Tax & Regulation
Millionaires exploit flaws to get UK ‘golden visas’
A Home Office fast-track scheme offered citizenship for £2m
Standard Life Assurance fined more than £30m
Call handlers incentivised with significant bonuses and rewards for meeting/exceeding sales targets
China officially ends foreign ownership limits
But some people are skeptical of how the regulator is going to pull it off
UK taxman carried out over 5,500 IHT investigations last year
The tax is ‘infamous for being not only disliked, but complex and at times deeply unfair’
Top French court foils bid to scrap Fatca
Tax authorities will continue to pass information to the US