Options for non-resident landlords in ‘buy-to-let war’
Expat buy-to-let landlords holding UK property will be hit with a non-resident property owners tax from April 2019. But, is there anything they can do?
Tax & Technical
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World opens up to internationally mobile wealth
More jurisdictions are opening up their borders to expats and immigration by investment, according to a study.
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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.
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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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EY acquires US tax advisory
Private client and property advisers RPR Partners has have been acquired by EY.
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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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Eight jurisdictions to be dropped from EU tax haven blacklist
The European Union’s finance minister is expected to remove almost half of the jurisdictions, including Panama and the UAE, from the tax haven blacklist next week, in a move that critics may see as a watering down of its tax avoidance campaign.
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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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Expat Britons in Europe warned of ‘legal limbo’
Securing rights in EU countries ahead of Brexit in 2019 should be straightforward for Brits, but the reality is anything but, a study has found.
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HMRC penalty policy needs urgent clarification
UK taxpayers owning up to past mistakes could face a 10% fine, according to changes to HM Revenue & Customs’ penalty factsheets.
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Common Reporting Standard’s conflict with data human rights
The intrusive Common Reporting Standard will only be curbed if someone is prepared to sacrifice their own privacy in a test case to assert the right to privacy for everyone, according to a partner at British law firm Mishcon de Reya.
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Adviser banned over unpaid Harlequin fine
A UK financial advice firm has been shut down for failing to pay an Ombudsman fine levied for advice given on a notorious defunct Caribbean hotel scheme.