OECD
Expats in Spain risk tax residency if caught in covid lockdown
183 days remains the threshold even if people were unable to leave the country
Bahamas to introduce 90-day minimum residency for tax status
Move followed criticism of the country’s residence-by-investment programme
US will not swap Fatca for common reporting standard
Worldwide pressure does little to sway American policy
Swiss banking secrecy laws ‘not doomed yet’
Plans to scrap a class of anonymous shares in Switzerland have been met with fierce opposition and will likely not be passed into law, as three out of four of the nation’s major political parties have criticised the idea.
EU puts US on the clock for tax blacklist
If the US does not comply with the OECD Common Reporting Standard by June next year it faces being placed on the EU blacklist for non-cooperative jurisdictions, an EU top official has warned.