04/06/2015
The profits that executives share on deals with investors have historically been classed as capital gains and taxed at a lower rate than income, which meant buyout managers could sometimes pay rates of 18 per cent or less.
04/06/2015
The "non-deductibility of costs" list now therefore includes only 46 tax jurisdictions. 21 have been cancelled as already having TIEAs in effect, namely: Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands, Anguill
04/02/2015
British Expats Facing Confusion Over Onshore and Offshore Bank Accounts
British people and expats with accounts with international banks in the Channel Island of Jersey are facing confusion over a global clampdown on tax avoidance and money laundering
04/02/2015
Tax Evasion is Criminal
New criminal offences in crack down on tax evasion
04/02/2015
Greek government bets big on tax evasion crackdown in latest proposal
The FT has obtained a copy of Greece's latest proposal for bailout funds
04/01/2015
Guernsey Is Not a Tax Haven: KPMG
KPMG Head of Tax Tony Mancini discusses the Channel Islands and the accusations that the island chain isn't tax transparent
04/01/2015
Last week HMRC and DWP published a joint report entitled ‘Tackling Fraud, Error and Debt in the Benefits and Tax Credits System’. But its publication has presented us with a wider question, namely why are HMRC so coy about their tax prosecutio
04/01/2015
Agreement part of a campaign to clean up the enclave state’s finances
04/01/2015
Welcome to the April 2015 edition of the Isle of Man Tax Bulletin, which provides an update on recent local and international tax issues relevant to Isle of Man businesses and individuals.
03/31/2015
A key economic and political philosophy behind this is that nobody ‘likes’ paying tax
03/31/2015
Luxembourg has been warned that it has to diversify its economy and reduce the reliance of its financial sector on providing financial functions for multinational companies if it is to survive any campaign on international tax avoidance.
03/31/2015
Russia's Parliament, the Duma, has approved a draft law to allow taxpayers to regularize previously undeclared assets held offshore
03/30/2015
The Finance Team is part of HRMC’s High Net Worth Unit, which targets high earners in private equity, investment banks, hedge funds and other funds.
03/29/2015
Britain's tax havens told to deliver timetable on central register
Britain's government has told two of its offshore financial tax havens to set out timetables for implementing a central register of companies revealing corporate ownership
03/29/2015
HMRC Wins Case Over World’s Most Expensive House
Updown Court, a huge 100-room mini-palace in Surrey was once valued at £80 million, but was seized during an HM Revenue & Customs tax evasion investigation in 2001.
03/27/2015
The European Commission has announced the conclusion of negotiations on an ambitious new tax transparency agreement with Switzerland
03/27/2015
HM Revenue and Customs has secured three tribunal wins against tax avoidance schemes, protecting more than £260m in tax.
03/27/2015
The meeting, which was concluded earlier on Thursday, was also attended by Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos and the President of the Parliament Zoi Konstantopoulou.
03/27/2015
Swiss banks will not give the Greek government information on Greek depositors who are suspected of tax evasion, said a high-level official of the Financial Crime Unit.
03/26/2015
Greece, Switzerland Resume Talks On Untaxed Money
Greece and Switzerland were to hold a new round of talks Thursday on a deal designed to help the cash-strapped Mediterranean country recover billions of euros in unpaid taxes.