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26 June 2025

CAREY OLSEN: Five Carey Olsen lawyers star in Asian Legal Business Offshore Client Choice list 2025

Press Release from Carey Olsen, Friday 30 May, 2025. Carey Olsen partners Tim Haynes, Helen Wang and Matthew Watson, and counsel Kate Lan and Amelia Tan have featured in the Asian Legal Business (“ALB”)

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26 June 2025

BRAZIL: Brazil ends crypto tax exemption, imposes 17.5% flat rate on gains

Brazil has ended its tax exemption for small-scale crypto profits, introducing a 17.5% flat rate on all capital gains from digital assets. The new rule was announced under Provisional Measure 1303 as

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26 June 2025

CYPRUS: Cyprus readies sweeping tax reform to fight evasion, ease burdens

Cyprus is preparing a sweeping tax overhaul that will broaden the tax base, toughen enforcement and ease the burden on households and businesses, officials familiar with the draft legislation said.

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26 June 2025

EU: EU to simplify carbon tax at borders for most companies

EU institutions agreed Wednesday on a legislative simplification plan that will remove the majority of companies from the scope of the carbon tax at the border. The European Council announced that an

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26 June 2025

EU: EU eyes higher fees on US, British tourists to repay post-Covid debts

British and American tourists could pay higher fees to enter the EU under a plan to boost the bloc’s tax revenues. The EU is considering taxing foreign travelers to pay back part of the €350 billion

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26 June 2025

SOUTH AFRICA: SA edges closer to getting off global ‘grey list’ after completing key reforms

South Africa is one step closer to leaving the FATF grey list as it has completed all required reforms and now awaits a final on-site visit before possible removal at the October 2025 meeting. In 2023,

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26 June 2025

US: Democrats press Pfizer, J&J and others over low tax bills and lobbying as Senate debates Trump’s plan

Two Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday pressed five of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies about their low tax bills and whether they support extending massive tax cuts for the industry

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26 June 2025

UAE: UAE Central Bank fines exchange house Dh200m for breaking anti-money laundering rules

An exchange house has been fined Dh200 million ($54.45 million) by the UAE Central Bank for breaching anti-money laundering regulations, as the fight against illegal financial activity continues. The

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26 June 2025

US: US Senate Democrats cross the aisle to help Republicans pass crypto bill

The Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would regulate a form of cryptocurrency known as stablecoins, the first of what the industry hopes will be a wave of bills to bolster its legitimacy and

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26 June 2025

CARIBBEAN: US Powerful Travel Ban Threatens Caribbean Citizenship by Investment Programs

The United States has imposed a powerful travel ban that threatens the Caribbean Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs, impacting nations such as Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts

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