Tax & Regulation
Tax & Regulation | 15 Oct 12
singapore regulator ticks off pias
Professional Investment Advisory Services has been reprimanded by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for failing to ensure that “two of its representatives held the requisite licence under the Financial Advisers Act to carry out the financial advisory activities of advising others”.
North America | 9 Oct 12
crown dependencies to sign fatca agreements
The governments of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man have announced plans to negotiate partnership agreements with the US to implement FATCA.
Tax & Regulation | 8 Oct 12
celebs used tax breaks from shipwreck salvage
Celebrities and some of Britain’s most senior businessmen invested more than £110m into marine treasure hunts, which allowed them to avoid tax on millions of pounds, according to The Times newspaper.
Tax & Regulation | 8 Oct 12
hmrc head of tax is targeted by protesters
Protesters gatecrashed a college at the UK’s famous Oxford University where HMRC’s former head of tax Dave Hartnett was giving a speech, according to this week’s Oxford Times.
Tax & Regulation | 5 Oct 12
take that stars and anne robinson named
Three members of boy band Take That and BBC Watchdog presenter Anne Robinson have been named by The Times newspaper as four of about 2,000 people believed to have used a highly aggressive tax avoidance scheme based in the Channel Islands.