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Cuckoo clock is ticking on Swiss bank accounts

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax planning, HMRC, offshore, income tax, Dave Jennings, tax avoidance, tax havens, disclosure, investigation, banking, penalties, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, Liechtenstein, tax amnesty, Switzerland, LDF, tax evasion, savings, offshore bank accounts, Tax Investigations, UK-Swiss deal, secrecy

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The UK-Swiss tax deal just got more expensive for Swiss bank account holders following changes to a similar agreement between Switzerland and Germany. Find out exactly what the changes mean for UK holders of Swiss bank accounts…

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Seek amnesty or risk investigation as HMRC’s tax net tightens on offshore bank accounts

Friday, July 08, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, tax planning, HMRC, offshore, Dave Jennings, tax havens, disclosure, investigation, banking, penalties, Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, tax amnesty, amnesty, Switzerland, LDF, HSBC, evasion, Tax Investigations

With a new round of tax investigations being launched into customers of HSBC in Switzerland, HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC’s) drive against holders of undeclared offshore bank accounts is heating up. Waiting to come forward could result in higher tax and penalties, so what are the tax amnesty options?

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Plumbers tax amnesty could open floodgates for all

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, Dave Jennings, disclosure, investigation, Protect Your Wealth, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, Liechtenstein, tax amnesty, amnesty, LDF, PTSP, trades, plumbers

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In August, tax investigations partner Grant Summers asked whether there should be a

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200% penalty for offshore tax evasion

Thursday, April 22, 2010 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, tax planning, HMRC, offshore, Dave Jennings, investigation, penalties, Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, OECD, amnesty, LDF, tax haven, 200%

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Tax, or National Insurance, was bound to be in the headlines during the Budget and Election but very little beats the threat of a 200% penalty for attention. Combined with a

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What’s Liechtenstein got to do, got to do with it?

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, offshore, Dave Jennings, tax havens, disclosure, penalties, Protect Your Wealth, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, Liechtenstein, tax amnesty, NDO, New Disclosure Opportunity, LDF

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What’s Liechtenstein but a sweet old-fashioned notion? What’s Liechtenstein got to do, got to do with it? Who needs a haven when a haven can be broken? With recent pressures on UK investors to

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NDO may expose you to 20 years of back taxes

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 | Posted by: Paul Roberts
Categories: Personal | Tags: HMRC, Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, tax amnesty, Offshore Disclosure Facility, New Disclosure Opportunity, LDF, offshore assets, Paul Roberts, untaxed income, Public Accounts Committee

With a few last-minute tweaks, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has now published details of the

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