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24 December 2007	'Non-Doms' Wonder if it is Worth Staying in the UK
17 December 2007	US Travellers Face UK Tax Trap
10 December 2007	UK Chancellor Addresses Tax Simplification
3 December 2007	UK Taxman Loses Sensitive Personal Data
26 November 2007	STEP Calls For Re-Think For UK Non-Doms
19 November 2007	Gains-Cooper Case: Tax Residence and Domicile
12 November 2007	Helping Newly Registered UK Businesses Meet Their UK Tax Obligations
5 November 2007	What Tax Havens Teach Us About The Benefits of Low Tax Economies
29 October 2007	New Spanish Tax Threat on Holiday Home Sales
22 October 2007	GBP2m Fine For Irish Clients Who Used Jersey Trusts
15 October 2007	2007 UK Pre Budget Report
8 October 2007	Non-UK Domiciles - Political Donors?
24 September 2007	Non-UK Domiciles - Do Tory Tax Sums Add Up?
17 September 2007	UK Taxman Targets Offshore Wealth
10 September 2007	European Businesses Support EU Proposals for Single Corporate Tax
3 September 2007	Switzerland Sees Record Company Registrations
27 August 2007	Jersey 'Peasants' Revolt over Plan to Tax the Poor to Keep the Rich
20 August 2007	The Cost of Dying Plummets in France
13 August 2007	Welcome to London - The Onshore Tax Haven
6 August 2007	Foreign Entities and Ordinary Share Capital
30 July 2007	Australian Offshore Tax Evasion Net Widens
23 July 2007	Family Offices and Personal Assistants: "We furnished a jet in a day"
16 July 2007	Amendments to Transitional Provisions for BVI Bearer Share Companies
9 July 2007	US Supreme Court to Hear Case on Taxation of Trust Fees
25 June 2007	City Millionairess Triumphs in Tax Avoidance Challenge
18 June 2007	Jurisdictions League Table 2006
11 June 2007	Russia to Sign Agreements on Tax Information Sharing with Offshore Zones
4 June 2007	New HMRC Compliance Requirement For Non-UK Domiciliaries
28 May 2007	Singapore Tax Rates And Reliefs
21 May 2007	Seoul Inheritance - The Tax Intermediaries' Project
14 May 2007	UK Inheritance Tax Scheme Gone Wrong
7 May 2007	Beware of Universal Life Insurance
30 April 2007	Bare Trusts for Minors and Others
23 April 2007	Tricky UK Inheritance Tax Issues for Spain Based Expats
16 April 2007	Tax and Switzerland: Europe's New Battlefield
9 April 2007	Brits With Overseas Homes Owned By Companies
2 April 2007	UK Offshore Tax Amnesty Disaster
26 March 2007	UK's Tax Waste Mountain Grows
19 March 2007	UK Stamp Duty Savings On UK Property
12 March 2007	Russia Introduces Tax Amnesty for Citizens
5 March 2007	Australian Super Funds - An Update
26 February 2007	UK High Street Banks Handover Client Details to HMRC
19 February 2007	Contentious Probate Features in UK Eastenders Soap
12 February 2007	Gordon Brown U-Turn on UK Death Taxes
5 February 2007	EU Money Laundering Directive Could Jeopardise City of London Growth
29 January 2007	The Cayman Islands Mutual Funds (Amendment) Law 2006
22 January 2007	UK Tax Residence - Counting the Days In and Out of the Country
15 January 2007	Tax Woes For ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus
8 January 2007	Luxemburg Terminates 1929 Holding Companies Regime
2 January 2007	Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgements Between PRC and HK
27 December 2006	Swiss Parliament Ratifies Hague Trust Convention
18 December 2006	EU Warns Of Legislation On Tax Coordination
11 December 2006	Hong Kong Cancels Proposal To Introduce GST
4 December 2006	UK Labour Party Stung Over Tax Avoidance
20 November 2006	BVI To Introduce New Laws on Private Trust Companies
13 November 2006	Sue In Hong Kong: enforce In China
6 November 2006	United Kingdom - A Tax Free Olympics
30 October 2006	Earl Fails to 'Sack' Step-Mother As Trustee
23 October 2006	British Tax Police Look Hard At Hedge Fund Funds
16 October 2006	Australian ATO Claims of $300m Swiss Tax Fraud May Be Overstated
9 October 2006	Simple Ways to Cut Inheritance Taxes in the UK
2 October 2006	EU Tax Officials Set Sights on Asia
25 September 2006	Introduction on Spanish Taxes on Spanish Real Estate
18 September 2006	The Rich Are Getting Richer. So Are The Bankers Serving Them
11 September 2006	Tax Exiles to be Refused Entry to the House of Lords
4 September 2006	Finnish Tax Authorities Cracking Down on Tax Evasion by Associations and Foundations
21 August 2006	Finance Act Changes to Taxation of Trusts in the UK
14 August 2006	Where There Is A Will There Is A Wrangle
7 August 2006	Zero Rate of Corporate Income Tax in the Isle of Man
31 July 2006	Beijing Enforces Capital Gains Tax to Cool Market
24 July 2006	Dubai Assists Japanese Regulator
17 July 2006	Monaco Home to Many Wealthy Brits
10 July 2006	Korean Inheritance Tax Reform
3 July 2006	UK Taxman Targets Offshore Savers
26 June 2006	Recent US Individual Tax Law Changes
19 June 2006	Lone Star Fund Domicile 'No Tax Haven'
12 June 2006	UK Capital Gains Tax and Legacies
