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The 2015 VAT changes produce a number of challenges for merchants selling digital services. The changes herald a fresh start for the EU in terms of how they tax the digital economy but for merchants it is another layer of…
Captive Insurance – An Integrated Tax and Risk Management Solution [typography font=”Open Sans” size=”11″ size_format=”px”]by Gerald Nowotny[/typography] Captive or closely held insurance companies have been around a long time, at least fifty or more years. For most of their existence,…
The annual Hong Kong Fund Management Activities Survey (FMAS) released today by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) shows that the combined fund management business in Hong Kong hit another record high of $16,007 billion as of the end of 2013, representing…
[typography font=”Open Sans” size=”11″ size_format=”px”]by Gerald Nowotny[/typography] I lived in Miami for about ten years during the time that I went to law school at the University Of Miami School of Law, i.e. the Harvard of the South! I also…
Many US citizens know that it is extremely difficult to hold assets outside of the US solely for asset protection and tax deferral. Some perceived to be authorities say you can invest ” anywhere you want” but that’s just not…
THE EU’s Explanatory Notes on the new VAT Directive for 2015 provide all the information that merchants need to ensure their EU VAT compliance. Compliance essentially boils to – as per the Explanatory Notes – “the relevant taxable persons would…
History will ultimately teach us that America’s far-reaching new global tax law, which came into effect on Tuesday, is a “hammer blow for the U.S. economy”, warns the founder and chief executive of one of the world’s largest independent financial…
THE new EU VAT on eServices comes into effect on January 1, 2015, and will – potentially – result in a host of administrative burdens for eMerchants. There are numerous issues ahead for businesses that have B2C sales of digital…
The whole thing to do with FATCA is starting to build a tidal wave of interest now that most people understand that 1 July is the drop dead date. [quote style=”boxed”]Would you like to guess as to what is treated…
SPECIAL REPORT
The US Debt Clock has released another provocative Secret Window poster, and this time the New Money Revolution delivers its message through the simplest financial question imaginable. The headline reads: KID MONEY LOGIC Standing on…