By Fiona Moore, for Expatbriefing.com, 14 June, 2016
The United Kingdom has legislated to stop property developers from using offshore structures in the Crown Dependencies to avoid UK tax on profits. Read full story »
Tags: Isle of Man | tax | business | Guernsey | Jersey | United Kingdom | offshore | agreements | legislation | Expats
By Edouard Berthier, for ExpatBriefing.com, 03 November, 2014
The European Commission has agreed that Georgia has met the initial requirements for dialogue on visa-free travel within the EU, with new laws in the areas of document security, asylum, anti-corruption, and anti-money laundering, as well as other measures. Read full story »
Tags: European Commission | law | agreements | Georgia | European Union (EU) | Expats | Visas and Passports | Europe
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 16 June, 2014
The Heritage Foundation has issued a report to demonstrate how the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is hurting Americans living abroad, and has recommended that it should be reformed. Read full story »
Tags: compliance | Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) | tax | tax compliance | FATCA | law | financial services | insurance | trusts | enforcement | agreements | legislation | United States | tax reform | regulation | individual income tax | services | Compliance | Expats | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 14 May, 2014
According to Treasury Department statistics published in the Federal Register, 1001 United States taxpayers gave up their passports or their green cards in the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 47.4 percent over the 679 individuals that did so in the first quarter of last year. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | compliance | tax | tax compliance | law | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | tax authority | agreements | United States | individual income tax | Compliance | Expats | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 12 May, 2014
Rand Paul, in a May 7 letter to United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, confirmed that he will continue to block the passage of five tax treaties that are presently awaiting a move to the Senate floor. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | compliance | Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) | tax | tax compliance | Chile | Hungary | FATCA | law | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | Luxembourg | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | tax authority | agreements | Switzerland | United States | Compliance | Expats | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 23 April, 2014
Spanish bank Banco Santander is seeking to expand its business in China, where it has several agreements to develop its consumer finance and investment banking business, according to chairman Emilio Botín. Read full story »
Tags: investment | business | training | banking | China | agreements | professionals | Hong Kong | Spain | retail | services | Expats
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 30 December, 2013
A law to ratify the TIEA signed between Jersey and Slovenia was tabled before Jersey's parliament for its approval on December 23, 2013. Read full story »
Tags: tax | Slovenia | law | Jersey | agreements | Switzerland | G20 | Compliance | Expats | Europe
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 11 December, 2013
The Philippines Government has welcomed the signing on December 9 of a protocol to its existing double taxation agreement with Italy, which should signify that the Philippines will be taken off the "black list" of countries that Italy considers to be tax havens. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | Finance | Treaties | tax | double tax agreement (DTA) | Tax Treaties | law | Philippines | agreements | Italy | standards | Expats | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 09 December, 2013
American Citizens Abroad has written to the United States Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and other interested stakeholders in the Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service and Congress, calling for a correction to "what appears to be a drafting oversight in the preparation of the Affordable Care Act that leads to double taxation of Americans resident abroad." Read full story »
Tags: individuals | Insurance | tax | investment | law | entrepreneurs | trusts | tax credits | agreements | health care | self-employment | legislation | tax rates | social security | United States | regulation | individual income tax | Expats | Investment | Invest | Investment | Tax
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 02 December, 2013
Dubai plans to publish new standards for issuing and trading Islamic bonds within the next one or two weeks, says the chairman of Dubai Financial Market, Essa Kazim. Read full story »
Tags: investment | business | law | agreements | standards | islamic finance | alternative investment | Dubai | Expats