Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 29 March, 2018
Not only is it becoming easier for people to move around the world to live and to work, it is becoming easier to move money and investments across national borders too. According to the OECD... Read Full Article »
Tags: agreements | business | interest | dividends | Tax | Expats | FATCA | individuals | investment | Malta | Russia | standards | trusts | enforcement | law | offshore | tax authority | G20 | insurance | education | tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 09 November, 2017
In this feature, we look at the special tax schemes designed to lure skilled professionals, investors and entrepreneurs to Gibraltar, which has a thriving financial services and e-commerce sectors... Read Full Article »
Tags: business | interest | Tax | Europe | individuals | investment | Spain | Gibraltar | United Kingdom | regulation | trusts | legislation | law | offshore | services | commerce | banking | financial services | insurance | e-commerce | tax |
Contributed by Fiducenter, 16 June, 2017
As part of its effort to attract foreign high net worth individuals as well as to attract qualified individuals to relocate and work in the country, either on their own or as part of a group structuring/reorganisation, Cyprus offers some very attractive incentives... Read Full Article »
Tags: business | interest | Investment | Tax | Europe | Invest | Other | Investment | Capital Gains | Finance | Citizenship | individuals | employees | investment funds | investment | Cyprus | trusts | services | construction | fees | tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 07 April, 2017
The financial lives of expats are usually complicated ones, especially for those peripatetic types with work or business interests across several countries. And such complication often brings the need for more specialized... Read Full Article »
Tags: business | interest | Europe | Finance | individuals | investment | Bahamas | Gibraltar | Netherlands | Isle of Man | Guernsey | Jersey | Liechtenstein | regulation | trusts | legislation | court | law | services | financial services | tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 18 January, 2016
The term "offshore" when used to describe a country or territory with very low rates of tax has come to be used almost pejoratively these days. However, in the vast majority of countries, the use of "offshore" companies and bank accounts... Read Full Article »
Tags: company formation | business | Tax | Offshore | expatriates | professionals | retirement | investment | trusts | legislation | law | asset protection | offshore trusts | banking secrecy | offshore | services | banking | financial services | fees | tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 17 July, 2015
In a previous article for Expat Briefing, we surmised whether a victory for the Labour Party in the May 2015 general election would signal the end of non-domiciled tax status in the United Kingdom. As it transpired... Read Full Article »
Tags: business | interest | Tax | Capital Gains | individuals | investment | United Kingdom | trusts | legislation | court | law | offshore | services | tax | inheritance tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 08 June, 2015
This article outlines what Americans with foreign bank accounts must do to stay on the right side of the law under FBAR, with the June 30 filing deadline approaching fast... Read Full Article »
Tags: interest | Tax | individuals | retirement | United States | trusts | law | banking | insurance | internet | tax |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 09 April, 2015
The tax status of (usually well-heeled) long-term foreign residents in the United Kingdom hit the headlines again recently as the opposition Labour Party pledged to abolish the non-domicile tax rules if its wins the general election on May 7... Read Full Article »
Tags: business | Tax | budget | individuals | entrepreneurs | investment | United Kingdom | trusts | law | offshore trusts | offshore | tax | revenue statistics | tax rates |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 02 June, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has reminded US citizens and resident aliens, including those with dual citizenship who have lived or worked abroad during all or part of 2013, that they may have a US tax liability and a filing requirement in 2014. Read Full Article »
Tags: compliance | interest | Tax | currency | Expats | FATCA | Compliance | individuals | self-employment | hedge funds | United States | trusts | law | offshore | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | services | mining | insurance | tax compliance | tax | social security |
Expat Briefing Editorial Team, 07 February, 2014
For non-residents, one of the main attractions of property investment in the United Kingdom was that traditionally, it could be done mostly free from taxation. All this seems to be changing as a result of recent government measures... Read Full Article »
Tags: business | Tax | budget | individuals | investment | Cyprus | France | Germany | Greece | Hong Kong | Ireland | China | Singapore | United Kingdom | trusts | legislation | tax | inheritance tax | property tax | tax avoidance | stamp duty |