Tax & Regulation
Latin America | 30 Mar 17
Wife and mistress must split pension rules Brazil court
The pension benefits of a Brazilian man who died in 2015 should be equally split between his wife and a woman with whom he had a 20-year relationships during his marriage, a court has ruled.
Tax & Regulation | 30 Mar 17
HMRC fails to clamp down on tax evasion as avoidance plummets
The UK tax office is still losing £11.4bn (€13.1bn, $14.1bn) of revenue every year to evasion despite introducing a host of measures aimed at tackling tax avoidance, according to research by consulting firm RSM.
North America | 29 Mar 17
US regulator ‘freezes’ lottery ticket boiler room scam
A boiler room scam selling shares in a lottery ticket company that spent investor money on strip clubs, among other things, has had its assets frozen by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Expats face Brexit ‘limbo’ as UK kick-starts Article 50 talks
Over a million British expats living across the European Union face further uncertainty as the UK officially starts the two-year process to exit the bloc without being any closer to securing a deal on reciprocal rights.
Middle East | 28 Mar 17
Financial advice hit by UAE value-added tax, not life products
Details of the VAT system to be introduced for the first time in the UAE reveal that the standard rate of 5% will be levied on fee-based financial advice but not on the sale of life products.