News Stories Tagged 'Panama'
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OECD Releases Panama CRS Avoidance Update
by Ulrika Lomas, Lowtax.net, Brussels
03 December, 2018
The OECD has added to its guidance for financial institutions on ensuring that citizenship by investment and residency by investment schemes are not used to circumvent the new international tax information reporting standard, the Common Reporting Standard.
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Barbados Welcomes Removal From EU Tax Blacklist
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
25 January, 2018
Barbados's Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce, and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, has welcomed the European Council's January 23 decision to remove the island from its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.
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ECLAC Reinforces Need For 'Fair Tax' In LatAm, Caribbean
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
15 January, 2018
At a seminar to mark its 70th anniversary, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean highlighted the importance of territories in the region to wholeheartedly adopting evolving tax transparency standards, given the reputational impact on their economies if they are found to be non-compliant.
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Bermuda, Cayman Welcome Recognition From EU In Blacklist
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
06 December, 2017
Both Bermuda and the Cayman Islands have welcomed EU member states' decision to not include them on a "black list" of non-cooperative territories for tax purposes.
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Bermuda, Appleby Respond To Client Data Hack
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
31 October, 2017
Bermuda's Government has responded to media reports of a cyber hack of leading offshore law firm Appleby Global, in what some are calling a repeat of the Panama Papers leak.
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Guernsey Welcomes Rise In Inward Company Migration
by Amanda Banks, Lowtax.net, London
25 October, 2017
Guernsey says it's seeing strong growth in the number of companies moving to the territory, reporting that the third quarter was the strongest for the territory so far this year.
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Maltese PM Denounces Panama Papers Journalist Murder
by Amanda Banks, Lowtax.net, London
17 October, 2017
Malta's Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, has condemned the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, promising to bring those responsible to justice.
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Guernsey Sees Jump In Company Migrations
by Amanda Banks, Lowtax.net, London
03 August, 2017
Guernsey saw a jump in the number of companies, funds, and other structures being established in the territory in the first half of 2017.
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Jersey Forum Questions Onslaught Of New Int'l Regulations
by Amanda Banks, Lowtax.net, London
31 May, 2017
Jersey Finance's Annual Private Wealth Conference 2017 discussed the proliferation of new legislation internationally, which have been targeted at international financial crime by developed countries.
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BVI Regulator Fines 'Panama Papers' Law Firm
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
16 November, 2016
The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission has issued its largest ever fine, to Mossack Fonseca, the firm at the center of the "Panama Papers" leak.
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