Tax & Regulation
North America | 21 Feb 12
call for us to join world in residence taxation
The American Citizens Abroad, a Geneva-based group which represents the interests of expatriate US citizens, has called on the US government to join most of the rest of the world in taxing its citizens on the basis of where they live, rather than where they were born, or the nationality of their parents.
Tax & Regulation | 20 Feb 12
fsa fines santander for structured product
Santander has been fined £1.5m by the FSA for failing to inform customers of its structured products’ status under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in the period up to January 2010.
Tax & Regulation | 17 Feb 12
E77000 returned to offshore boiler room victims
The UKs financial watchdog has obtained a court order against a firm that used offshore boiler rooms to sell its shares, in a move that will see at least 77,000 paid back to victims.
North America | 16 Feb 12
fatca a burden lifted
Despite revisions to the proposed FATCA rules, significant work lies ahead for firms who want to comply, write Nick Matthews and Matt Haddow of Kinetic Partners.
Tax & Regulation | 16 Feb 12
further arrest in fsa insider dealing probe
The UK Financial Services Authority has announced the latest arrest in a long-running and complex insider dealing investigation.