Tax & Trust
DoJ trumpets tax crackdown
The Department of Justice has obtained nearly 500 civil injunctions to stop the promotion of tax scams and the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns, and has criminally prosecuted numerous tax fraud scheme promoters
Chancing Chancellors
Channel 4’s Ask the Chancellors last night promised all the excitement of One Foot in the Grave. It did not disappoint.
Taking the 'Lie' out of 'Liechtenstein'
The hills are alive with the sound of… disclosure? On Friday, HMRC offered more details of the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) aimed at those UHNWs who have money in or move money to the principality and declare it.
Budget 2010: Liveblog
Click here to read our live coverage of the Budget and expert reaction in the aftermath
FT: Liechtenstein offering amnesty
Prince Max of Liechtenstein is enticing wealthy investors up and down Britain to come clean over assets hidden abroad by promoting his tax haven's "unique and attractive" amnesty.
The Best Tax Haven You've Never Heard Of
Uruguay is one of the least known but most enticing locations for high net worths and their businesses thanks to low taxes and friendly laws: Josh Spero reports from South America's best-kept secret
Gaines-Cooper case: experts' thoughts
Commentary from Saffery Champness and Withers on the Gaines-Cooper case, which made renouncing UK residency that much harder.
US Special: Off Shore, Out of Mind?
Tax havens have nowhere to hide now that America has turned on them, says Christopher Silvester
Retrench Tomorrow
As today’s aggressive Keynesianism gives way to wrenching fiscal retrenchment, says Guy Monson, the global economic recovery will be a two-speed affair
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Is it really possible to avoid stamp duty land tax when purchasing land and property?
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A lot has been made recently in the press about buyers of some of the UK’s most expensive homes avoiding stamp duty land tax (SDLT) by purchasing their home through a company.
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