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International Tax News, February 2016 - PwC

authored by specialists in PwC’s global international tax network.

King & Spalding repaid $800,000 fees to 'Putin's banker'

The sentencing judgements handed down by Ms Justice Rose have shown that law firm King & Spalding 'repaid' $800,000 worth of fees from Mr Pugachev that were found to be in contempt of a $2bn global freezing order brokered in 2014 by Hogan Lo

ASIC bans ex Macquarie manager for using fake Family Office

The sales team then used two email addresses for the BFO to extract confidential information from MAFML's competitors in the agricultural investment sector on the pretence that it was assessing potential investment opportunities for its funds under m

Daughters of late Wall Street tycoon say dad’s wife is ‘greedy’

With her husband on his deathbed, Brown allegedly attacked Kelly, who was pregnant, as well as Kimberly’s husband at the hospital, which made Kelly miss her father’s final moments, papers say.

International property: Why buying in Andorra is not a taxing option

More of us are being drawn to the principality of Andorra for its year-round appeal

CEO loses $33 million claim against UBS

Mr Tan had initially sued UBS for more than $133 million, but in the course of the trial, he dropped the claim to $33 million.

Call to tighten UK's new property law to crack down on ‘dirty money’

Rules should require foreign owners of prime London homes to come clean about beneficiary owners, say anti-corruption groups

FATCA Frustration: Could Expat Voting Impact the US Election?

US expats represent a larger community than the entire populations of Rhode Island, Montana, Delaware, South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska, the District of Columbia, Vermont and Wyoming combined

Court orders Laura Ashley boss to settle 'titanic' divorce case

Khoo Kay Peng ordered to make offer to Pauline Chai to end legal battle that has already cost £6.1m

James Packer's Crown Resorts to fight $362m tax bill

Crown was subsequently forced into billions of dollars of write-downs.

Did Gawker stash millions overseas ahead of Hogan trial?

The trust holds 26 percent “of the ordinary share capital of Gawker Media Group,” incorporated in the Cayman Islands, public records state.

Charles Stanley appoints new platform provider

Allfunds has more than £145 billion in assets under administration.

Sarah Ferguson applies for Swiss residency after moving to her £13m ski chalet

Prince Andrew’s ex-wife says she feels a 'positive energy' in the Alpine town

Why Is Monaco A Haven For Tax Defaulters?

And in any case even renting of a studio apartment will do but in either case a wannabe resident has to open an account in one or more of its secretive banks with a minimum deposit of 5,00,000 euros.

Why Is Monaco A Haven For Tax Defaulters?

India let off foreign sportspersons and entertainers with a slap on the wrist-10 percent of the receipts

Widespread Brexit complacency in FTSE 100 by Nick Le Riche, Bircham Dyson Bell

With a referendum on the UK’s continued membership of the EU likely to take place later this year and a recent survey by the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors highlighting that only four FTSE 100 companies have engaged in detailed planning fo

FATCA: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?

A recent blog post by The Tax Foundation offers compelling data that suggests a strong correlation between the recent spike in U.S citizenship renunciations and the 2010 passage of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

S’porean banker key link between Swiss bank, 1MDB

Yak was not personally at the Singapore High Court on Friday, when he sought to unfreeze his Singapore funds to pay taxes and legal fees.

The Singapore-based banker at center of Swiss bank BSI, 1MDB relationship

Yak was not personally at the Singapore High Court on Friday, when he sought to unfreeze his Singapore funds to pay taxes and legal fees.

UK weighs in on Malaysia's 1MDB state fund as it launches own investigation

It is alleged that RBS Coutts in Zurich, which is owned by RBS, is one of the banks that had transferred the state fund's money out of Malaysia.

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