United Kingdom
Best Practice | 4 Apr 18
End of tax year – one day left!
Investors and savers have just one day left to take advantage of the current tax exemptions and benefits before new rules come into force in the UK on 6 April.
Kuwait edges closer to controversial expat tax
Kuwaiti politicians are preparing to debate a polarising remittance tax for foreigners working in the country, after it was controversially endorsed by the parliament’s financial and economic affairs committee.
Momentum Pensions launches online Sipp portal
Momentum Pensions is positioning itself for further expansion in the growing UK Sipp market by launching a portal that enables applications to be submitted online.
Best Practice | 3 Apr 18
Five firms pull free pension transfer tool
Prudential, Scottish Widows and LV are the latest providers to stop their free pension transfer value analysis services (Tvas) for advisers, as they respond to regulator concerns that such tools could act as an inducement.
10 year jail sentence for record-breaking tax scam
A disgraced Australian businessman has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for his involvement in a A$135m (£74m, $103m, €84m) international tax avoidance scam, bringing an end to what has been described as the largest tax fraud case in the nation’s history.


