10/02/2014

Swiss Tax Burden To Remain Stable

The tax-take accruing to cantons was 6.6 percent of GDP, up from 6.5 percent. The tax-to-GDP ratio for municipalities was unchanged at 4.1 percent.

10/02/2014

Channel Islands Stock Exchange fined £190k

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission launched an investigation into the CISX in February 2012 over concerns that transactions in the listed securities of Arch Guernsey ICC and its cells had been implicated in possible market manipulation and other f

09/30/2014

Beware FATCA & Undercover Agents

DQ is continuing to see an increased use of undercover agents by the IRS and other tax authorities in offshore jurisdictions.

09/26/2014

Tax bureau gets Swiss bank accounts data

The head of the AFIP tax bureau Ricardo Echegaray received yesterday an encrypted CD from the French government containing information on 3,900 undeclared bank accounts of Argentine origin in the Swiss branch of HSBC.

09/25/2014

Prevent your family falling out

The difference between harmonious family relations and bitter infighting for seriously wealthy families is often a well thought-out family charter.