Tax & Regulation
Best Practice | 6 Feb 18
Watch out: Snoopers’ charter, day of the Mifid, UAE promo licence
As new regulations begin to challenge the individual’s right to privacy, some legal professionals are calling for test cases to try the law.
UK offshore tax crackdown failing
A crackdown on offshore tax cheats will net the UK Government just £349m a year, a third of the nearly £1bn ($1.4bn, €1.1bn) that had been forecast.
Best Practice | 2 Feb 18
Pension freedom rumours rife on Isle of Man
Multiple sources have told International Adviser that pension freedoms will likely be included in this year’s Isle of Man Budget, to be released on 20 February.
HMRC hits back at ‘out of control’ over-taxing claim
HM Revenue & Customs has responded to a claim it is “out of control” by over-taxing people and then expecting them to claim it back.
Best Practice | 1 Feb 18
Comedian tax avoider wants loopholes axed
English comedian Jimmy Carr, who was at the centre of a tax avoidance scheme that nearly ended his career, wants to scrap tax loopholes and send them to Room 101, the torture chamber from the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

