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EU Says New Zealand Not In ‘Tax Haven Probe’
August 4th, 2016
Media reports that the European Union is targeting New Zealand for investigation as a tax haven are incorrect and misleading, the EU said in a statement on August 3, 2016. The EU is currently undertaking an assessment of all ...
EU considers blacklisting NZ over tax laws
August 1st, 2016
Possible EU sanctions against New Zealand could make travel harder and have a massive effect on the economy. New Zealand is under investigation by the EU as it prepares a blacklist of global tax havens, Newshub revealed on Monday ...
A paper trail links online traders to tax havens
July 21st, 2016
A paper trail that runs from Okinawa to Canada and from Israel to Italy and France links some unauthorized online traders on the blacklist of Japan’s financial regulator to offshore companies in tax havens, an analysis of files leaked ...
Accountancy profession reacts to the UK’s decision to leave EU
June 27th, 2016
Accountants, tax experts and finance professionals have reacted to the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, with many predicting a wave of uncertainty regarding the economy and British businesses. The Leave campaign received 52% of the referendum, compared ...
The Tiny Malaysian Island That Wants to Be a Tax Haven
June 3rd, 2016
In the secretive world of offshore tax havens, the tiny Malaysian island of Labuan is doing something curious: seeking the spotlight. Top executives of the Labuan International Business and Financial Centre have been on a tour of major cities ...
EU to compile blacklist of tax havens
May 20th, 2016
European Union finance ministers will agree next week to draw up a common list of tax havens and sanctions against them, according to a draft EU document, part of a crackdown on tax evasion by companies and wealthy individuals. ...
KPMG receives complaints over Isle of Man controversy
May 18th, 2016
KPMG’S Canadian arm is the subject of two complaints from one of the country’s largest financial worker’s unions, with the group claiming that the Big Four firm set up offshore tax structures in the Isle of Man to help wealthy Canadians ...
Nearly 400 LSE-listed companies based in tax havens linked to UK
May 13th, 2016
Research finds 389 firms on London Stock Exchange with market capitalisation of £225bn are registered in offshore territories Almost 400 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), with a collective market capitalisation of £225bn, are based in offshore havens connected ...
US tax havens – the new Switzerland
May 9th, 2016
America is a magnet for offshore wealth, notably South Dakota, which has guaranteed secrecy In an old discount store hugging a corner in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the heirs to the William Wrigley chewing gum fortune have an office for ...
Once A Tax Haven, Gibraltar Now Says It’s Low-Tax
April 19th, 2016
Gibraltar, a tiny British territory at Europe’s southern tip, is famous for its geography — a huge limestone rock — that appears on the Prudential logo. It’s a global center for offshore banking, with the trappings of wealth to prove ...
