02/23/2015
The HSBC chief has UK non-domiciled tax status, allowing him to keep offshore income and capital gains out of the British tax net, because he is domiciled for tax purposes in Hong Kong, even though his job is based in London
02/23/2015
Former minister suspended by the PN
02/22/2015
HM Revenue & Customs is likely to address doubts surrounding the IHT-exemption of fully-flexible QROPS with a “wide review” into how overseas pensions are taxed
02/22/2015
Britain's government will consider introducing a law which would punish banks and accountants for helping people evade tax in the wake of the HSBC SwissLeaks claims
02/20/2015
The chancellor says the allegations are very serious but that such decisions are a matter for the prosecuting authorities
02/20/2015
This agreement, between the Algerian and British governments, is meant to encourage trading and investments between the two countries.
02/20/2015
Singapore and France signed an amended Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation to lower withholding tax rates for dividends and new anti-abuse provisions.
02/20/2015
The hysteria provoked by the recent HSBC data theft brings to mind some of the excesses of the McCarthy era. Yes, there is a real debate to be had, but in such a febrile atmosphere, individuals, businesses and UK plc could all be caught in the crossfire.
02/19/2015
HSBC’s London office earned millions of pounds in fees by creating some of Britain’s largest tax avoidance schemes
02/19/2015
Figures obtained by Pinsent Masons showed a 45% increase in the number of requests for information made by overseas governments as part of their own tax evasion investigations in 2013.
02/19/2015
With so much attention on FATCA in recent times, the financial services industry could be forgiven for seeing it as the most obtrusive regulation ever imposed.
02/19/2015
High-net-worth investors using property tax relief schemes without proper advice may get hit with requests for accelerated payment, Marios Gregori, tax partner at BDO, has warned.
02/19/2015
Barclays, Lloyds and RBS are poised to announce aggregate bonus awards of approximately £2.8bn, Sky News learns.
02/17/2015
New poll in the wake of HSBC revelations finds 52% of voters want less mercy shown to rich avoiding their dues
02/17/2015
Tax Commissioner Yiannakis Lazarou told MPs that between 2006 and 2012, authorities found 3,353 Cypriots with deposits abroad, taxing them €7.5 million in total.
02/15/2015
French authorities have disputed the Coalition Government's claims they effectively blocked prosecutions linked to the HSBC tax avoidance allegations
02/15/2015
Some of the biggest listed Irish firms have subsidiaries in so-called 'tax havens', like the British Virgin Islands, Jersey or Luxembourg. They say it's not to reduce their tax bills - so why are they there?
02/15/2015
When Sir David retired as chairman of Minerva in 2005, it was reported that his family trust sold 13.4 million shares in the company
02/12/2015
Originally introduced in 2008, the relief was initially capped at capital gains of £2m, but was subsequently raised to £10m.
02/12/2015
With the top 10% of income tax payers paying more than 55% of the UK’s income tax, we ask why politicians continue to portray these people as not paying their ‘fair share’.