Tax & Regulation
Tax & Regulation | 9 Jul 14
Tax avoiding celebs should
A senior accountant has said celebrities should consider their long term reputations when hiding their assets from HM Revenue & Customs, as a variety of popular figures are criticised for using controversial tax avoidance scheme Liberty.
Tax & Regulation | 3 Jul 14
HMRC up front taxing to trigger wave
Controversial proposals to allow HM Revenue & Customs to retrospectively charge contentious tax up front could trigger a “wave of insolvencies” and indirectly affect shareholders, warns a leading accountancy firm.
North America | 1 Jul 14
Exterminating ants with a nuclear bomb
A leading US tax lawyer has compared FATCA to “exterminating ants with a nuclear bomb” as the controversial act’s withholding stage is today launched across the globe.
North America | 30 Jun 14
FATCA four countries that stood up to
International Adviser takes a look at four countries that refused to take US information sharing agreements lying down through their use of intergovernmental agreements.
Tax & Regulation | 30 Jun 14
swiss agree to french tax information requests
France and Switzerland have added a rider their tax information exchange agreement to allow France to request information about unidentified Swiss bank account holders.