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Australia pushes to recognize bitcoin as regular currency
August 5th, 2015
The Australian government on Tuesday suggested treating bitcoin and other digital currencies on a par with standard money in the country. The move comes in contrast to an earlier position towards digital currencies as “intangible assets.” “The committee is ...
India Signs Up For FATCA To Block Black Money
July 20th, 2015
The Indian government’s crackdown on black money is continuing with the signing of a Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) agreement with the USA. Both countries have agreed to swap financial information about bank accounts and investments controlled by ...
European Court of Justice Official Proposes Bitcoin VAT Exemption
July 17th, 2015
Bitcoin operations should be exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT), the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice said in an opinion document published today. Citing existing exemptions for currency and money transactions in Europe’s VAT Directive, Attorney ...
PLUS500 Shareholders approve Recommended cash acquisition by PLAYTECH PLC
July 17th, 2015
On 1 June 2015, the Boards of Playtech plc (“Playtech”) and Plus500 Ltd (“Plus500”) announced that they had reached agreement regarding the terms of a recommended cash acquisition through which the entire issued ordinary share capital of Plus500 will ...
Greece, Troika Talking Through Single VAT Rate
May 14th, 2015
Greece is under pressure to adopt a single rate of value-added tax, in ongoing talks with the troika of international lenders. The International Monetary Fund has proposed that Greece should adopt a value-added tax rate of 18 percent, which ...
Eurogroup sees progress on Greece but wants more, soon
May 12th, 2015
There were no positive or negative surprises at Monday’s Eurogroup for Greece as eurozone finance ministers confirmed in writing that there had been progress in talks between Athens and its lenders but that intensive work needs to be done ...
HSBC closing Britons’ Jersey accounts amid ID checks
March 17th, 2015
HSBC is closing all accounts on Jersey belonging to customers living in the UK. It is part of a move by UK banks carrying out checks on the identity and addresses of thousands of their customers on the Channel ...
HSBC files: international outcry over activities at bank’s Swiss arm
February 10th, 2015
Revelations of collusion with wealthy and criminal clients in tax malpractice triggers furious response around the world HSBC was fighting an international firestorm on Monday over revelations that its Swiss private bank helped clients conceal undeclared accounts and provided services ...
Philippines Responds To Businesses’ VAT Refund Concerns
November 7th, 2014
The Philippines tax authority has said that it will process value-added tax refund and credit claims within 120 days of an application, in response to an outcry from businesses about recent Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 54-2014, which clarified ...
HMRC unable to disclose figures for civil fraud investigations
April 10th, 2014
Only six taxpayers a month voluntarily acknowledge that they have committed fraud using a disclosure facility set up by HMRC at the beginning of 2012 The facility, which encourages people who have committed tax fraud to admit their offences ...
