05/05/2015
FATCA Guidance Notes for Mauritius based Financial Institutions - TMF
The Guidance Note provides practical assistance to Mauritius-based financial institutions, businesses, their advisers, and officials dealing with the application of FATCA.
05/04/2015
Bermuda listed among the biggest tax havens
Bermuda is listed as 14th in a survey of the world’s biggest tax havens
05/01/2015
The proposed abolition of the non-dom tax regime – don’t panic! by Dominic Lawrance, Charles Russell Speechlys
As discussed in our previous briefing, Labour calls time on the remittance basis, Ed Miliband has announced a policy of abolishing what he called the “non-dom tax regime”, to be implemented in the event of a Labour victory in the coming electi
04/30/2015
Cayman Islands registration of local Financial Institutions for FATCA purposes
The Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority announced this week that registrations of local Financial Institutions (FIs) for FATCA purposes concluded between 1 May 2015 and 12 May 2015 will not attract any adverse compliance consequences or enforcement m
04/30/2015
Singapore's government says it's not a tax haven, it's a value-adding hub
Singapore is not a tax haven, it's a value-adding hub
04/30/2015
Reminder Of Cayman FATCA Notification Deadline - Wlkers
The Department for International Tax Cooperation in the Cayman Islands announced yesterday that Financial Institutions should make every effort to complete their notification through the Automatic Exchange of Information Portal by Thursday, 30 April 2015
04/29/2015
Hodge accused of receiving £1.5m in shares from tax haven
The head of parliament's public accounts committee (PAC) has been accused of hypocrisy after it was claimed she received more than £1.5m in shares from the tax haven of Liechtenstein
04/27/2015
Lloyds Banking Group close to selling Isle of Man-based investment and tax planning business
To an offshore specialist funded by a private equity backer
04/24/2015
This article provides a reminder of the impending deadlines and action that is required for those BVI entities that are classified as “Foreign Financial Institutions” for the purposes of FATCA.
04/24/2015
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday introduced a new rule aimed at limiting hedge funds’ ability to reduce their tax bills by investing in insurance companies in offshore tax havens
04/22/2015
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04/22/2015
FATCA Reporting Bulletin
04/22/2015
Spanish law requires taxpayers to provide to the Spanish tax authorities information about offshore accounts
04/22/2015
Greg flagged up the possible removal of the UK Tax Return
04/21/2015
Open Day Friday 30 April 2015
04/21/2015
The European Investment Bank (EIB) was the first Development Financial Institution (DFI) to adopt a tax haven policy in 2009.
04/20/2015
Tensions between Swiss banks and the United States justice authorities should ease up in 2015
04/17/2015
The British Virgin Islands International Tax Authority (ITA) has launched its BVI Financial Account Reporting System (BVIFARS).
04/17/2015
Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev, the Russian who last year dodged the Eye’s repeated questions over his own domicile
04/17/2015
We wish to inform you that Mauritius has put in place a robust and proven regulatory system which is fully dedicated to combating money laundering or illicit transactions.