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14 Feb, 2017
With its favorable company and personal tax regimes continuing to attract strong numbers of foreign investors, Malta is the subject of this month's special feature...
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02 Aug, 2016
Located in South East Asia, Singapore is a highly developed and successful free market economy which enjoys an open and corruption-free environment, stable prices, a low tax regime and the sixth-highest per capita GDP in the world...
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01 Feb, 2016
According to the International Monetary Fund, Malta has one of the fastest growing economies and most stable financial sectors in the Eurozone. With its favourable company and personal tax regimes continuing to attract strong numbers...
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07 Jan, 2016
Automatic exchange of information for tax law enforcement purposes started first in Europe with the EU Savings Tax Directive, went international with the US Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act, and, from 2017, will go global...
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10 Apr, 2015
UAE Offshore Companies are used for a variety of business purpose ranging from setting up business entities to owning overseas financial and real estate assets, inheritance planning, setting up holding companies and special purpose...
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28 Jul, 2014
A lot has been achieved over the past decade to prepare for a level tax playing field between âMain Streetâ retailers and their online competitors. However, with a key piece of legislation having stalled in Congress...
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17 Jul, 2014
As Jersey, the British Crown Dependency and offshore financial centre, becomes the first jurisdiction in the world to establish a regulator-approved Bitcoin investment fund, this month we chart developments over the past year...
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23 Aug, 2013
Research tends to inform us that as individuals we pay much more in tax then we actually need to. However, when it comes to tax planning, it is difficult in the current climate to know where the line between acceptable and unacceptable tax planning is drawn. This feature does not attempt to suggest where that line is or should be, but to draw attention to the issue of tax planning by highlighting some key developments in this area covered by our sister publication, Tax-News.com.
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25 Jul, 2013
For owners and users of private yachts and aircraft in Europe, navigating the European Unions all-pervading tax rules is a daunting task, especially when they are subject to change on a regular basis.
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13 Jun, 2013
Foundations have long existed in civil law countries where the concept of an Anglo-Saxon trust is unfamiliar. But as competition for a larger slice of the global wealth management cake has intensified in recent years, several, mainly offshore, common law jurisdictions have incorporated foundations laws into their own suites of offshore legislation in order to attract new money from a rapidly increasing population of wealthy individuals and families in emerging economies such as China, Russia, and in Latin America. Guernsey is the latest jurisdiction to begin offering foundations, and is the focus of this feature.
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