• Equalisation Levy: A toothless taxing tiger
  Contributed by CA. Karnik Gulati (ADIT)
  Wednesday, March 16, 2016

  The issue of taxing cyclopean companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, etc., has been scuffling the tax authorities in major countries around the world including India, France, United Kingdom ('UK') and United States of America ('USA')...
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• Employment on board Maltese flagged vessels - do seafarers get a fair deal?
  GVZH Advocates
  Friday, March 4, 2016

  As emphasised by the International Labour Organizations (ILO), seafarers are frequently exposed to difficult working conditions and particular occupational risks. In fact, since working far from home, they may be vulnerable...
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• Getting Started - Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ)
  Contributed by Oxford Tax Solutions
  Thursday, November 5, 2015

  Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone is renowned for being a cost-effective haven to a diverse range of European, South Asian, Middle Eastern and North African markets. Its strategic location enables businesses and companies to easily access...
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• Business Setup in UAE
  Contributed by Oxford Tax Solutions
  Thursday, November 5, 2015

  Setting up a company or business is one of the most difficult and complex tasks entrepreneurs face. Entrepreneurs who choose to set up businesses within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are usually presented with numerous challenges...
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• Benefits of UAE-Based Offshore Companies
  Contributed by Oxford Tax Solutions
  Tuesday, October 20, 2015

  Offshore companies are established for a variety of reasons including a company's necessity to restructure, create an international business entity as well as protect the assets of the company...
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• RAK Company – A Corporate Overview
  Contributed by Oxford Tax Solutions
  Monday, October 5, 2015

  Currently Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is one of the fastest developing emirates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). RAK is renowned for being a low-cost, corruption and tax-free jurisdiction, ideal for business ventures...
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• DMCC plans to boost operations with Burj2020 District
  Contributed by Oxford Tax Solutions
  Thursday, October 1, 2015

  After 12 years since its launch, the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) took part in the Cityscape and it is presumed that it will not be the last time. The DMCC is undeniably Dubai’s most innovative, dynamic and ambitious property developers...
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• Former Governors Tout State Records On Tax Reform
  Contributed by TheCapitalPress.com
  Thursday, September 3, 2015

  The comprehensive tax reform movement, while not completely dead, appears to be on life support, at least until President Obama leaves office. Accordingly, voters who are concerned about this issue are forced to look forward to the next presidential election...
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• Making Citizenship-Based Taxation Reform Easy
  Contributed by Lynne Swanson, first published in 'Tax Connections'
  Wednesday, May 13, 2015

  Heitor David Pinto wants to "make it easy" for Congress to move from citizenship-based taxation (CBT) to residence-based taxation (RBT)...
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• Americans abroad need tax justice too
  Contributed by Lynne Swanson and Victoria Ferauge, first published in 'The Hill'
  Wednesday, May 13, 2015

  "Why are we doing this to folks? Why are we tormenting them in this way?" IRS Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson asked in an address to Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association FATCA Policy Symposium in Washington last year.
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• TIEAs explained
  Contributed by by Dirk De Wolf
  Thursday, January 22, 2015

  Conflict can emerge when a country must access information that may be protected by a foreign legal system, in order to enforce its own laws. These types of conflicts have generally been resolved through the execution of collaborative...
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• A Question of Substance
  GVZH Advocates
  Wednesday, January 21, 2015

  Malta continues to receive glowing reviews internationally as a stable financial services centre of repute within the European Union. Over the past fifteen years, Malta has moved seamlessly from being an offshore to an onshore...
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• USA Went To War With UK Over Taxing...See The Irony
  Contributed by Lynne Swanson
  Friday, November 28, 2014

  London Mayor Boris Johnson has a taxing problem. The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants Mayor Johnson to help fund that country’s massive deficit...
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• Business Tax services professionals warn employers to beware of PAYE penalties
  Contributed by Baker Tilly
  Thursday, October 9, 2014

  In this age of fiscal discipline, controlling cash flow and bad debts is as vital to government finances as it is to businesses so it comes as no surprise that HMRC is in the process of introducing its Real Time Information (RTI) system to...
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• Celebrating 30 years of the BVI International Business Companies Act
  Sylvia Moses, Executive Director, British Virgin Islands International Finance Centre
  Tuesday, September 2, 2014

  Passed on 15 August, 1984, the British Virgin Islands' International Business Companies (IBC) Act – and the subsequent take-up of the BVI IBCs law over the past 30 years – has had a profound, highly positive impact not just on the local BVI economy but also the global financial system.
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• Malta's Special Tax Rate — August 2014 Update
  GVZH Advocates
  Monday, August 18, 2014

  It was reported that a "total of 320 professionals who have taken up residence in Malta are benefiting from a maximum tax rate of 15% on their €75,000-plus salaries"...
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• 2014 Amendments to the Malta Retirement Programme Rules
  GVZH Advocates
  Friday, August 15, 2014

  Legal Notice 269 of 2014 has amended the Malta Retirement Programme Rules which were originally promulgated in 2012.
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• The Malta Residence Programme Rules 2014
  GVZH Advocates
  Tuesday, August 12, 2014

  By virtue of two legal notices published on the 8th of July, the High Net Worth Individuals Rules (HNWI Rules) have now been amended to reflect the Global Residence Programme threshold, both in terms of tax and property value...
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• Canadian House of Commons Votes To Help U.S. IRS Seize Bank Records of Canadians
  Contributed by Lynne Swanson
  Wednesday, June 25, 2014

  Recently, the Canadian House of Commons passed a law that will implement the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) in Canada. With this law, Canadian financial institutions will turn over to the American Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the bank records of Canadians the U.S. defines as "US persons."
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• Life in the Sun: The Ease of Benefitting from Tax Residence in Malta
  GVZH Advocates
  Wednesday, June 18, 2014

  Further to the suspension of the Permanent Residents Scheme in December 2010, the Government of Malta has put in place a scheme for special tax status aimed at attracting internationally mobile, high net worth individuals (HNWI) to become tax resident in our islands and benefit from a favourable tax rate of 15% on any income remitted into Malta.
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