03/07/2018

HMRC warns offshore tax dodgers

Anyone with offshore assets is being warned to make sure they disclose them, or they could face new, tougher penalties.

03/02/2018

MEPs continue crackdown on tax avoidance

MEPs have taken EU finance ministers to task over their decision to remove eight countries from the tax haven blacklist just one month after it was first published

02/20/2018

Surprise dip in tax from offshore-held property

HM Revenue & Customs has reported a surprise drop in the annual tax enveloped dwellings (ATED) take, which is payable mainly by companies that own UK residential property valued at £500,000 or above.

02/19/2018

Stay aware of US tax resident boundaries

Where are you considered a tax resident? By now, Bermuda residents with any local bank, investment, trust, corporate or other financial accounts should be very familiar with this question.

02/19/2018

The Bahamas: Clearly Focused

This spirit of cooperation is coupled with the teeth of enforcement, as the enactment of the UK Criminal Finances Act, extends extraterritorial reach to individuals and entities that fail to implement policies and procedures to prevent the facilitation of

02/19/2018

Will Smith’s advice on taxes: Pay them!

Smith’s appearance at the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit brought the two-day conference to a close and followed past years of bringing celebrities to Cayman, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Al Pacino.

02/16/2018

Israel, a Leading Tax Haven

Other Israeli citizens are taxed on all their income – whether earned domestically or abroad.

02/14/2018

Explain your wealth or have it seized

Despite the picture painted in the BBC’s recent McMafia series, the UK is not necessarily awash of dubious foreign wealth. But what is the UK doing to clampdown on money laundering and increase transparency?