Managers of Wealth Offshore

Ludlow Trust announces move into tax and advisory services, merges with the Charter Tax and Saffron Tax businesses

Saffron Tax Partners and Charter Tax, both long established and successful businesses

An overview of tax considerations for non-UK residents purchasing UK residential property

The purchase, ownership and sale of UK residential property by non-UK residents can result in complex UK tax considerations, which we explore in this article

New functionality available for FATCA reporting in BVIFARs portal

In a previous notice issued on 21 February 2022, the ITA provided detailed guidance on completing filings in these circumstances.

10 measures to expose sanctioned Russian oligarchs’ hidden assets

The Tax Justice Network has in response published a briefing detailing 10 transparency measures that the task forces can take to cut through financial secrecy

Tax haven firms double the number of Scottish properties they own

Companies based in major overseas tax havens have more than doubled the number of land and property titles they own in Scotland in just four years.

Biden proposes new minimum tax on billionaires, unrealized gains

Biden's billionaire tax would reduce deficit by $360B over next 10 years

UK ranks fifth in Europe for tax lost to offshore wealth

This also means that the UK ranks top when it comes to the estimated tax revenue lost as a result of offshore wealth, totalling £19.2bn.

Cyprus: Period for which tax incentive available for investment in innovative SMEs extended

The aim of the incentive is to boost entrepreneurship, support start-ups in developing innovative products and services, and strengthen the Cypriot entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Offshore Trustees Briefing Note Year-end housekeeping for 5 April 2022

We have outlined below matters that offshore trustees and directors of underlying companies

Imf: New, Increased Taxes A Must For 25% Revenue Target

The authorities have invested considerable resources in strengthening tax administration with a goal of increasing the revenue-to-GDP ratio to 25 percent.

Better Report Your Offshore Assets

The CRA's multi-pronged pursuit has left tax evaders fewer places to hide. If you have unreported investments, now may be a good time to disclose them.

Wealth firm fined £150k for failing to supply info to HMRC

HMRC counter avoidance director Mary Aiston said: “We are committed to ensuring everyone pays the tax they legally owe. We will not allow companies to simply ignore their legal duty.

Tax Disputes And Litigation Reviews 2022 - Ireland

The procedures for resolving those disputes, and the powers and approach of local tax authorities.

World’s first UN Tax Convention draft is antidote to sanctions-busting financial secrecy, campaigners announce

The draft convention would bring transparency to the estimated $10 trillion held offshore anonymously by wealthy individuals and the $1 trillion in profit shifted by multinational corporations across borders every year.

Closing Tax Havens Is the True Test of the West's Resolve

Their complicity has removed the incentives these elites might have had to rein in their countries' authoritarian leaders.

Companies are not problem, says one tax expert

Tax experts are sceptical about the idea that Guernsey should adopt a territorial tax system, and have countered the assertion that zero-10 has failed.

Skipton post pre-tax profits of £25.5m, a rise of 28%

It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Skipton Building Society, the UK’s fourth largest building society with assets of more than £29 billion.

‘Corporate tax reform before any GST moves’

GUERNSEY’S corporate tax system should be reformed before the public is asked to pay more via a goods and services tax, a former Treasury & Resources minister has said.

The Swiss banking clean-up is a mirage

The impact of Swiss ‘success’ in these areas amounts to, TJN estimates, tax losses suffered by other countries of some US$21 billion a year, or enough to fully vaccinate more than a billion people against COVID.

Complex Ownership Structures: Addressing the Risks for Beneficial Ownership Transparency

The report attempts to address some of the comments at the roundtable which questioned whether there is a need to regulate complexity or whether there’s adequate evidence that complexity is actually abused.