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Sugar tax surprise in Budget – but growth forecasts cut
March 17th, 2016
George Osborne has unveiled a tax on sugary drinks in a wide ranging Budget dominated by gloomier growth forecasts. The chancellor blamed the slowdown on a “dangerous cocktail” of global risks and said the UK had to “act now ...
Deutsche Bank and UBS lose bonus tax case
March 10th, 2016
The UK Supreme Court has ruled Deutsche Bank and UBS should pay taxes on bonuses paid to their investment bankers. The bonuses were paid to staff via offshore accounts in the form of shares to avoid attracting income tax ...
A Modi Lecture Berating Tax Breaks For Rich Rattles India Funds
February 26th, 2016
In the run-up to India’s annual budget, a speech last month by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the focus of this year’s market chatter, unsettling some investors. Many local mutual funds, who bought record Indian stocks in 2015 ...
UK Consultation On Tax And Domicile Changes
February 16th, 2016
The UK Government is consulting on proposed changes to the non-dom rules that would deem certain individuals to be domiciled in the country for income tax and capital gains tax (CGT) purposes. Chancellor George Osborne announced last July that ...
Moscow Exchange registers more than 95 thousand individual investment accounts
February 4th, 2016
The Moscow Exchange has issued a press release to inform that: As of 1 February 2016 Moscow Exchange had registered 95,020 individual investment accounts (IIAs) opened by private investors with brokers and asset management companies. “IIAs are a popular ...
Bitcoin At Tax Time: What You Need To Know About Trading, Tipping, Mining And More
December 17th, 2015
If you have come into possession of Bitcoin or any other digital currency such as Ripple or Litecoin that is “convertible” to a real currency or can be used to pay for goods and services, it may seem virtual. But ...
Cyprus, Ukraine Agree To Replace Temporary DTA
December 15th, 2015
Cyprus and Ukraine have agreed the text of a double tax agreement that will likely replace their existing pact from January 1, 2019. The deal will newly include a most favored nation (MFN) clause for taxes on interest, dividends, ...
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
November 30th, 2015
In the aftermath of the Cyprus economic crisis, one sector that has been suffering for some time now is the real estate and construction industry. One could argue though that a major reason for the crisis is the overexpansion ...
RAK, UAE, and traditional tax havens
September 25th, 2015
What is the difference between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other popular tax havens? Why more and more international traders and investors find the UAE to be one of the best places to incorporate offshore companies for various ...
Bank of Israel to cut VAT, corporate taxes to buoy economy
September 4th, 2015
Israel will cut corporate and value-added taxes to help boost economic growth after it collected more tax than expected in recent months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. In a plan initiated by Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, VAT ...
