04/17/2015
Non-doms and the Street of Sham
Standard proprietor Evgeny Lebedev, the Russian who last year dodged the Eye’s repeated questions over his own domicile
Tax
04/16/2015
Guernsey removed from Italian tax blacklist
The Italian Ministry of Finance has removed Guernsey from its revised tax blacklist
04/15/2015
Changes to non-dom rules could hurt business in Isle of Man
The scrapping of the non-domicile rule in the UK could have a damaging effect on the Isle of Man’s finance sector
04/15/2015
Changes to non-dom rules could hurt business in Isle of Man
The scrapping of the non-domicile rule in the UK could have a damaging effect on the Isle of Man’s finance sector
04/15/2015
Hollande heads to Switzerland to mend ties after tax squabbles
French presidents rarely pay a call to their Swiss counterparts
04/15/2015
Italy Removes Offshore Jurisdictions from Tax Blacklist
Italy Removes Offshore Jurisdictions from Tax Blacklist 21 countries that are now considered to have an adequate level of tax information exchange with Italy have been removed from the Italian tax blacklist.
04/14/2015
Vatican to share information
Vatican City signed an information sharing agreement with Italy earlier this month
04/14/2015
These celebrities shelter their wealth in tax havens
Celebrities share the same reluctance to pay taxes as the rest of us.
04/14/2015
Moore Stephens named "Most Outstanding Accountancy Firm – Isle of Man"
The Corporate LiveWire Awards recognise companies consistently excelling at helping their clients work through daily business challenges
04/14/2015
Twenty-eight English clubs are now owned overseas, increasing the risk of tax avoidance
Research by the Guardian and the Tax Justice Network reveals 28 English clubs with substantial shareholdings overseas, opening up the football leagues to criticism for allowing ownership structures that could be used for tax avoidance
04/13/2015
Italy Removes Bermuda From ‘Tax Blacklist’
Following Italy removing Bermuda from their ‘tax blacklist,’ Minister of Finance Bob Richards said he was “pleased that my counterpart Minister has taken this positive action.”
04/13/2015
Ricci perfumes heiress found guilty in HSBC tax fraud case
She was tried on charges that she hid more than $22 million (15 million pounds) from the French tax authorities using accounts and offshore entities based in Panama.
04/12/2015
Merger creates a perfect partnership
Mid-tier accountants Chantrey Vellacott DFK LLP is to merge with Moore Stephens LLP
04/12/2015
Long-overdue tax revolt is finally under way in Britain
When I moved from New York to London in the mid-1990s as a foreign correspondent, I hired a British accountant to ease me into the country’s tax system.
04/12/2015
‘HSBC has specifically targeted Argentina’
Tax Justice Network head John Christensen warns about the bank’s lobbying power
04/10/2015
Non-dom debate: Tories hit back with clampdown on inherited status
Yesterday Labour leader Ed Miliband said the current regime made the UK ‘an offshore tax haven for a few'.
04/10/2015
HMRC backs advice in fight against 780% tax charge appeal
Having misunderstood the tax position he failed to refer to the amounts in self-assessment returns.
04/09/2015
Misinformation dogs Labour promises to repeal Liberal non-dom regime by George Bull
Labour’s announcement today that it intends to abolish non-dom status for UK tax purposes has been dogged by misinformation on all sides. Contrary to much of the reporting, the modern concept of domicile only entered the tax system under the Liberal
04/09/2015
If Labour is serious about tax avoidance then why are they only going after non-doms?
Compared to non-residents, they barely even register on the scale
04/09/2015
France widens HSBC Swiss bank inquiry to global holding company
France is the latest nation to investigate activities at HSBC's Swiss private bank amid new allegations surrounding tax affairs.