One may find here carefully selected news on taxes, banking, corporate structuring and finance, trademarks, compliance, and various legal and tax matters across all the jurisdictions we cover in our daily work.
Dealers say art sales have fallen because of Mexico’s new anti-money-laundering law. It requires buyers’ personal information be reported. The anti-money-laundering law, passed in 2012, has two core objectives: limiting
The Swiss Federal Council has clarified that fines are not a business-related expense and are therefore not tax deductible. It is stipulated in Swiss tax law that neither private individuals
WHATEVER the outcome of the Scottish independence vote on Thursday, one result is guaranteed – Holyrood will have hugely increased tax-raising powers. And such a move could potentially unleash even
Austria won’t participate in a planned financial-transaction tax unless the revenue generated outweighs the cost to the industry, Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling said. “Austria won’t be part of a
Some of the largest multinational companies to be forced to contribute towards government budgets. Bold updates to international tax rules designed to force some of the world’s biggest multinationals –
Experts have warned sellers must be very careful about any income they make online and fully understand their tax obligations. If you are selling items on a repetitive basis, or
An eBay trader has been sentenced to two years in jail after failing to pay tax on over 500,000 items he sold on the auction website. While regarded as an extreme
The Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility is an agreement between the governments of Liechtenstein and the United Kingdom which enables UK citizens to declare previously undisclosed assets to Her Majesty’s Revenue and
Earlier today the ATO released its long awaited public guidance on the Australian tax and GST treatment of bitcoin and other crypto-currencies. This guidance was originally scheduled to be released
One of the most attractive features of doing business in the Netherlands is the possibility to obtain an Advance Tax Ruling (ATR) and/or Advance Pricing Agreement (AP) so that foreign
