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HMRC says 10% rise in UK tax evasion reports is due to whistleblowers

Posted On: September 1, 2020

HMRC, the British government’s tax authority, has reported a 10% rise YoY in evasion probes – and says the increase is due to a surge in whistleblowers. Today’s figures, released by UHY Hacker Young, reveal 73,000 reports arising from whistleblowing, representing a 10% rise on the numbers for 2018-19.UHY Hacker… – Continue reading

Business / Jurisdiction / Multinationals / OECD / Philippines / Profit Shifting / Related party Transactions / Tax Collection / Transfer pricing

Enhanced transfer pricing regime amidst the pandemic

Posted On: August 31, 2020

Globally, the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic is requiring governments to design and implement strategies to cope with the deepening impact of the virus. They are introducing measures to cushion the blow from the economic downturn, such as drawing from reserves and intensifying tax collection efforts. As entire countries and… – Continue reading

Banking / Business / China / Individuals / Investments / Tax Avoidance

Repatriation vows exceed NT$200bn

Published by: Taipei Times - August 17, 2020

As of Thursday last week, the Ministry of Finance had received applications to repatriate NT$207.6 billion (US$7.03 billion) in overseas funds since a repatriation law took effect on Aug. 15 last year, the Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper) reported on Saturday, citing Minister of Finance Su Jain-rong (蘇建榮). The amount would be NT$210 billion if applications filed on Friday were included, Su told a news conference in Taipei on Friday. ... - Continue reading

Banking / Banking Secrecy / Common Reporting Standard / FATCA / Forms / Qatar / Regulatory

QIB continues to introduce new features on its award-winning mobile application

Published by: The Peninsula - August 17, 2020

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has introduced new features to its award-winning Mobile App, in line with the bank’s ongoing efforts to provide customers with innovative digital options to fulfill all their banking needs remotely.Developed with customers’ daily banking requirements in mind, the QIB Mobile App now allows customers to benefit from new and simplified features, including the postponement of their Personal Finance Monthly Installment, opening the exclusive Certificates of Deposit for COVID-19 frontliners, filling and submitting the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), and completing Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) declarations. ... - Continue reading

Business / Cyprus / Double Tax Treaty / Double Taxation / Mutual Agreement Procedure / OECD / Permanent establishment / Profit Shifting

Cyprus: Cyprus And Switzerland Agree Updated Double Tax Treaty

Published by: Mondaq - August 17, 2020

On 20 July 2020 Cyprus agreed an updated double tax treaty (DTT) with Switzerland. The signatory for Cyprus was Foreign Minister Constantinos Petrides, while his counterpart, Pierre-Yves Fux, signed on behalf of the Swiss Federal Council. The revised protocol will update the existing agreement, which has been in force since July 2014. Details of the protocol were published in the Official Gazette on the 24 July 2020 and are now undergoing the ratification process. ... - Continue reading

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