Managers of Wealth

Revealed: £1.9 billion tax ‘owed’ by super-rich probed by crack team at HMRC

National Audit Office reveals scale of HMRC team - and slow progress

Pinsent Masons calls for clearer regulatory guidance on robo-advice

Robo advice tools have the potential to help address the UK's 'advice gap' that was highlighted in the Financial Advice Market Review, published in March 2016.

FCA orders wealth firm to stop taking new money

According to a brochure released by Greyfriars, Portfolio Six is a discretionary managed investment portfolio made up of ‘non-correlated investments’ including corporate bonds.

U.K. Aims for Massive Rise in Tax Evasion Criminal Convictions

HMRC prioritizes the recovery of tax where it identifies fraud and uses civil investigations in the majority of cases

Africa tax in brief by Celia Becker

Kenya: Finance Act 2016 enacted

Warren calls out KPMG for Wells Fargo disaster

WF hired KPMG to conduct independent audits

Hong Kong court opens investigation on Swiss bank UBS

Hong Kong tightened up its stock listing rules three years ago by making the banks responsible for preparing IPO documents

Official hails program to track secret Swiss bank funds

Switzerland has long been a popular destination for financial criminals committing activities such as tax evasion and money laundering

The Billionaire Art Dealer Accused Of Tax Evasion Goes To Trial

This case is a rare look at the complicated financial agreements used by some wealthy art collectors to shield themselves from taxes.

Deloitte Tax Bulletin October 2016

Guernsey Budget

China to start tracking non-resident assets held in country

China plans to introduce OECD approved Common Reporting Standards September 2018

OECD releases schedule for Action 14 peer reviews and invites taxpayer input

In accordance with the Assessment Methodology, the reviews will be conducted in batches, with the first batch commencing in December 2016.

Europe on eve of banking ARMAGEDDON which will dwarf 2008 global crash, warns expert

And it's going to be a wake up call for the whole of Europe say experts who fear the reports are not going to be good for anyone.

World Tax Advisor

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The regtech headache of going digital

That is not quite so easy with digital channels, even the old-fashioned ones.

Swiss court grants UBS access to files in French tax probe

UBS said in July it had been ordered by the FTA to provide France with tax information and was planning to ask the FAC to look at the request.

Brexit: Passporting through Cyprus

Cyprus can offer such firms the flexibility to maintain current operations through carefully crafted outsourcing arrangements.

What happens to your ‘digital estate’ on death?

The approach of many companies is that you do not ‘purchase’ the data; instead, you simply acquire a lifelong licence

UBS Wins Right to Appeal in French Tax Dispute

UBS has to give the Swiss government thousands of its clients' names requested by France, which hopes to claim taxes from citizens who chose to keep assets undeclared on Swiss accounts. But the Swiss bank has now been granted the right to appeal agai

Software group Misys scraps London IPO plans, joining long list of firms which have ditched floats post-Brexit

When plans were unveiled 3 weeks ago, Misys boss had brushed off Brexit

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