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United States: The IRS is recalling 46,000 workers to handle tax returns (21/01/2019)
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedInShare to WhatsAppShare to MessengerShare to EmailShare to TelegramShare to More The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown — nearly ... read more
Cayman: Governor heads to NY to support offshore (21/01/2019)
Governor Martyn Roper is travelling to New York Monday to join the delegation led by Premier Alden McLaughlin in an effort to promote the Cayman Islands’ financial services sector ... read more
Cayman: Dutch blacklisting unjustified diversion tactic (09/01/2019)
Government has accused The Netherlands of including the Cayman Islands on its separate blacklist as a way of diverting criticisms of its own tax practices by attacking legitimate tax regimes. ... read more
Bahamas: Financial Sector Reform (09/01/2019)
In an effort to enhance the Financial Services Sector, the Government of The Bahamas is developing a new framework aimed at strengthening industry regulations and protecting revenues to the Public Treasury.... read more
USA: EU’s Expanded Tax Haven Blacklist Could Apply to U.S. (14/12/2018)
The European Union plans to update its year-old blacklist of tax havens to include new criteria and an expanded geographic reach—possibly all the way to the U.S.... read more
Amid Brexit turmoil, UK reassures overseas territories (14/12/2018)
Brexit was at the top of the agenda when Premier Dr. Orlando Smith and other overseas territory leaders met with United Kingdom officials... read more
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De-Risking Governments Around the World: A Perfect Match for Abundant Insurance
Each year, hurricane season acts as the barometer for how well-prepared government agencies are when disaster strikes. Some states, like Florida, Louisiana and Texas, face this every year and rely on sophisticated tracking models
US Tax and Trade Policy Supports the Growth of International Financial Services
The United States’ tax and trade policies primarily aim to boost foreign capital investment, encourage domestic capital creation, and provide the money that facilitates politically driven, vote enhancing social engineering.
Economic Colonialism and the European Union Blacklist
“The higher races have a right over the lower races. They have a duty to civilise the inferior races”. These are the words of Jules Ferry, a leading 19th century proponent of French colonialism. It seems from the extraterritorial expansionist intenti
Pardon my Mistake: Why is the Court’s Mistake Jurisdiction so Useful?
The court’s ability to help out by relieving against the consequences of mistake has long been a cornerstone of the equitable jurisdiction exercised by courts based on the English common law system
The EU Tax Blacklist: Is This the Future for Globalisation?
“It’s probably the most spectacular thing we’ve done,” said Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, when he described the EU’s plans for a tax blacklist
Barbarians at the Gate: The Populist Attack on Globalisation and its Threat to S
The next paragraph will be controversial. The purpose of this is twofold. First, you are more likely to read the article in full, if only to utterly disagree with it. Second, it is not going to be easy to explain how protectionism, as espoused by th
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