HMRC have started to contact UK taxpayers about their offshore income and gains, showing that the UK’s participation in the Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) is in full force. What is the Common Reporting Standard? Over 100 countries have signed up to CRS and information regarding the level of income and gains earned by worldwide taxpayers…
DetailsThe recent Hull AFC versus HMRC tribunal judgement has been examined in an article by Jon Elphick which was published in Taxation magazine. https://www.taxation.co.uk/Articles/image-rights-and-hmrc Jon’s analysis centres on “Geovanni” who is a well known, retired Brazilian footballer. He was signed to Hull City AFC Tigers in 2008 by way of an employment contract. However, his…
DetailsIn the aftermath of the Panama/Paradise Papers, the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Secretariat of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have issued eight principles for the legal profession to follow. Few people would disagree with Principle 1 that ‘you should not unwittingly help a client hide illegal conduct’, or Principle 3…
Detailshttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/millionaires-flee-uk-over-fears-of-political-chaos-swr9fggfv The Times Saturday, May 11th The Global Wealth Migration Review 2019 published by New World Wealth research group has revealed some startling statistics on the number of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals leaving the UK permanently in the last 2 years, with 7,000 more leaving than arriving. Australia and Canada seem to be…
DetailsThere is a stark warning for non-doms with offshore structures in HMRC’s recent publication “No Safe Havens 2019”. Last year HMRC received 5.67 million records of UK tax payers’ offshore bank accounts under the Common Reporting Standard. They correlated these with the tax return submissions and property sale information of 500,000 individuals. Illegal tax evasion…
DetailsAmerican ex-pats may be interested in the Chancellor, Phillip Hammond’s recent Spring Statement which unveiled two new publications on the subject of Tax Avoidance. In the American Ex-pat Financial News Journal, Mark Davies comments on the costly effects of honest mistakes for ex-pats living in the UK. Read the article here:- https://americanexpatfinance.com/news/item/133-uk-again-vows-crackdown-on-offshore-tax-evaders-in-spring-statement …
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