Offshore UK property owners to be listed by 2021
The UK Government is to publish a register of every ultimate property owner or buyer using overseas companies by early 2021.
Author: PA Adviser
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Law firm building international sports practice
Private client lawyers Charles Russell Speechlys is building an international practice aimed at professional athletes.
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International robo firm launches low cost advice offering
Scalable Capital, a UK and European digital wealth manager, has launched a financial advice service.
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Regulation is a ‘sideshow’ – international pension chief
Regulation is a sideshow in wealth management, according to Embark chief executive Phil Smith.
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‘Hitman’ using Facebook data in offshore Bitcoin scam
Jersey’s regulator and financial crime unit have warned of email threats to send hitmen to people’s homes unless they make a substantial payment in Bitcoins.
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Paradise Papers start to reveal their secrets
Australian tax authorities have begun combing through Paradise Papers and identified 731 individuals, according to a report.
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EU eyes UK offshore financial centres in Brexit talks – report
The European Union will “go after” the UK crown dependencies and overseas territories which were left off its recent tax haven blacklist, according to a UK newspaper.
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Scots ignorant of international privilege
Unmarried Scots, even those who have lived abroad for long periods, have a right to raise a claim to a partner’s estate in the event of separation.
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10 steps to avoid being hit with 40% IHT in 2018
With inheritance tax payments hitting a record high at the end of 2017, the new year is a good time for advisers to ensure that clients are being as tax efficient as possible when passing on wealth to future generations, law firm Collyer Bristow has advised.
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Trust company launches tax planning tool for expats
Sterling Trust has launched a specialist arm of the business, offering a variety of bespoke products to the international market place.
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EU tax evasion and money laundering rules come into force
The EU’s long anticipated tax cooperation directive (2011/16) has come into full effect.
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IFA ordered to compensate client’s Caribbean investments
An IFA has been ordered to reimburse a client’s losses after she invested her pension into an off-plan Caribbean hotel scheme.