03/16/2018
Tax enforcement and compliance aspects of the UK Spring Statement
The paper is generally focussed on what platforms can do to educate users
Tax
03/15/2018
EU Commission challenges UK’s VAT treatment of trading on certain UK commodity markets
The UK has two months to respond to the Commission’s letter and will set out its views.
03/15/2018
Spring Statement Tax Bulletin
This is not simply based on raw data but is intended to reflect the depth of user contribution to the profit model of the group.
03/14/2018
Spring Statement reactive comment: Nancy Curtin,Close Brothers
Improved tax revenues and better growth have provided a boost to public finances, giving some fiscal room for manoeuvre.
03/14/2018
EU reveals how jurisdictions dodged tax haven blacklist
The original list contained 17 jurisdictions, but eight were removed after one month.
03/13/2018
Serbia joins the global community in tackling tax evasion through international tax cooperation
Members of the Global Forum already include all G20 and OECD countries, all international financial centres and many developing countries.
03/13/2018
EU states agree on transparency rules to curb tax avoidance
The rules, which are due to come into force on July 1, 2020, are part of an effort by the bloc to shut down corporate ploys to shift profits to low-tax countries.
03/12/2018
McMafia, tax neutrality and Compliance Officers: the Jersey funds story
Even the Queen's estate has holdings in offshore funds.
03/12/2018
Europe cracks down on luxury yacht tax dodge
Practices in Greece, Cyprus and Malta distort competition in the maritime sector, violate EU law “and must come to an end,” he said.
03/12/2018
HMRC wins fight to close £55m directors’ bonuses tax loophole
The money saved could pay the annual salaries of around 2,400 newly qualified teachers.
03/09/2018
EU set to add Bahamas, US Virgin Islands to tax haven blacklist
The grey list includes dozens of jurisdictions from all over the world.
03/09/2018
Changes to non-dom tax legislation: Saffery Champness
The Finance Bill, which will take effect from 6 April 2018, provides revised legislation regarding the recycling of benefits from offshore trusts via non-resident beneficiaries and the tax treatment of distributions to close family members of the settlor.
03/07/2018
Andersen Global Announces inks two Collaboration deals in Poland
A2Z Tax & Legal specializes in tax, legal, transfer pricing, consultancy services, including VAT consultancy, due diligence, customs consultancy, mergers & acquisitions, labor law, administrative law and valuation.
03/07/2018
HMRC warns offshore tax dodgers
Anyone with offshore assets is being warned to make sure they disclose them, or they could face new, tougher penalties.
03/06/2018
Sir Bradley Wiggins put money into ‘shocking’ Cup Trust tax avoidance plan
The charity was closed down by the Charity Commission last year after this newspaper exposed how it was used by wealthy donors in a scam designed to avoid tens of millions of pounds in tax.
03/05/2018
Pension trustees more alert to fraud risks but complacency remains survey finds
Meanwhile, almost two thirds of trustees (64 per cent) reported that they had received fraud risk training within the last year, up from just one in five (22 per cent) last year.
03/02/2018
New Dutch policy on tax evasion and avoidance published
The specific new legislative rules included in the policy will need to be approved by Dutch Parliament in the next couple of years and are therefore subject to discussion and potential changes.
03/02/2018
MEPs continue crackdown on tax avoidance
MEPs have taken EU finance ministers to task over their decision to remove eight countries from the tax haven blacklist just one month after it was first published
03/02/2018
Maltese MEPs don’t want new tax committee ‘wasting resources’ on Malta’s tax system
MEPs have set up a new committee to investigate tax avoidance practices across the EU: Malta could be a target
02/26/2018
Offshore companies owning UK residential property
New UK tax considerations in 2018