12/12/2016
The Zurich District Court, as the court of first instance, has issued its judgment in the case of the Bundesanstalt für vereinigungsbedingte Sonderaufgaben (BvS) versus Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. and ruled in favour of Julius Baer. Julius Baer h
12/12/2016
The island is a destination for financial investment by onshore pensions and governments amounting to more than $20 billion.
12/12/2016
SEC protects the confidentiality of whistleblowers and does not disclose information that might directly or indirectly reveal a whistleblower’s identity
12/12/2016
This exchange of information will be repeated every year, with a further 47 countries starting to collect data in 2017
12/12/2016
Since 2010, the IRS has unleashed a team of tax collectors that, officially, is named the Global High-Wealth Industry group.
12/12/2016
According to data released through the Panama Papers, over half of the 200,000 and more companies managed by the legal firm in Panama, Mossack Fonseca, were registered in the British Virgin Islands alone.
12/12/2016
By German court order, he was officially released on Friday after the U.S. request to extradite him was denied.
12/12/2016
Switzerland also has similar agreements with Kuwait, Qatar and UAE.
12/12/2016
The goal should be to make the Bahamas "the Monaco of the Caribbean", says Ryan Pinder, former minister of financial services on the islands.
12/12/2016
The measures will make it more difficult for people to avoid paying taxes and will start taking effect next month.
12/09/2016
As we have previously advised the new legislation will have practical implications for those who purchase, hold or sell UK residential property through offshore structures.
12/09/2016
The news follows reports last month that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California regulators had opened investigations into similar allegations involving VW luxury-car subsidiary Audi.
12/08/2016
The scandal fueled public mistrust of traditional politicians and demands for more transparency
12/08/2016
Long term UK residents, those who become deemed domiciled having spent 15 out of the last 20 years with UK residence, will lose the ability to claim the remittance basis.
12/08/2016
Jon Thompson tells MPs that offshore image rights payments are most significant tax avoidance issue in football
12/08/2016
The tax body was investigating 43 football players over their use of offshore image rights companies
12/08/2016
Jérôme Cahuzac, appointed by Hollande to lead clampdown on wealthy avoiders, hid cash in a secret Swiss account for 20 years
12/08/2016
The overriding theme is clear - times are difficult, mistakes have been made and businesses and individuals have a duty to do the right thing.
12/07/2016
A significant portion of the data feeds into the system were missing information or had other issues that compromised the system’s effectiveness.
12/07/2016
Courts and practitioners may have to reconsider their assumptions about personal jurisdiction in future cases.