Managers of Wealth Offshore

Tax Officials Express Doubts About Fatca

As the law’s provisions have been phased in, some U.S. citizens who are living permanently abroad have given up their citizenship to avoid inadvertently triggering steep tax bills.

Colombia puts Panama on tax haven black list

The tax chief told the radio station that Panama would be taken off the list once it had provided the requested information to Colombian authorities.

End of Swiss banking secrecy in sight by 2018

Long the bedrock of the Swiss financial sector, banking secrecy has come under mounting pressure since the global financial crisis.

Guernsey Tax Bulletin - Deloitte

The Budget proposals are due to be debated by the States of Guernsey on 29 October. An overview of the proposals is set out below.

Enclaves: The top five not-so-offshore tax jurisdictions

There's a short video doing the rounds of Facebook at the moment which shows the changes to the world's national borders over the last 1,000 years.

Indian, Swiss tax authorities expected to meet over controversial 'HSBC list'

New Delhi wants to exert pressure on the Alp nation following a pact between the world's key economies, G20, for sharing information on bank accounts and tax offenders.

Tough talk on tax means nothing if every country does different things

Obama and Osborne have been quick to promise an end to avoidance. But this is best achieved through collective action

Dealing with foreign revenue authorities

Those administering offshore structures are increasingly exposed to the consequences of moves to increase the level of cross-border tax assistance.

Swiss Tax Burden To Remain Stable

The tax-take accruing to cantons was 6.6 percent of GDP, up from 6.5 percent. The tax-to-GDP ratio for municipalities was unchanged at 4.1 percent.

High Net Worth Family Tax Report - Loeb & Loeb

What You Need to Know About Corporate Inversions

Beware FATCA & Undercover Agents

DQ is continuing to see an increased use of undercover agents by the IRS and other tax authorities in offshore jurisdictions.

Possibly Hundreds Of Icelanders Using Tax Shelters

Documents offered to the Directorate of Internal Revenue could prove that hundreds of Icelanders are avoiding paying taxes through the use of shelters.

Tax bureau gets Swiss bank accounts data

The head of the AFIP tax bureau Ricardo Echegaray received yesterday an encrypted CD from the French government containing information on 3,900 undeclared bank accounts of Argentine origin in the Swiss branch of HSBC.

Global crackdown on tax havens fails to sway Australian companies

Australia's top companies have been unswayed by a global crackdown on corporate tax avoidance, with almost 60 per cent of the top 200 listed companies holding subsidiaries in tax havens or low-tax jurisdictions.

Signatures handed in to protect domestic banking secrecy

On this point, cabinet is set to address the concerns raised by the initiative, as it instructed the finance ministry in July to draw up a revision of the Swiss fiscal code to address tax evasion issues.

FATCA: What's everyone else doing?

For most managers, this deceptively simple first step has often proved to be the most difficult.

UAE, Barbados sign agreement

Agreement was signed by Reem Bint Ebrahim Al Hashemi, Minister of State, and Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Barbados

Mauritius, India in talks to address tax treaty concerns

Dispelling 'misperceptions' that Mauritius is a tax haven, its financial sector regulator has said the island nation is in discussions with India to address concerns and make changes to the bilateral tax treaty.

Australia: Investment via limited partnership falls out of double tax treaty

This article focuses on the 2014 Australian Full Federal Court decision in Commissioner of Taxation v Resources Capital Fund III LP

Swiss Banks’ DoJ Emissary Sees Tax Spats Drag on in 2015

“It will be a costly exercise that will run until spring of next year,” Shelby du Pasquier, a partner at Lenz & Staehelin in Geneva, told the Euroforum private banking conference in Zurich today.