Lowtax Features Tagged 'Europe'
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12 May, 2015
Bermuda is one of the most prominent of the international offshore financial centers, with particularly strong insurance, investment fund and trusts sectors, and with a very well-developed advisory and financial infrastructure...
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13 Apr, 2015
Following the recent report in the world News section of lowtax.net that over 100 new St Kitts and Nevis Citizen by Investment (CBI) certificates have been signed recently, this feature explores the options open to those seeking a quick route...
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24 Mar, 2015
After 15 years of black lists, grey lists, white lists, rebukes, condemnations, threats, and interference from the "high-tax" world under the banner of various plurilateral organizations like the OECD, the G8, the G20 and the EU...
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30 Jan, 2015
As one of the first British dependent territories to develop tax-exempt corporate forms, Gibraltar has a long history as an offshore financial centre, with the focus initially on the traditional forms of offshore business like company...
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06 Nov, 2014
Switzerland is currently at a critical juncture in its long history as a safe haven for investors all over the world. Having agreed to corporate tax reforms with the European Union that will result in the abolition of certain tax-privileged...
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23 Sep, 2014
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) work to eradicate base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by multinational corporations includes the pledge to "counter harmful tax practices more effectively"...
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15 Sep, 2014
To listen to United States President Barack Obama and members of Congress rail against "unpatriotic" companies using corporate "inversions" to escape America's high 35% rate of corporate tax, you'd think that tax was the sole factor in a company's...
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23 Jul, 2014
The location of about a quarter of the worlds assets under management, Switzerland is a landlocked, independent country strategically located at the heart of continental Western Europe and measuring 15,941 square miles...
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25 Jun, 2014
Although one of the European Unions smaller member states in terms of population, Ireland is one of its most important business and finance hubs and the jurisdiction of choice for US companies investing into Europe...
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29 May, 2014
In March 2014, the European Parliament approved draft legislation for a Fourth European Union Anti-Money Laundering Directive. The proposals represent the EUs response to changes made to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations in 2012 and a review by the European Commission of the existing Third Money Laundering Directive, 2005. The key features of the proposed new directive are summarised here.
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