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Kenya and Portugal sign pact to avoid double taxation

Avoidance of double taxation will create a conducive environment for investments and trade in goods and services between the countries

20 EU states dragging their feet on beneficial owner lists

The crown dependencies, which include Jersey and Guernsey, have a different constitutional relationship with the UK compared to the overseas territories

Establishing a Business Presence in the United States

The way ECI and FDAP is taxed and collected differs too.

Understanding Social Investment Tax Relief and how to make it work

It is a tax incentive modelled on the better-known Enterprise Investment Scheme

One Sector That’s Not Cheering French Tax Cuts

France's large charitable sector has been hit hard by Emmanuel Macron's changes to the tax code.

Offshore tax evasion: offences relating to offshore income

A conviction for any of these offences can lead to a custodial sentence for up to 6 months and, an unlimited fine in England and Wales, or a fine not exceeding £5,000 in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Worlds biggest corporate tax haven its no paradise island

They began their research by comparing the profits made within a country to the amount of corporate activity.

Changes to the taxation of UK property for Middle Eastern investors

Capital gains tax will be extended to cover disposals of commercial real estate and to indirect disposals

Tax avoiding freelancers targetted in latest HMRC push

HMRC tells the paper that while they can return the unpaid tax in instalments, it expects the average of £50,000 in underpayments for each freelancer to be returned in full.

DAC 6 to give teeth to BEPS in the EU

DAC 6 to give teeth to BEPS in the EU - New disclosure rules for advisers and clients on cross-border transactions

Yorkshire expansion for accountancy firm

The firm is opening an office in Harrogate, in addition to its existing bases in Newcastle and Durham, which will become a focal point for its growing presence in Yorkshire and surrounding areas.

New 'profit fragmentation' tax rules could affect non-doms, says expert

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) believes that current anti avoidance legislation is ineffective against these schemes and so intends to implement new rules from April 2019.

Big Four, big influence: architects of corporate tax avoidance embedded in EU policy-making to fight the problem

The proposal intends to force corporations to pay tax where they generate profit, rather than shifting profits to tax havens, by requiring them to publish information on every country they operate in.

Tax Bulletin 2018 - UK Non-resident CGT - Update Following the Publication of Draft Finance Bill Clauses

The draft legislation contains the core provisions as laid out in the original consultation document, but with some changes following the consultation responses.

The Tax Dodge That Cost the German Treasury Billions

Prosecutors say dozens of banks and brokerage houses helped investors create massive returns for nearly a decade.

Two firms linked to multi-million euro tax fraud involving Cristiano Ronaldo are based in Dublin

The Real Madrid star was last month handed a two-year suspended jail sentence and fined €18.8million after reaching a deal with Spanish authorities over tax evasion

How French journalists used the Offshore Leaks database to find local stories

Taxman lets robots do the snooping on evasion

Algorithms can identify inconsistencies between data submitted by individuals and information from the Land Registry, credit card statements, overseas accounts

UK fight against money laundering is fragmented and overwhelmed, MPs told

Too many lines of communication inevitably add to bureaucracy, delay and costs

Buy-to-let landlords trapped by tax system

This leaves landlords feeling trapped