Tax & Regulation
Tax & Regulation | 13 Apr 16
Jersey defends secrecy of beneficial ownership register
Jersey Finance, which represents the finance industry, has come out fighting against calls for the island’s register of who owns which companies to be made public in the wake of the Panama Papers leak.
Latin America | 13 Apr 16
Panama organised crime unit raids Mossack Fonseca HQ
The headquarters of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the biggest financial data leak in history, were raided by police in Panama on Tuesday, the attorney general’s office has revealed.
Tax & Regulation | 12 Apr 16
HMRC set for Supreme Court fight over film scheme
A film scheme involving the distribution rights to two Disney films is taking HM Revenue & Customs to the UK Supreme Court to defend the £117m ($166m, €145.5m) it received in tax relief.
Tax & Regulation | 12 Apr 16
FCA to check consumer understanding of financial products
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has decided to check whether banks and building societies are making sure that customers understand the financial products they are buying.
Tax & Regulation | 11 Apr 16
UK PM unveils new tax evasion law, defends £200k PET
The British prime minister David Cameron has announced a new law which makes companies criminally liable for employees who aid tax evasion as he defended his own tax affairs from mounting criticism following the ‘Panama Papers’ leak.