06/24/2014

Axa offshore bond change offers entire tax free entitlement

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.

06/13/2014

US watchdog report blasts Cayman as top tax haven

Citizens For Tax Justice and the US Public Interest Research Group are slinging mud at the Cayman Islands in a new joint report that calls Cayman one of the top tax havens for US companies.

06/11/2014

Private client community divided by public disclosure plans

The initiative, first unveiled at the G8 summit last year, forms part of global efforts to crack down on tax evasion, and the UK government was vocal about stopping its citizens from using shadowy ‘shell companies’ for money laundering.