04/10/2014
Charities will be able to choose which SORP they apply depending on which accounting standard they use. This will facilitate implementation of the new FRSSE framework which is expected shortly.
04/10/2014
The Government of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Government of the Republic of Ghana have signed the Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital Gains
04/08/2014
Historically, non-residents have not been subject to capital gains tax (CGT) unless carrying on a business in the UK through a branch or agency.
04/07/2014
A legal loophole made this possible until 2012.
04/07/2014
This is a purely civil procedure, and can be carried out without the tax evader being publicly named.
04/07/2014
These documents were the first stage in opening cross-jurisdictional tax-evasion investigations.
04/07/2014
With the inheritance tax threshold frozen, families are resorting to more desperate measures to avoid death duty
04/07/2014
The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme offers some generous tax breaks, but for unwary investors the program also has some tax pitfalls.
04/05/2014
The government says the number of such invoices jumped 45 percent in January - the first month the bills qualified for the lottery - from a year earlier to 46 million.
04/05/2014
A legal loophole made this possible until 2012. Authorities are now investigating institutions that may have abused the loophole to avoid taxes.
04/04/2014
The Luxembourg tax authorities this morning announced that the intergovernmental FATCA agreement (model 1) between Luxembourg and the United States was signed on 28 March 2014.
04/03/2014
The ATED is an annual tax charge of up to £143,750 on residential property situated in the UK worth £2m or more which is held by certain non-natural persons.
03/31/2014
Over 330 senior tax officials from more than 110 jurisdictions and international organisations met in Paris on 26-28 March 2014 during the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Global Forum on Transfer Pricing.
03/28/2014
"The rich are making the biggest contribution to the reduction of the deficit – because we are all in this together.”
03/27/2014
The Indian Tax authorities and the Swiss government could be headed for a showdown over what the Indian side regards as lack of co-operation from the Alpine country over access to information on bank accounts.
03/27/2014
MPs tell Barclays' tax haven to get out of Africa
Thirteen MPs have tabled an early day motion condemning the "negative impact" of Barclays' offshore tax avoidance in Africa.
03/26/2014
The EU 28 formally adopted the revised Savings Tax Directive on March 24, 2014
03/25/2014
Implementation of the new legislation will provide the Russian tax authorities with legal mechanisms for taxing international corporate and private structures.
03/25/2014
Thousands of ‘accidental Americans' could be unwittingly caught by the Foreign Accounting and Tax Compliance Act from July, leaving them exposed to US tax liabilities, Vestra Wealth has warned.
03/24/2014
Ghana and Denmark have signed a Double Taxation Agreement, moving the bilateral cooperation between the two countries to another level.