News Stories Tagged 'insurance'
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Malta Announces Individual Tax Reliefs In 2022 Budget
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
01 November, 2021
Malta's recently released 2022 Budget includes measures to support low-income workers and those working part-time or overtime, to improve the supply of affordable housing, and to introduce a new concessionary tax regime for artists and performers.
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OECD Tax Plans To Have Relatively Small Impact On Bermuda: Fitch
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
01 November, 2021
Bermuda's appeal as a domicile for (re)insurance will be dulled by the OECD's latest international tax plans. However, the impact is likely to be less than the territory experienced after the US tax reform of 2017, says credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings.
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Bermuda To Launch Codes Of Conduct For Banks, Insurers
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
26 April, 2021
The Bermuda Monetary Authority has released a responses document on the development of a conduct of business regulatory regime in the territory.
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Bermuda Regulator To Add Conduct Oversight To Mandate
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
31 August, 2020
The Bermuda Monetary Authority has recently released a discussion paper on its plans to broaden its mandate by developing a conduct of business regime for the financial services sectors it regulates.
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Cayman Rules Out New Taxes In Response To COVID-19
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
18 August, 2020
The Government of the Cayman Islands has ruled out the introduction of direct taxes or new indirect taxes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bahamas Announces COVID-19 Tax Reliefs
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
15 April, 2020
The Bahamas Department of Inland Revenue has announced a Tax Credit and Tax Deferral Employment Retention Programme, which will benefit businesses with an annual turnover of BSD3m (USD3m) or more and a minimum of 25 non-executive employees.
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US Insurance Regulator Grants Bermuda Reciprocal Jurisdiction Status
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
31 December, 2019
Bermuda has been granted Reciprocal Jurisdiction status effective January 1, 2020, and has had its status as a Qualified Jurisdiction extended by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), after a five-year evaluation.
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Singapore To Table Legislation For 2019 Budget Changes
by Mary Swire, Lowtax.net, Hong Kong
02 September, 2019
Singapore has finalized amendments to the draft Income Tax (Amendment) Bill 2019, following a public consultation that ended in July 2019.
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Crown Dependencies Add To Economic Substance Guidance
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
10 May, 2019
The UK Crown Dependencies have added to joint guidance issued in December 2018 on the economic substance requirements that are effective for accounting periods commencing on or after January 1, 2019.
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BVI Supporting Firms To Comply With Economic Substance Code
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
10 May, 2019
The British Virgin Islands financial services promotional agency BVI Finance has held educational sessions on the new draft Economic Substance Code in the BVI, London, and Hong Kong.
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