News Stories Tagged 'regulation'
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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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BVI To Launch FinTech 'Sandbox'
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
21 August, 2020
The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission has announced that it will launch its new FinTech Regulatory "Sandbox" on August 31.
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Bermuda Announces Accounting Rules For Digital Asset Businesses
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
10 July, 2020
The Bermuda Monetary Authority has released a new consultation on the proposed Digital Asset Business Accounts Rules 2020.
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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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Gibraltar: UK Releases Post-Brexit Financial Services Guidance
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
02 September, 2019
The UK Government has newly tabled two regulations that are intended to ensure that Gibraltar-based financial services firms continue to have access into UK markets, once the UK leaves the EU, in a no-deal scenario.
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Hong Kong Creates Website To Explain TP Documentation
by Mary Swire, Lowtax.net, Hong Kong
30 August, 2019
Hong Kong's Inland Revenue Department has created a webpage to explain the requirements for master and local file reporting under the country-by-country reporting regime.
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New CbC Reporting Obligations In Seychelles From 2020
by Lorys Charalambous, Lowtax.net, Cyprus
05 June, 2019
Seychelles has gazetted legislation for the introduction of new country-by-country reporting obligations that multinational entities will be required to comply with starting in 2020.
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Netherlands And Curacao Agree To Tackle Tax Evasion
by Ulrika Lomas, Lowtax.net, Brussels
31 May, 2019
The Netherlands and Curacao agreed in a statement signed on May 22, 2019, to include new anti-abuse measures in the tax treaty between the two jurisdictions.
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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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