5 June 2006	Recent Australian Budget Improves Super Fund Taxation
29 May 2006	One in Four Euro 500 Bills are in Spain
22 May 2006	Post-Budget Window of Opportunity for Flexible Trusts
15 May 2006	Hong Kong Remains a Hub of Opportunities
8 May 2006	BVI Maintain Captive Growth in 2005
3 April 2006	UK Budget 2006 Breakfast Briefing - Slides
27 March 2006	The BVI Transitions its Company Law
20 March 2006	Cross-Border Probate
13 March 2006	Establishing a Change of Domicile
6 March 2006	Overseas Companies and US 'Check the Box' Elections
27 February 2006	Singapore Budget 2006
20 February 2006	History of UK Tax
13 February 2006	China Company Law Update
06 February 2006	Tax and SOX : Sarbanes-Oxley
23 January 2006	UK HMRC Obtain Details of Offshore Bank Accounts from UK Banks.html
16 January 2006	PRC SAFE Circular 75
09 January 2006	The Abolition of Hong Kong Estate Duty
02 January 2006	Russian Gaydamak Questioned in Israel Bank Laundering Case Regarding Soccer Team Purchases
26 December 05	Ownership Title Risk for Property in the PRC
19 December 05	The Marks & Spencer's EU Tax Case
12 December 05	French Gift Taxes - Changes Expected
06 December 05	The UK Pre-Budget Report - The Key Points
28 November 05	OCED and Non-OECD Countries Made Progress Towards A Level Playing Field
21 November 05	US Tax Panel Recommends Two Plans in Final Report
17 October 05	Russia - Yukos Fails to Overturn $3.5 Billion Back Tax Bill
03 October 05	US Treasury Secretary Praises Quick Action on the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Bill
20 September 05	Greek Government Mulls Flat Income Tax
12 September 05	Philippines Supreme Court agrees with new VAT law
05 September 05	Bush's Tax Panel May Review US Housing Tax Breaks
29 August 05	Update on Indonesian Double Taxation Treaties
22 August 05	Up to 20 US ex-KPMG partners could be charged in tax-shelter probe
01 August 05	PRC - Provisional Measures for Delinquent Taxpayers
18 July 05	KPMG Hits Back In US Civil Tax Shelter Cases
11 July 05	Using Luxembourg to invest in French real estate
4 July 05	German Tax Cut Hopes Receding Fast
23 May 05	EU Corporate Tax Base to be Harmonised
2 May 05	Bloomberg TV interview - Debbie Annells on the EU Savings Directive
25 April 05	Hong Kong Tax Policy – Fixing Hong Kong's Money Machine
18 April 05	EU Savings Tax Directive on Schedule for July 2005 Start
14 Mar 05	Time is Ripe for Reunification of Corporate Tax in China
7 Mar 05	US Entrepreneur Charged with Tax Evasion
28 Feb 05	401K Plans in the US
21 Feb 05	Singapore lowers top Income Tax rate to 20%
14 Feb 05	Warnings on Purchasing Cyprus Property
7 Nov 03	US Patriot Act- Customer Identification Programs
31 Oct 03	BVI Slows New Bearer Share Legislation
17 Oct 03	India Mauritius Double Tax Treaty Latest
10 Oct 03	Australian Tax Residence
3 Oct 03	Luxembourg Fiducies
26 Sep 03	Chinese Holding Companies
19 Sep 03	US Foreign Grantor Trusts
12 Sep 03	The PRC-HK CEPA
5 Sep 03	What are your chances of being audited by the US IRS?
29 August 03	Argentina Cracks Down on Tax Evasion
22 August 03	Danish Holding Companies
15 August 03	Trans Tasman Tax Breakthrough
8 August 03	US IRS Pressure Stops Leadenhall Mastercards
25 July 03	Australia-Taxation of Trust Distributions
18 July 03	Inheritance Tax-The Irish Angle
11 July 03	Stamp Duty Land Tax in the UK
4 July 03	Germany cuts Taxes
27 June 03	UK Inland Revenue thwarts Eversden case result
20 June 03	Singapore Holding Companies
13 June 03	Philippines Income Taxes
6 June 03	PRC Rental Properties
31 May 03	Forbes Releases Tax Misery Index
26 May 03	US Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 2003
19 May 03	Update On BVI Company Laws
12 May 03	The Australian Budget 2003
28 April 03	The New Zealand Foreign Investment Fund Rules
25 April 03	Hong Kong Government announces SARS relief package
14 April 03	European tax ruling could provoke European corporate exodus
9 April 03	Reviewing the UK Residence and Domicile rules; a Background Paper
31 Mar03	Report on UK Tax Domicile and Residence Expected Soon
24 Mar 03	Taxation of UK source Dividend Income
10 Mar 03	Non Residents investing in Canadian Real property
5 Mar 03	Hong Kong Budget Highlights
24 Feb 03	US Tax Amnesty for offshore accounts
17 Feb 03	Hong Kong Intestacy Rules
10 Feb 03	Hong Kong Company Incorporations
3 Feb 03	Tax Planning and UK Residential Property
27 Jan 03	Spanish Wills and forced heirship provisions
20 Jan 03	Hong Kong IRD changes practice on Hong Kong tax loss cases Zero tax rate for Isle Of Man companies
13 Jan 03	The US Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) obtains more credit card data from tax havens
6 Jan 03	S v Inland Revenue - a Hong Kong domicile of choice
30 Dec 02	Recent Tax Cases On UK Domicile Status
23 Dec 02	Increases in UK taxes- the hidden effects
16 Dec 02	British Virgin Islands cracks down on bearer shares