Managers of Wealth Offshore

IRS Targets Banks In FATCA Crackdown

The US Internal Revenue Service has posted tax investigators to foreign embassies to lead a Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act crackdown on suspected tax evasion.

Non-doms to feel the squeeze by Gary Heynes

This would push the remittance basis charge into the realms of just being available for the ultra-wealthy or those who are short-term in the UK.

Saffery Champness recognised in new Power Women awards

All nominations were reviewed by a panel of 11 judges led by Julia Warrander, chartered wealth manager and founding member of Affinity Private Wealth.

Fiji Gives Amnesties On Offshore Assets, Tax Penalties

The Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority has announced two six-month amnesty programs, for undeclared offshore assets and for persons struggling to pay tax dues.

Searching Black money is like peeling onion

The issue of Indians hoarding black money in Swiss Bank and in other tax havens has been a political issue for so many years.

Democratic lawmakers push bill to stop corporate offshore tax moves

Democratic lawmakers Tuesday pushed legislation to stop U.S. companies from reincorporating overseas to reduce their tax bills, saying a wave of so-called inversions last year has nearly doubled the revenue the federal government will lose from those move

Cayman Islands: Caribbean IFCs: Well Regulated Parts Of The International Furniture

Observers of Offshore Financial Centres will know that post 2008 they have been weathering a perfect storm.

Switzerland, Italy Reach Agreement On Tax Treaty

The new agreement as "unthinkable several years ago

Tax issues take back seat on SA boards

Deloitte tax head Nazrien Kader said tax issues might have temporarily fallen off

U.S. and China Team Up to Launch Global Tax System

In the world of offshore asset protection and personal finance, you regularly come across the claim that there are only two countries that actively tax their residents’ worldwide income: the United States and Eritrea.

IRS Switches On FATCA Tax Information Swapping

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act information exchange network has gone live and is receiving the first reports on the financial affairs of US taxpayers.

The move towards international tax transparency in Spain

Paradoxically, the tax amnesty laid the foundations for absolute tax transparency for those Spanish taxpayers

ATO clamps down on super rich tax dodge

It identified over $300 million in untaxed liabilities and recovered $105 million.

Here's The Who's Who In China's Offshore Tax Havens

The growing onshore and offshore wealth of China's elites "may not be strictly illegal

Super, wealth funds plead to OECD for tax rule exemption

AUSTRALIA’s and New Zealand’s largest superannuation funds and sovereign wealth funds, including the $70 billion Queensland Investment Corporation and $26bn New Zealand Superannuation Fund

International law firm launches Middle East tax practice

He will launch the firm's Tax practice in the Middle East, focusing on multinationals with a tax presence in the region and FATCA-related services in light of Qatar and the UAE having agreed to join the OECD's Common Reporting Standard from 2017

Switzerland’s Financial Centre Reforms Are A Work In Progress

In the last few months Switzerland has made progress in making its financial centre internationally compliant.

Lawmakers Re-introduce Bill to Curb Offshore Tax Havens

A pair of Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate have re-introduced legislation aimed at preventing the abuse of offshore tax havens by multinational companies.

Billionaire water boss in the spotlight

Northumbrian Water bosses have defended the company against allegations its billionaire foreign owner has used a legal tax loophole to boost profits.

Swiss citizens come clean on tax cheats

A total of 15,039 Swiss residents have filed voluntary disclosures since the government introduced an amnesty