Global Food Demand Puts Up Prices
Global food supplies are still worrying low and pushing up the price of not only corn and cotton, but as…
Stepping Aboard The QE2
After much speculation it came as no surprise when the US Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) announced that it was embarking…
Dementia Costs Add To The Demographic Time Bomb
Dementia will cost the world ?388 billion in 2010, the equivalent of 1% of global gross domestic product (GDP), the…
UK Tax Blow For Pension Pots
The UK tax free allowance on annual contributions to a pension plan has been slashed to ?50,000 from ?255,000 in…
HMRC Sends Tax Fraud Letters To UK Taxpayers With Swiss Accounts
More than 200 ?extremely wealthy? UK taxpayers suspected of ?heavy-duty? tax evasion amounting to ?millions of pounds? have been sent…
UK Revenue Taking Ruthless Approach To Tax Evasion
With the UK government applying unpopular spending cuts left, right and centre to rein in the deficit, it is essential…
French Budget 2011 ? Tax Increases And Tax Breaks Cut
The French Finance Bill put before the Council of Ministers on 29th September 2010 contained expected tax hikes which focused…
Tax Hikes For Wealthy in Spain?s 2011 Budget
The Spanish government has approved its budget for 2011 which sees tax rises for the wealthy and spending cuts of…
Market Review Of Quarter 3, 2010
UK (returns are in ?) The FTSE All Share Index enjoyed a very strong quarter, climbing significantly on increased merger…
Tie Breaker Rules Could Decide UK Tax Residency
British expatriates do not necessarily escape the attention of the UK tax authority just because they spend less than 91…
Clampdown Of Tax Evasion Should Be Ramped Up Says IMF Fiscal Chief
Local governments, the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) have all been taking increasingly successful steps…
Reports Of A Double Dip Are Greatly Exaggerated
?Double dip?. How many times have we heard this phrase over recent months? As the fall out from the financial…
Understanding QROPS
Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS) are pension schemes located in a jurisdiction outside the UK and which HM Revenue…
Offshore Trusts For Tax And Wealth Management In Spain
Trusts can be particularly useful for British expatriates who live in Spain for tax mitigation purposes and also for arranging…
The Advantages Of QNUPS In Spain
British expatriates living in Spain want to feel confident that their wealth will last them for the rest of their…
Sarkozy Turns The Tax Screw In France
The Attali Commission on Economic Growth, set up by President Nicolas Sarkozy to establish a programme to boost economic growth,…
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