By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 18 June, 2018
Lower-paid medical practitioners are increasingly having their request for UK working visas rejected, as a result of immigration quotas. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | business | public sector | law | employees | United Kingdom | education | professionals | Expats | Immigration | Other | Immigration
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 28 February, 2018
High-net-worth individuals are leaving the UK in search of a more accommodating tax system, political stability, and a higher quality of life, according to leading private wealth advisors. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | compliance | Wealth | tax | business | property tax | mining | law | entrepreneurs | international financial centres (IFC) | Guernsey | United Kingdom | education | professionals | standards | Barbados | Expats | Tax
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 19 December, 2017
British passport holders between the ages of 16 and 25 can now use the online passport renewal service, which was previously available only to people aged 26 or older. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | law | United Kingdom | Expats | Immigration | Other | Immigration
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 18 December, 2017
The French Government is planning to unveil additional tax cuts next year to encourage London's bankers and financiers to relocate to Paris. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | employees | United Kingdom | social security | France | Germany | Expats
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 28 November, 2017
Europe's top court has delivered a landmark ruling that will benefit married couples where one is an EU citizen who newly takes up citizenship in an EU country and their non-EU spouse seeks to join them. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | court | law | Algeria | United Kingdom | legislation | Expats | Immigration | Visas and Passports | Working Abroad | Europe | Work | Working Abroad | Immigration | Working Abroad
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 26 September, 2017
Maintaining property in the UK to rent it out is a less attractive prospect now, following the April 2016 introduction of a three percent stamp duty land tax surcharge on those acquiring second homes. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | investment | Ireland | Malta | Netherlands | Portugal | Slovakia | United Kingdom | fees | stamp duty | Austria | France | Sweden | Croatia | Expats | Europe | Other
By by Amanda Banks, Tax-News.com, London, 21 July, 2017
HM Revenue and Customs has published details of new provisions for a value-added tax charge on UK consumers using B2C telecommunication services outside the EU. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | tax | business | value added tax (VAT) | VAT cross-border transactions | United Kingdom | HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) | HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) | services | Expats | Working Abroad | Work | Working Abroad | Lifestyle | Lifestyle | Working Abroad
By Hans Esser, for Expatbriefing.com, 20 June, 2017
Wealthy frequent fliers stand to gain over 40 times as much from Scotland's plan to cut aviation tax than average taxpayers, according to a new report. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | Wealth | tax | business | aviation | United Kingdom | services | Expats | Travel | Tax | Scotland
By Fiona Moore, for Expatbriefing.com, 23 May, 2017
Middle managers sought by overseas companies will find the best raw pay packages, before expenses and tax, in the UK, while, in USD dollar terms, the amount commanded by a job in Hong Kong has fallen considerably. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | United Arab Emirates | tax | Saudi Arabia | employees | China | Qatar | United Kingdom | fees | tax rates | Germany | Hong Kong | currency | standards | Japan | Expats | Europe
By Hans Esser, for ExpatBriefing.com, 19 May, 2017
A recent technical roundtable held in London discussed how the Overseas Territories may be impacted by and can respond to the potential loss of EU Free Movement rights for their citizens post-Brexit. Read full story »
Tags: expatriates | court | business | Gibraltar | Montserrat | financial services | Bermuda | Cayman Islands | Falkland Islands | Turks and Caicos Islands | United Kingdom | Virgin Islands | education | Anguilla | trade | British Virgin Islands | services | Expats | Europe