United Kingdom
Investment | 30 Oct 17
Hammond’s budget surplus dream in tatters after IFS kick
Philip Hammond needs to admit his promise to eradicate the UK’s budget deficit by the mid-2020s is “no longer sensible”, a report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said.
Expats reprieved on Portuguese pension tax
A widely speculated 10% tax on expat pensions transferred to Portugal has been left out of the country’s 2018 budget, but this does not mean the rule change is not coming, experts warn.
STM chief executive arrested in Gibraltar
The chief executive of cross border financial services provider STM Group, Alan Kentish, was arrested by the Royal Gibraltar Police in relation to a tax issue in 2015 involving an STM client company.
Guernsey set to cut tax on mansions over £1.5m
Guernsey looks set to make itself more attractive to high net worth expats with the adoption of a tax cut on open market property worth at least £1.5m ($1.98m €1.7m).
Big shake-up to UK compensation scheme funding proposed
Product providers could be on the hook for 25% of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) costs currently paid by intermediaries, according to a consultation document released Monday.