On August 13, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") Director Kenneth Blanco addressed the 12thAnnual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference and provided insights on his agency's expectations for the ever-evolving gaming industry. ... - Continue reading
On 8 August, the draft law (the "draft law") implementing the EU Directive 2017/952 of 29 May 2017 ("ATAD 2") amending Directive (EU) 2016/1164 laying down rules against tax avoidance practices that directly affect the functioning of the internal market (the so-called Anti-Tax-Avoidance-Directive, "ATAD") was presented to Parliament. ... - Continue reading
19 August 2019, Since 1993, Dominica has been at the forefront of the citizenship by investment (CBI) industry, setting high standards in due diligence, processing times, and most recently, transparency. Indeed, this month the nation liaised with prominent international professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to release a report clarifying the… – Continue reading
This is the first in a series of of Mauritius Regulatory Alerts in which we bring you an overview of the latest legal and regulatory developments in the offshore world, with a particular focus on Mauritius. ... - Continue reading
SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the Senate to hold an inquiry on the uncollected taxes from registered and unregistered foreign workers, especially those in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) industry. n calling for an investigation, Gatchalian stressed that taxes properly collected are essential since revenues enable the government… – Continue reading
SEN. Pilar Juliana “Pia” Cayetano is batting for lower corporate income tax and rationalized fiscal incentives, saying these would lead to more jobs and sustained economic growth. “I do believe that the time is right to study the rationalization of our corporate holidays and various incentives so that we can… – Continue reading
A US federal appeals court on Friday affirmed the Tax Court’s decision in Amazon, ruling that cost sharing buy-in payments made by Amazon’s Luxembourg subsidiary in exchange for Amazon’s transfer of intangible property should not include compensation for transferred residual business assets such as workforce in place, goodwill, and going concern value. ... - Continue reading
Luxembourg corporate income taxpayers, including Luxembourg permanent establishments of foreign entities, will be subject to the Draft Law as from 1 January 2020. In addition, provisions targeting reverse hybrid mismatches will be applicable to Luxembourg transparent partnerships that would be treated as opaque by their nonresident owners as from 1 January 2022. ... - Continue reading
The Republic of Vanuatu is a group of islands in the Pacific. The country exists by growing fruits, fishing, and tourism. In 2016, the government introduced the program of achieving local citizenship through investment to increase the flow of external finance. Foreign businessmen want to get a second passport in… – Continue reading
Switzerland’s Federal Council, during its meeting on 14 August, confirmed that Switzerland will exchange financial account information with 33 more reviewed partner countries for the first time in September. ... - Continue reading
Tax residence is one of the most important factors when ascertaining an expatriate worker's tax obligations. ... - Continue reading
Australians are holding more than $100bn in undisclosed offshore accounts, according to new taxation office data collected under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), British newspaper the Guardian has reported. ... - Continue reading
The news is replete with discussions on the refiling of the proposed bills for the other TRAIN Packages with the 18th Congress. However, there seems to be no discussion yet on any proposed amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act, Republic Act (RA) 1405, as amended, particularly the proposed amendments to… – Continue reading
Banks in France have warned that they could be forced to close up to 40,000 accounts belonging to US citizens because of ongoing difficulties with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). ... - Continue reading
HSBC's Swiss private banking arm has agreed to pay nearly 300 million euros to settle a tax fraud case in Belgium. The settlement comes six months after a French court ordered another Swiss lender, UBS, to pay 4.5 billion euros for illegally solicitin ... - Continue reading
"Canada has not only the largest in terms of numbers, but also the most elaborate and longest-standing skilled labour migration system in the OECD," the report says. ... - Continue reading
Today the High Court confirmed that the ATO may use information obtained from data leaks, even if leaked from a law firm. Second Commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn said today’s decision in Glencore International v. Commissioner of Taxation means the ATO can continue to use the ‘Paradise Papers’ and other similar data… – Continue reading
By virtue of the powers vested under, Section 90 of the Income Tax Act, 1961("the Act"), India has entered into the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement on 18th July, 1994 with China signed at New Delhi. ... - Continue reading
In February and March of 2019, the OECD organized a public consultation process, releasing a consultation document on February 13, 2019, inviting public comments up until March 6, 2019, and holding a conference where industry experts presented key issues on March 13 and 14, 2019. ... - Continue reading
There are provisions under different sections of the Income-tax Act that can help you save on LTCG tax ... - Continue reading
This was revealed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) last Friday in an announcement made on its website. ... - Continue reading
China’s IIT reform introduced a host of changes to the system of individual taxation in the country last year. China Briefing explains the revisions to the tax brackets, expansion of deductibles, and new residency rules for foreign workers. China began the latest reforms to its individual income tax (IIT) system… – Continue reading
THE director of the Financial Intelligence Centre, Leonie Dunn, says the centre did not turn a blind eye to the disappearance of around N$350 million from the now-defunct SME Bank. ... - Continue reading
In 2016, Costa Rica’s economy grew at a good 4.2% of GDP, but this year this figure is comparable to Ukrainian tortoise runs (we have 2.7% they have 2.9%). The success recipes of highly developed countries are in many cases not applicable to low-income countries such as Ukraine. Therefore, it… – Continue reading
