02/19/2018

Stay aware of US tax resident boundaries

Where are you considered a tax resident? By now, Bermuda residents with any local bank, investment, trust, corporate or other financial accounts should be very familiar with this question.

02/19/2018

The Bahamas: Clearly Focused

This spirit of cooperation is coupled with the teeth of enforcement, as the enactment of the UK Criminal Finances Act, extends extraterritorial reach to individuals and entities that fail to implement policies and procedures to prevent the facilitation of

02/19/2018

Will Smith’s advice on taxes: Pay them!

Smith’s appearance at the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit brought the two-day conference to a close and followed past years of bringing celebrities to Cayman, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Al Pacino.

02/16/2018

Israel, a Leading Tax Haven

Other Israeli citizens are taxed on all their income – whether earned domestically or abroad.

02/14/2018

Explain your wealth or have it seized

Despite the picture painted in the BBC’s recent McMafia series, the UK is not necessarily awash of dubious foreign wealth. But what is the UK doing to clampdown on money laundering and increase transparency?

02/07/2018

Tax: transparency is the new norm

The proliferation of new regulations worldwide, combined with deliberate data leaks to the media, has placed ever greater pressure on the global wealth advisory industry.

02/06/2018

Jersey fares better on secrecy list

JERSEY has dropped two places to 18th on a ‘financial secrecy’ list of jurisdictions compiled by a pressure group that campaigns for fair taxation and transparency.

02/06/2018

Regulations, tax court decision change captive landscape

The initiative, which began in 2012, targets multinational companies that use tax planning strategies that exploit gaps and mismatches in tax rules to shift profits to low or no-tax locations where they have little economic activity