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A time to pay and name and shame

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, tax planning, HMRC, offshore, Dave Jennings, investigation, penalties, legislation, law, human rights

As the recession started to bite, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) relaxed its enforcement of debts for some taxpayers facing cashflow problems. Paying arrears by instalments has helped many businesses but may become even more important as new PAYE penalties for employers start in April 2010…

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Beware the time-travelling taxman

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, tax planning, HMRC, offshore, Dave Jennings, investigation, penalties, banking, legislation, Switzerland, Swiss, Isle of Man, Robert Huitson, law, UBS, human rights, backdated

I am not talking about the HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) version of Doctor Who, as scary as that may sound, now comes something even worse. One of the main gripes we often hear from business’ about our tax system is the lack of certainty. Should HMRC, therefore, be authorised to change the law or its interpretations retrospectively, plunging its victims into a costly time warp and sending them singing for their supper?

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Locations of offshore tax jurisdictions (infographic)

Thursday, January 21, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Infographic, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, finance, offshore, infographic, banking, tax haven, IMF, jurisdiction

While most people think of the traditional tax haven as being somewhere like Switzerland or Bermuda, there are in fact more than 60 offshore financial centres around the world, according to the IMF.

Grant Thornton’s latest infographic shows the scale and global spread of such offshore tax jurisdictions, locating them by country, city and island/political region…

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The tax haven strikes back

Monday, November 02, 2009 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: offshore, Dave Jennings, tax havens, Protect Your Wealth, tax policy, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, NDO, New Disclosure Opportunity, G20, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Lloyds Bank, backlash

Back in June, we asked,

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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, Protect Your Wealth, penalties, Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility, tax amnesty, Liechtenstein, NDO, New Disclosure Opportunity, LDF

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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