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30 May 2024

LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg draft law published 23 May 2024 contains a series of tax measures and clarifications

Main takeaways: On 23 May 2024, the Minister of Finance submitted a draft law No. 8388 with the Luxembourg Parliament (the “Draft Law”) proposing several new tax measures, mainly: Amendment and

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30 May 2024

IRELAND: Ireland agrees to global tax deal, sacrificing prized low rate

Ireland dropped its opposition to an overhaul of global corporate tax rules on Thursday, agreeing to give up its prized 12.5% tax for large multinationals in a major boost to efforts to impose a minimum

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30 May 2024

BVI: BVI financial services to host trade show in China

Minister for Financial Services Lorna Smith has announced that the BVI intends to host its first financial services trade show in Shenzhen, China in early 2025, as the jurisdiction seeks to strengthen

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30 May 2024

EU: Package of new anti-money laundering rules adopted by European Council

The AML Regulation and the new AML DirectiveArguably the most important change will be the introduction of a Regulation that will apply directly in all Member States. This will mean that most of the

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30 May 2024

EU: Georgian Parliament overrides president’s veto on offshore law

The Georgian Parliament did not consider the president’s substantiated remarks presented during the veto procedure on the offshore law and thus overrode the veto. In her remarks, Georgian president Salome

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30 May 2024

AFRICA: Tax revolt in South Africa is already happening

South African taxpayers have historically been successful at resisting forced government policies they deem unjust—and failing that, thousands have just called it quits on the country altogether.

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30 May 2024

ST KITTS: Saint Lucia distances itself from St Kitts CIP lawsuit

St Kitts-based CIP Agent, MSR Media, has filed a lawsuit against the government of St Kitts in Florida under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, claiming that the Kittian

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30 May 2024

EU: Cyprus, Malta lead EU ranking of $1.6 trillion assets held offshore

European Union taxpayers held assets worth at least $1.6 trillion offshore in 2016, equal to nearly 10% of the bloc’s output, the European Commission said on Friday, estimating tax revenue losses

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25 May 2024

US: Billionaire Tax Rejected by US Causes Split Ahead of G-7

Group of Seven countries are at odds over how to tax the world’s richest individuals as finance officials prepare for a meeting in Stresa, Italy.  An early draft communique contained language on

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25 May 2024

EU: EU Sues Spain Over Failure to Implement Merger Tax Rules

Today, the European Commission decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to ensure correct implementation of the Merger Directive on the common system of taxation

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