06/04/2015
Ocean Finance Upper Tribunal Judgment - Deloitte
Webcast: 8 June 2015, 4pm
Tax
06/04/2015
Accord to Avoid Double Taxation with Norway Now Before Bulgarian Parliament
The updated system to avoid double taxation between Bulgaria and Norway will intensify the bilateral trade and economic cooperation
06/03/2015
Tax evader crackdown by HMRC widens to smaller cases
A sharp fall in the average length of custodial sentences given to criminal tax evaders is a clear signal that HM Revenue & Customs is increasingly targeting smaller cases
06/03/2015
Belgium targets low-tax wealth structures with its new “Cayman Tax”
Belgium has therefore decided to follow its Dutch neighbour's example and target income received from low-tax wealth structures.
06/03/2015
No safe havens… by Gary Heynes
Perhaps surprisingly, Switzerland is one the first to sign up to an automatic exchange agreement with the EU, with Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino set to follow. This means that very soon there will be no safe haven for hidden funds…
06/02/2015
Development MEPs call for action to target tax evasion in developing countries
Development MEPs called on companies in all countries to adopt country-by-country reporting and make all information public in order to fight tax evasion and illicit money flows in developing countries, in a resolution adopted on Monday afternoon.
06/02/2015
Sentence length for tax evasion plummets
The average custodial sentence length for criminal tax evasion has fallen by around 60% over the last four years
06/01/2015
Spanish Wealth Tax. How Does It Affect You And What Can You Do?
Wealth tax is an annual tax, payable on the total value of your taxable assets as at 31st December.
06/01/2015
Tax And Pensions Following The UK Election
Now that the dust has settled on the UK elections, what does the result mean for tax and pensions?
06/01/2015
SMP Accounting & Tax - VAT Newsletter - May 2015
Welcome to the latest VAT newsletter that looks at the latest changes to the VAT systems in the UK, the Isle of Man and throughout the EU.
05/29/2015
FATCA Reporting Bulletin - Deloitte
HMRC are aware that difficulties are being experienced in validating FATCA registrations in advance of the 31 May 2015 deadline.
05/29/2015
Tax Planning And Portugal’s Non Habitual Residence Scheme
To qualify as a non-habitual resident you must not have been tax resident in Portugal for any of the previous five years
05/29/2015
EY’s Private Client Team win Accountancy Firm of the Year award
EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
05/29/2015
PwC To Host Annual Island Tax Conference
Other speakers will include PwC Tax Director George Sharpe
05/28/2015
Amazon – first to blink in the game of international tax poker? by George Bull, Baker Tilly
Amazon may be the first of many multinational corporations to recognise UK profits in the UK, rather than in overseas tax-haven operations.
05/27/2015
Banks' profits recover, but they are paying less in corporation tax
Research shows corporation tax receipts from banks are lower than before crisis despite global tax payments staying constant
05/27/2015
Greece Has Not Asked Switzerland to Name Suspected Tax Evaders
Switzerland has started uploading on the internet the names of Swiss bank depositors who are probed for tax evasion in their countries.
05/27/2015
Bulgari brothers to face trial on tax evasion ch
The investigation centres on a subsidiary based in Ireland which prosecutors say allowed Bulgari to benefit unfairly from that country's lower corporate tax rate, a judicial source said.
05/27/2015
Officials sign Swiss-EU data exchange deal
Switzerland and the European Union have signed an agreement providing for the automatic exchange of banking information, effective 2018
05/26/2015
Greece says ATM levy, bank transaction tax no longer being discussed
The reason for the contradictory statements was not immediately clear.