07/17/2017

A Primer on International Tax and Estate Planning (Part 1)

Moreover, decades of global mobility have resulted in more and more international relationships, and many younger family members have traveled abroad to pursue educational or business opportunities, and have developed ties and broadened family footprints

07/14/2017

UK to bring in non-dom reforms ‘as soon as possible’

The UK government has announced it will introduce long-anticipated changes to the rules governing non-UK domiciles “as soon as possible”, after they were postponed earlier this year because of the snap election.

07/14/2017

Swiss to help Indian tax-dodging investigation

The concerned parties had opposed a previous decision by the court to allow the transfer of information surrounding their banking activities between April 2011 and March 2014, when they held HSBC trust accounts in the Virgin Islands.

07/13/2017

Isle of Man regulator steps up anti-money laundering crackdown

The Isle of Man financial regulator is taking action against anti-money laundering and terrorist financing with new guidance rules aimed at “avoiding a tick-box approach” to assessing the risk of customer involvement in such activities.

07/11/2017

Complex IHT Rules Spark Advice Boom For IFAs

They told researchers that changes in the law to allow extra relief on family homes and pension freedoms that can leave retirement savings outside the scope of IHT are challenging for non-lawyers.