May 24, 2021 Further changes on the horizon – the VAT e-commerce package By Charishma Bhujohory As the dust settles on Brexit, businesses will need to brace themselves for another wave of change on the VAT front – the implementation...
May 10, 2021 The end for citizenship by investment programs? By Macfarlanes The Cyprus Citizenship by Investment program, which enabled wealthy foreign investors to obtain a Cypriot passport within months of...
Feb 08, 2021 A state of flux – Luxembourg’s denial of interest deductibility By Rhian Edwards On 28 January, Luxembourg’s Parliament passed a new law on the deductibility of interest for tax purposes. The legislation prevents the...
Jan 29, 2021 EU blacklist expansions on the horizon - Channel Islands, Cayman... the USA? By Ceinwen Rees The EU tax blacklist is far from set in stone, with countries moving on and off with reasonable regularity due to the EU's semi annual...
Jul 06, 2020 UK Government acts “without fear or favour” to introduce new human rights sanctions, effective immediately By Neill Blundell Francis Bond The UK has begun to detail its post-Brexit sanctions regime, beginning with a series of “Magnitsky” measures (a reference to the late...
Jun 24, 2020 The Council of the EU calls for greater financial crime powers By Neill Blundell Francis Bond The Council of the European Union (the Council) has called for a series of cross-continent actions designed to tackle financial crime....
Mar 19, 2020 EU restricts exports of safety equipment due to Covid-19 By Neill Blundell Francis Bond The European Union has imposed instant restrictions on the export of personal protective equipment outside of its territory. Companies...
Feb 11, 2020 Contradictory sanctions regimes leave companies confused and exposed By Neill Blundell Francis Bond A special report by the Financial Times has investigated the tensions faced by companies struggling to navigate overlapping and sometimes...
Oct 16, 2019 US Treasury sanctions Turkey - foreign financial institutions exposed By Neill Blundell Francis Bond President Trump has issued a new Executive Order setting out a framework by which the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...
Aug 20, 2019 Government considers tighter immigration controls for EU nationals on a no-deal Brexit By Edward Reed As the prospect of a no-deal Brexit looms large, the government has released further details on how new arrivals from the EU after 31...
Jul 29, 2019 New PM plans a radical rewrite of the UK immigration system to ease post-Brexit labour shortages By Edward Reed The UK's new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has honoured his pledge to explore an "Australian style points-based system" as part of a "a...