Tax & Regulation
Cyprus laws set to protect offshore homeowners from bank seizure
New laws designed to protect homes from being seized by Cypriot banks are set to be passed in Cyprus following months of delays.
HK reforms will cause “collateral damage” – IFAA
The chairman of Hong Kong’s Independent Financial Advisors Association has said the industry will suffer “collateral damage” in the first half of 2015 due to the over-ambitious time frame of regulatory reforms.
Guernsey removed from Italian tax blacklist
The Italian Ministry of Finance has taken Guernsey off its revised tax blacklist of tax havens as a result of improved standards on exchanging tax information.
Australian regulator steps up financial advice probe
Australia’s corporate, markets and financial services regulator said it is investigating multiple instances of financial services firms charging clients for advice where it was not provided.
Tax & Regulation | 10 Apr 15
Non-Doms: The New Political Battleground
Some commentators were prompted to say that the election battle began in earnest earlier this week, with Ed Miliband’s announcement Labour will do away with the rules which provide for the remittance basis of taxation in the UK.