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Israel Welcomes Tax Info On Israelis in US
January 19th, 2017
The Israel Tax Authority (ITA) has confirmed that there have been reciprocal exchanges of information, on both American citizens in Israel and Israeli citizens in the United States, under the countries’ Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) intergovernmental agreement ...
Mauritius Rejects ‘Tax Haven’ Label
December 27th, 2016
On December 16, Mauritius’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Financial Services Promotion Agency (FSPA) condemned a Oxfam policy paper labeling Mauritius a tax haven. The FSC and FSPA pointed out that it is unfounded to claim that Mauritius ...
King & Spalding advised Henkel on a $3.6 billion acquisition financing
July 26th, 2016
King & Spalding advised Henkel – a leading Germany-based manufacturer of home care, beauty and adhesive products – on the $3.6 billion acquisition financing for its purchase of US detergent and household products business Sun Products Corporation. Henkel purchased ...
City grandee Rich Ricci joins fintech revolution at freemarketFX
February 11th, 2016
Rich Ricci, formerly CEO of Barclays Corporate and Investment Banking, is the latest in a growing list of financial services grandees to lend their business heft to a disruptive technology startup, joining currency exchange freemarketFX as chairman. Launched by ...
Which country is the World’s Favorite New Tax Haven?
January 28th, 2016
The World’s Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States Moving money out of the usual offshore secrecy havens and into the U.S. is a brisk new business. Last September, at a law firm overlooking San Francisco Bay, Andrew ...
IRS: Offshore Compliance Programs Generate $8 Billion
November 16th, 2015
With more than 54,000 taxpayers coming in to participate in offshore disclosure programs since 2009, the Internal Revenue Service today reminded U.S. taxpayers with undisclosed offshore accounts that they should strongly consider existing paths established to come into full ...
The Common Reporting Standard: Automatic Information Exchange Goes Global
October 16th, 2015
Automatic exchange of information for tax law enforcement purposes started first in Europe with the EU Savings Tax Directive, went international with the US Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act, and, from 2017, will go global with the recently-agreed Common ...
UAE and US sign agreement to provide tax information
June 22nd, 2015
The UAE and US have signed an agreement to implement America’s new Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the Ministry of Finance announced in a statement carried by state news agency WAM on Saturday. The agreement means all US ...
UK Offshore Tax Disclosures – Use The LDF while you can [Update]
March 24th, 2015
Tax authorities around the globe are increasingly working together to fight tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance to collect more tax. In the UK, HMRC is geared up to take full advantage: anyone who needs to put UK tax ...
UK – Offshore Tax Disclosures – Use The LDF while you can
March 9th, 2015
Tax authorities around the globe are increasingly working together to fight tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance to collect more tax. In the UK, HMRC is geared up to take full ...
