Pinsent Masons
Will public registers work without international consensus?
The UK has imposed public company registers on its overseas territories to create transparency and prevent “financial skulduggery”, but an international tax expert says, if people want privacy, they will just move to jurisdictions that still offers it.
‘Unlimited fines’ on the way for offshore tax evaders
Prison sentences and “unlimited fines” are two draconian penalties HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will have at its disposal from next week for UK taxpayers who evaded tax through offshore means in tax year 2017/18.
Best Practice | 15 Dec 17
Three categories added to personal portfolio bonds
Personal portfolio bonds (PPB) may become more attractive to investors as new regulations will allow additional property categories to be held within them.
Life insurer fined €1m for laundering failures
The Irish insurance regulator has fined Italian life insurer Intesa Sanpaolo €1m ($1.1m, £884,459) for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing compliance failures.
Best Practice | 28 Nov 17
Red flags to watch out for with HMRC’s ‘pay first’ deterrent
The UK’s HM Revenue & Customs has introduced a pay first, dispute later deterrent to stop aggressive tax planning which has pushed company profits into offshore jurisdictions.