04/27/2015
Taxman gazes at rising stars of high net worth
Revenue & Customs is stepping up its scrutiny of the rising stars of sport, investment banking and entrepreneurial business
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04/27/2015
HMRC ramps up high-net-worth tax avoidance clampdown
HMRC has increased its scrutiny of potential tax avoidance among high-net-worth individuals following the launch of a specialist team
04/24/2015
Pre-Election tax planning – is it worth the effort? by George Bull, Baker Tilly
Pre-Election tax planning used to be a national pastime, but our collective appetite seems to have waned. Why is that, and could people be doing more?
04/22/2015
Madrid Tax Data Reveals Gib is No Haven for Spanish Money
Spanish law requires taxpayers to provide to the Spanish tax authorities information about offshore accounts
04/22/2015
Manx and UK tax update
Greg flagged up the possible removal of the UK Tax Return
04/21/2015
'Fight tax havens, start with the European Investment Bank', argues new report
The European Investment Bank (EIB) was the first Development Financial Institution (DFI) to adopt a tax haven policy in 2009.
04/20/2015
Australia reaches tax loophole crackdown deal with UK
Australia and the UK have reached a deal aimed at helping tackle profit-shifting practices by multinational companies, such as Apple, Google, and Microsoft
04/20/2015
Diverted Profits Tax – Q&A - Eversheds
The UK Finance Act 2015 has introduced a new tax on diverted profits from 1 April 2015 that has potentially wide application to both UK and non-UK business with activities in the UK.
04/17/2015
Do taxes always go up after an election? by George Bull, Baker Tilly
It’s often said that taxes always increase after an election, but how true is that? We’ve done the hard work so you don’t have to, and the results may surprise you…
04/17/2015
Non-doms and the Street of Sham
Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev, the Russian who last year dodged the Eye’s repeated questions over his own domicile
04/16/2015
Guernsey removed from Italian tax blacklist
The Italian Ministry of Finance has removed Guernsey from its revised tax blacklist
04/15/2015
Changes to non-dom rules could hurt business in Isle of Man
The scrapping of the non-domicile rule in the UK could have a damaging effect on the Isle of Man’s finance sector
04/15/2015
Changes to non-dom rules could hurt business in Isle of Man
The scrapping of the non-domicile rule in the UK could have a damaging effect on the Isle of Man’s finance sector
04/15/2015
Hollande heads to Switzerland to mend ties after tax squabbles
French presidents rarely pay a call to their Swiss counterparts
04/15/2015
Italy Removes Offshore Jurisdictions from Tax Blacklist
Italy Removes Offshore Jurisdictions from Tax Blacklist 21 countries that are now considered to have an adequate level of tax information exchange with Italy have been removed from the Italian tax blacklist.
04/14/2015
Vatican to share information
Vatican City signed an information sharing agreement with Italy earlier this month
04/14/2015
These celebrities shelter their wealth in tax havens
Celebrities share the same reluctance to pay taxes as the rest of us.
04/14/2015
Moore Stephens named "Most Outstanding Accountancy Firm – Isle of Man"
The Corporate LiveWire Awards recognise companies consistently excelling at helping their clients work through daily business challenges
04/14/2015
Twenty-eight English clubs are now owned overseas, increasing the risk of tax avoidance
Research by the Guardian and the Tax Justice Network reveals 28 English clubs with substantial shareholdings overseas, opening up the football leagues to criticism for allowing ownership structures that could be used for tax avoidance
04/13/2015
Italy Removes Bermuda From ‘Tax Blacklist’
Following Italy removing Bermuda from their ‘tax blacklist,’ Minister of Finance Bob Richards said he was “pleased that my counterpart Minister has taken this positive action.”