Tax & Regulation
North America | 5 Dec 12
Switzerland initials fatca agreement with US
Switzerland and the US initialed an agreement giving exemptions to the implementation of the tax legislation FATCA yesterday in Washington, D.C.
Tax & Regulation | 3 Dec 12
eight countries in which untraceable shell
Widespread media focus on offshore financial centres, particularly Jersey, in recent weeks has focused attention on their possible use by criminals to hide and launder money…
North America | 30 Nov 12
crown dependencies meet uk treasury officials
The Governments of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man issued statements late this afternoon saying that they had met with UK Treasury officials about the possibility of extending the principles behind FATCA "to an exchange of information” with Britain.
Tax & Regulation | 28 Nov 12
spanish authorities to scrutinise accounts
Spain’s tax office has won the right to see the 2006 and 2007 bank account details of those patron’s of Spain’s largest department store group, El Corte Inglés, who ran up 30,000 or more in charges on their store cards during each or both of those years, International Adviser has learned.
Tax & Regulation | 28 Nov 12
mexico to allow passive Ucits next year
Mark Saluzzi, president of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) expects Mexico to authorise passive investments for Ucits in the first quarter of 2013.