayman Islands and the UK signed their 'Agreement to Improve International Tax Compliance'
06/20/2014
On 18 June the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced major changes to its offshore voluntary compliance programs, resulting in new guidance for both taxpayers overseas and those residing in the US.
06/19/2014
The TIEA will be in accordance with global regulatory standards.
06/19/2014
Time to close Cayman’s
‘Piggy Bank’
The borrowers take the money, the bank doesn’t get repaid, and the bank goes under or is bailed out
06/19/2014
Dividend imputation, which was introduced in 1987, eliminates double taxation of cash payouts
06/19/2014
The TIEA will enable the two tax authorities to have greater ability to exchange information for tax purposes in accordance with internationally agreed standards
06/19/2014
The information was secured under a landmark deal on undeclared Swiss bank accounts held by UK residents, which entered into force in January 2013.
06/18/2014
With everyone from Apple to Starbucks using aggressive tax planning to keep their earnings away from public coffers, it’s not surprising that countries are developing a business model for offshore banking.
06/17/2014
Bermuda has again been singled out and labelled “a tax haven” by US legislators as they last week attached an amendment to US federal funding measures, seeking to block federal contracts to former American companies involved in corporate inver
06/16/2014
These subsidiaries are often shell companies with few employees and no real business activity
06/16/2014
He’s known as Bitcoin Jesus in the world of cyber-currencies.
06/13/2014
Now those longstanding ties are unraveling as France toughens tax laws