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Best Practice | 27 Mar 17
Deadline approaches for Dubai health insurance
Dubai residents who fail to secure mandatory health insurance cover before 1 April will face a fine of AED500 (£109, $136, €126) per month and risk their visa status.
Petition against South African expat tax launched
A petition against new legislation that would force South Africans working in countries with no income tax to pay tax in their home nation went live on Sunday.
Life insurance business in Hong Kong up nearly 50% last year
Life insurance and annuity business in Hong Kong increased by 49% in 2016 to HK$179.1bn (£18.4bn, $23bn, €21.3bn), latest figures released by the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) show.
Middle East | 27 Mar 17
UK/UAE treaty allows expats to cash out pensions tax free
A new UAE-UK double tax treaty, which came into force on 1 January, means that British expats over 55 residing in the Gulf state can cash out their full pension pot entirely tax free, according to David Denton, head of international technical sales at Old Mutual Wealth.
Messi appeal against Spanish tax fraud sentence set for April
Argentinian football star Lionel Messi will appear in court in Spain next month to appeal the 21-month prison sentence he was handed for tax evasion last year.