06/03/2014
BDO strengthens Tax Investigations team with two partner promotions
These promotions follow a successful year for the team including continued year on year growth and new work.
06/02/2014
The G20 group of countries is working with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development to implement a plan to tackle on tax avoidance and evasion.
06/02/2014
Under U.S. guidance issued in early April 2014, foreign financial institutions (FFIs) located in a jurisdiction that has reached an “agreement in substance” with the United States, under the FATCA regime, will be treated as having an agreement
06/02/2014
HMRC’s Direct Recovery of Debt proposals raise concerns that tax inspectors could have a new way to access private bank transaction histories without the appropriate safeguards.
06/02/2014
The revelations have already led to the resignation of the head of Deutsche Post, which is currently the world’s largest logistics company
06/02/2014
Labour and consumption are heavily taxed, while wealth is taxed lower than in other Western European countries
05/29/2014
The OECD and the Council of Europe's Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters will be effective in Guernsey from the start of August.
05/28/2014
Parts of the law are at the constitutional level,” meaning a two-thirds majority is needed in parliament to enact changes, he says.
05/28/2014
The Swiss Government is poised to pass HMRC a "hit list" of ten nations where holders of Swiss bank accounts siphon their money to.
05/27/2014
Barristers, accountants and solicitors were among the people targeted by HMRC to collect an extra £1billion
05/27/2014
The report states that the contract ended “during 2013”
05/27/2014
The Government’s crackdown on tax avoidance has seen a record £23.9bn raised in additional tax for the year to the end of March.
05/26/2014
Azerbaijan and IRS reached an agreement on FATCA
05/26/2014
After meeting head to head between the two counterparts were meeting with both delegations.
05/26/2014
The question remains if any other Swiss bank will suffer the same fate as Wegelin, that was forced to dissolve after being convicted by a criminal court at the beginning of 2013.
05/23/2014
Those negotiation exercises have since been completed leading to the creation of draft agreements waiting to be signed
05/21/2014
Many charities allow observers at Trustee Board meetings.
05/21/2014
The latest National Audit Office (NAO) report into tax reliefs might make uncomfortable reading for those wanting to pass their farm business on to the next generation.
05/20/2014
A staggering £100billion worth of sales are raked in by firms every year, yet never disclosed to the authorities
05/19/2014
Spain’s onshore reputation and global network double taxation treaties provide Spain with an excellent platform from which to offer international onshore structures.