• Fintech: Hong-Kong is your paradise
  Contributed by hongkongtaxfree.com
  Friday, November 4, 2016

  For the last decade, Hong Kong has become a magnet for start-ups that want to grow faster, accumulate a lot of revenue, and become multinationals...
  Read full feature

• Why Do You Need Qualified Help for Your Offshore Bank Introduction?
  Contributed by hongkongtaxfree.com
  Friday, October 7, 2016

  An offshore bank account is often associated either with shady businesses or with a high level of financial sophistication. In practice, it is one of the ways to legally protect your assets and plan your tax situation accordingly...
  Read full feature

• Ukrainian Tax Legislation 2016
  DLF Attorneys-At-Law
  Monday, April 11, 2016

  Due to amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine, it is worth noting about tax rates and procedures applicable in 2016...
  Read full feature

• 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')...
  Read full feature

• 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...
  Read full feature

• 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...
  Read full feature

• 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...
  Read full feature

• 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...
  Read full feature

• 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...
  Read full feature

• 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...
  Read full feature

• 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...
  Read full feature

• 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)...
  Read full feature

• 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.
  Read full feature

• 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...
  Read full feature

• 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...
  Read full feature

• 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...
  Read full feature

• 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...
  Read full feature

• 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.
  Read full feature

• 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"...
  Read full feature

• 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.
  Read full feature

Please enter your email address to join the Tax-News.com mailing list. View previous newsletters.

To manage your mailing list preferences, please click here »