12/07/2017
Mazars to strengthen financial planning offering via acquisition
Mazars also enters into a joint venture with The Embark Group to launch ‘Vested’, a new employee benefits joint venture
Tax
12/06/2017
First tax havens blacklist published by EU
EU tax commissioner Pierre Moscovici said the blacklist represented "substantial progress", adding: "Its very existence is an important step forward.
12/06/2017
How to avoid HMRC’s new powers turning into a can of worms by George Bull
Sometimes new tax rules bear little resemblance to the colourful label applied when they were announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It’s important that HMRC’s new powers to tackle tax avoidance don’t turn into a can of worms.
12/05/2017
International Tax for Asset Managers Update Library
A global focus on the investment management industry
12/05/2017
EU blacklist names 17 tax havens and puts Caymans and Jersey on notice
Brussels identifies 17 states including South Korea, Barbados, Panama and UAE with 47 others such as the Isle of Man and Bermuda warned
12/04/2017
Proposed new UK royalty withholding tax will apply from April 2019
Income tax should be deducted at source from royalties paid to a non-resident, subject to the terms of any double tax treaty.
12/04/2017
Prince Andrew defends Queen in Paradise Papers tax row
The Duke of York defended the investment as he spoke about his plans to emulate Prince Albert as the “entrepreneur-in- residence” at Buckingham Palace.
12/04/2017
Bermuda signs tax agreement with UK
Bermuda is the first UK Overseas Territory to sign a CbC Competent Authority Agreement with the UK.
12/01/2017
Scrapping inheritance tax is good for all of us
Passing wealth freely down the generations reduces inequality more effectively than IHT
12/01/2017
Goldcrest tax avoidance film scheme loses £44m appeal
The win came after the scheme, used by Patrick Degorce, a hedge fund manager, who was defeated at the Court of Appeal.
11/30/2017
Paradise Papers Ties Must Be Examined: Dutch Watchdog To Trusts
The Dutch Watchdog Tasked To Investigate If Any Of Their Clients Are Connected To The Paradise Papers Revelations
11/30/2017
Revenue gets €2.9bn from offshore probes
Mr Cody said that Revenue's investigation on foot of the Paradise Papers was at an "early stage".
11/30/2017
Cyprus Auditor general requests tax data for politically exposed persons
MPs had earlier urged the auditor-general to discover if, and when, a number of officials – including president Nicos Anastasiades, ministers and party leaders had filed tax returns since 2008.
11/29/2017
HMRC Takes Tough Stance On Tax Avoidance
It Is This Behaviour That Encourages HMRC To Suspect
11/28/2017
SMP Accounting & Tax - UK Autumn Budget 2017
A lot has happened since the last budget on 8 March 2017,
11/28/2017
Tax Justice Network in blacklist warning to UK financial sector
It said the study was overseen for it by Wouter Lips, a PhD researcher at the Ghent Institute For International Studies at Ghent University.
11/26/2017
Paradise Papers was 'ploy' to influence first ever tax haven blacklist
On December 5 the European Council will release a blacklist of non EU-countries that are deemed to be tax havens.
11/26/2017
British government accused of being soft on tax avoidance
Ministers fail to stop EU taking steps to name and shame British overseas territories in tax haven blacklist
11/24/2017
Budget 2017: HMRC To Widen Tax Evasion Clampdown
HMRC can Always Assess At Least 12 Years Of Back Taxes Without Needing To Establish Deliberate Non-Compliance
11/24/2017
Tax law has become sexy — but lawyers need to be careful when advising clients
The vice around tax avoidance and evasion is tightening