News Stories Tagged 'tax'
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Gibraltar Covered By Proposed Brexit Transition Period
by Ulrika Lomas, Lowtax.net, Brussels
03 December, 2018
The UK's recently negotiated Withdrawal Agreement with the EU sets out the arrangements that will apply with regards to Gibraltar.
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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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Ireland, Malta To Close 'Single Malt' Tax Loophole
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
03 December, 2018
The tax authorities of Ireland and Malta have signed a Competent Authority Agreement in a bid to prevent the use of the so-called "Single Malt" tax planning structure.
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Gibraltar Legislates To Ensure Movable Property Income Is Taxable In Gibraltar
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
30 November, 2018
The Gibraltar Government on November 22, 2018, published in its Official Gazette the Income Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2018 to make changes to rules concerning the receipt of income from overseas movable property holdings.
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UK Urged To Drop Plan To Extend Offshore Tax Limitations Period
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
30 November, 2018
The UK Parliament's Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee has proposed that provisions should be stripped from the Finance Bill that would extend the time limit on assessing offshore tax to 12 years.
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Bahamas To Enact Tax Legislation To Adopt International Standards
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
23 November, 2018
Representatives from the Bahamas Government have held a number of meetings in Brussels and Paris with the EU's Code of Conduct Group (business taxation) and the OECD to discuss the territory's efforts to comply with international standards on tax governance.
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Barbados To Shutter IBC Regime, Remove Harmful Tax Provisions
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
16 November, 2018
Barbados's Minister of International Business and Industry, Ronald Toppin, has confirmed that the territory will soon repeal a number of tax measures that are considered to be contrary to new international standards on harmful tax regimes.
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Jersey Tables Legislation For New Economic Substance Rules
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
29 October, 2018
The Jersey Government has announced that it will release for public consultation guidance notes on the introduction of a new economic substance requirement for certain taxpayers to access Jersey's tax regime.
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Three Caribbean Territories Sign Up To BEPS Inclusive Framework
by Ulrika Lomas, Lowtax.net, Brussels
26 October, 2018
The OECD has announced that Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Dominica have signed up to its Inclusive Framework on BEPS, bringing membership to 122.
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Gibraltar Provides Brexit Update
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
19 October, 2018
The Gibraltar Government has provided an update on its role in negotiations towards the UK's exit from the European Union and how the territory is preparing.
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