The number of wealthy residents who pay no UK tax on their offshore accounts has fallen to its lowest level ever, Treasury figures reveal. Last year, there were 78,300 non-domiciled taxpayers, or “non-doms”, in the UK compared with 98,500 in 2016-17. And the £9.5bn they paid to the taxman in… – Continue reading
Uber is moving its intellectual property arm from Bermuda to the Netherlands to save $6.1bn from its tax bid, Bloomberg reported on Friday. ... - Continue reading
The VAT rate in Bulgaria has remained unchanged at 20% for many consecutive years. Recently, there has been a lot of debates on the future possibility of amending the VAT rate for certain food products as well as medicines and books to a rate somewhere in the range between 3% and 5%. ... - Continue reading
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected one billion rupees in withholding tax revenue on funds transferred abroad through credit and debit cards in a year, official statistics showed. The government opened the avenue for revenue collection a year ago considering the growing trend of payment through plastic cards…. – Continue reading
CIAT’s BEPS Monitoring Database has been updated to reflect advancements made by Angola, Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Spain, and Uruguay. ... - Continue reading
The Australian government on August 9 published the synthesized texts of Australia’s bilateral tax treaties with France, Finland, and Malta as modified by the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). ... - Continue reading
Armenia and Kyrgyzstan have signed a double tax treaty during the Eurasian Inter-governmental Council session in Cholpan-Ata, Issyk-Kul. ... - Continue reading
The European Union has added further impetus to its objective of enhancing transparency against harmful tax practices with the amendment to Directive 2011/16/EU, commonly referred to as DAC6. ... - Continue reading
The OECD today announced that Albania has become the 133rd nation to join the “Inclusive Framework on BEPS.” ... - Continue reading
In early July, the Israeli Tax Authority (ITA) issued an update to Form 1385 - "Declaration of International Transaction.” ... - Continue reading
WELLINGTON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Opportunities to dodge tax are shrinking with the completion of a new tax agreement between New Zealand and Switzerland, New Zealand’s Revenue Minister Stuart Nash said on Thursday. Nash and Swiss Ambassador to New Zealand David Vogelsanger signed documents to update the Double Tax Agreement… – Continue reading
NICOSIA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — Cypriot Finance Minister Harris Georgiades’ proposal of a major reform of corporate taxation has triggered strong objections from entrepreneurs, who fear that it would lead to an increase of their total tax burden. Georgiades said on Wednesday that his proposal, which included taxation on offshore… – Continue reading
Ukraine today deposited with the OECD legal documents ratifying a multilateral tax treaty called the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI). ... - Continue reading
Other service providers of offshore gaming industry are expected to remit the monthly withholding taxes of foreign workers to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on or before August 10. ... - Continue reading
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — China’s State Council, or the cabinet, has issued an overall plan for the new Lingang area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. The new area will be set up to the south of Dazhi River, east of Jinhui Port, and south of Xiaoyangshan… – Continue reading
Mauritius leaks latest reminder of how much we lose to tax havensA report by Canadians for Tax Fairness Bay Street and Tax Havens revealed how over 90% of Canada’s largest corporations have subsidiaries in tax havens. Ottawa (06 Aug. 2019) — Last month Canadians for Tax Fairness reported that, while… – Continue reading
The US IRS will once again examine allocations between group members of employee stock-based compensation in cost-sharing arrangements for transfer pricing purposes. ... - Continue reading
The Law Firm of G. Vrikis & Associates LLC has been representing numerous clients in their application for Permanent Residence Permits in Cyprus. The below is a brief outline of the key provisions and documentation required for such an application to proceed further. ... - Continue reading
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — Tanzanian freelance journalist Eric Kabendera on Monday appeared in court charged with money laundering, tax evasion and leading organized crime. The state prosecution told the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam that on diverse dates between January 2015… – Continue reading
Industry leaders Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Mohandas Pai have made allegations of harassment by income tax dept officials ... - Continue reading
For over 20 years the Argentine Republic has adhered to the "OECD Guidelines for Multinational Companies" ("Guidelines"), through the "Declaration on International Investments and Multinational Companies" of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD"). ... - Continue reading
On the sidelines of the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s anniversary celebration, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III emphasized that the first 18 months of the current Congress is crucial for the Duterte administration’s comprehensive tax reform program (CTRP). According to Dominguez, lawmakers traditionally have the tendency to focus “on something… – Continue reading
The government of Singapore has announced that amendments made to the Singapore-Luxembourg tax treaty as a result of the two countries’ ratification of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (MLI) entered into effect on August 1. ... - Continue reading
Statistics published earlier this week by the European Commission on member state advance pricing agreement (APA) and mutual agreement procedure (MAP) programs suggest that the OECD/G20 base erosion profit shifting (BEPS) project has increased the scope for differences of opinion between tax authorities of different countries. ... - Continue reading
While considering moving a business into a new market, one of the key consideration is that country's tax regime. What are the incentives that would attract foreign investment? Are there any double tax treaties in place? What is the rate for corporate tax? ... - Continue reading
