British Tax Man Can Reach Out To Expats, Court Decides
The long arm of the British tax man can reach out to expats in other countries, a court in London has decided. The UK Court...
South Africa Expat Tax
South African Expat Tax is the new rule by South Africa's South African Revenue Service. Find out below what it means to you and...
Come Clean About Stealth Taxes, Urges Think-Tank
Successive Chancellors of the Exchequer have stealthily increased tax rates for hundreds of thousands of high earners by freezing, a think-tank study has revealed. Economists...
Grieving Families Pay Record £5.6 Billion Inheritance Tax
Families have paid a record £5.6 billion inheritance tax despite the government increasing tax breaks. In the 2018-19 tax year, the IHT tax take increased...
South Africa Expats Sleepwalking Into Tax Problems
The way South Africa expats pay tax is changing and many may be sleepwalking into financial trouble without realising what is happening. From March 2020,...
Companies Will Suffer Most From South Africa Tax Reform
Financial experts fear new tax rules for expats will blight the South Africa economy. The rules abolish the country’s expat tax exemption for South African’s...
FATCA List – April 2019
The US Internal Revenue Service’s list of foreign financial institutions reporting to them under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) increased by 4,440...
South Africa Expats Face Tax On The Cost Of Benefits
South African expats are worried that a new tax on fringe benefits attached to their assignments abroad will quickly fritter away their ZAR1 million...
South Africa Expats To Lose Tax-Free Cash In The UAE
South African expats in the United Arab Emirates face huge tax bills on end of contract gratuities that they believed would be free of...
3m Taxpayers Holding Offshore Accounts Under Scrutiny
Overseas tax authorities have revealed the tax secrets of around 3 million UK taxpayers with offshore accounts in more than 100 countries. Masses of information...
HMRC Forces Firms To Hand Over Confidential Client Papers
HM Revenue & Customs is secretly collecting evidence about the financial affairs of suspected tax dodgers from professional service businesses. HMRC’s Criminal Investigation Directorate issued...
Only 2% Of Landlords Own Up To Dodging Property Taxes
Landlords at home and abroad have shunned the chance to confess to HM Revenue & Customs about tax dodging and their rental profits. Only 35,099...
Avoiding Loan Charge Tax Is Doomed To Fail, Says HMRC
Schemes aimed at helping expat contractors avoid the disguised remuneration loan charge are doomed to fail, says HM Revenue & Customs. The loan charge applies...
FATCA List – March 2019
The US Internal Revenue Service’s list of foreign financial institutions reporting to them under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) shrunk by 1.440...
What Tax Do You Pay If You Inherit Property?
Tax can be confusing, which is why so many people worry about tax they might have to pay on gifts left to them by...
Don’t Squander Cash On Unnecessary Capital Gains Tax
Taxpayers handed over a record £6.8 billion in capital gains tax (CGT) in January 2019 - but many couples could be paying more than...
Licking The UK Stamp Duty Muddle For Expats
It’s easy to get in a muddle as an expat or foreign buyer seeking to take advantage of some great buy-to-let investment deals in...
HMRC Targets 2,000 Expats In Loan Tax Crack Down
Nearly 2,000 expats have received tax demands from the UK tax man relating to loan charge rules going back almost two decades. HM Revenue &...
FATCA Fight Will Carry On, Vow Repeal Campaigners
The fight to block the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is unfinished despite defeat in the Supreme Court, vow opponents of the...
Inheritance Tax Jargon explained
Inheritance tax is ensnaring more people than ever due to ever increasing house prices. The tax man has revealed record IHT takings in the year...
The Expat Brexit Survey
The Expat Brexit Survey
Have your say about Brexit and how leaving the European Union will affect your life, work and retirement, take a few minutes to give...
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