By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 27 April, 2018
The Dutch Government has proposed shortening the duration of the special tax scheme for expatriate workers from eight years to five. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | Finance | tax | Netherlands | employees | individual income tax | Expats
By by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels, 13 April, 2018
The Finnish Government has proposed that parliament terminate the 1970 double tax agreement between Finland and Portugal so that Finland can tax the pensions of retired Finnish expats. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | Finance | tax | pensions | double tax agreement (DTA) | Portugal | law | legislation | Finland | Expats | Europe
By Hans Esser, for Expatbriefing.com, 29 March, 2018
Fabrizio Pagani, Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan's Chief of Staff, has said that around 150 wealthy expats have taken up residency in Italy under a recently introduced flat tax scheme intended to attract investors to the country. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | Russia | Finance | tax | Netherlands | Norway | Italy | Switzerland | United States | individual income tax
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 25 April, 2017
The Isle of Man's work permit exemption for skilled workers in the ICT and e-Business sectors has been in high demand since it was introduced in March 2016. Read full story »
Tags: Isle of Man | Finance | business | commerce | e-commerce | Employment | Expats | Immigration | Personal Finance | Visas and Passports | Working Abroad | Work | Working Abroad | Immigration | Working Abroad
By Hans Esser, for Expatbriefing.com, 10 November, 2016
Finland will have "more possibilities" to tax Finnish pensioners living in Portugal under a recently revised bilateral double taxation avoidance treaty, the Finnish Government has said. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | Finance | Treaties | tax | pensions | Portugal | tax incentives | Tax Treaties | tax authority | Finland | Expats | Pensions | Europe | Pensions | Tax
By by Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com, Washington, 16 September, 2016
Taiwan has been named best expat destination in a recent survey, followed by Malta with Ecuador in third place. Read full story »
Tags: Finance | Kuwait | Malta | Niger | Nigeria | Ecuador | Taiwan | Greece | Hong Kong | Expats | Personal Finance | Working Abroad | Work | Working Abroad | Working Abroad
By Hans Esser, for Expatbriefing.com, 14 June, 2016
The Portuguese Government has finally agreed to sign an amended tax treaty with Finland that will allow the latter country to tax the pension income of retired Finns living in Portugal, concluding many years of negotiations on the matter. Read full story »
Tags: Finance | tax | pensions | Portugal | law | Finland | Expats | Europe
By by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London, 15 December, 2015
HSBC has begun offering a new fee-free retail currency account targeted at the increasing number of people from the UK working, living, or travelling abroad. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | South Africa | Finance | Currency | banking | Australia | Singapore | professionals | Hong Kong | New Zealand | currency | retail | Japan | Africa
By Dex Tennyson, for ExpatBriefing.com, 27 October, 2015
The 2015 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index has been released, analyzing the relative benefits of different nations for retirees. Read full story »
Tags: Finance | Insurance | Denmark | retirement | Australia | Singapore | Germany | regulation | Japan | Employment | Expats | Health Insurance | Healthcare | Immigration | Investment | Personal Finance | Property Investment | Travel | Working Abroad | Welfare | Work | Invest | Working Abroad | Lifestyle | Healthcare | Immigration | Investment | Lifestyle | Working Abroad
By Dex Tennyson, for ExpatBriefing.com, 12 October, 2015
The US Internal Revenue Service has begun receiving data from foreign banks about US expats' overseas bank accounts and is now sharing data with certain foreign tax authorities to also support their tax enforcement efforts. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | Finance | Offshore | tax | tax avoidance | offshore | legislation | Compliance | Employment | Expat Services | Expats | Investment | Money Transfers | Personal Finance | Working Abroad | Work | Invest | Working Abroad | Lifestyle | Investment | Lifestyle | Tax | Working Abroad