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6 December 2024

US: Bitcoin soars to record high as Donald Trump appoints former Paypal CEO as US ‘crypto czar’

United States president-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he was appointing former PayPal chief operating officer David Sacks as his “White House AI and Crypto Czar,” another step towards

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29 November 2024

CAREY OLSEN: Carey Olsen advises Guernsey ‘first of its kind’ captive assisted buy-in

Press Release from Carey Olsen, Friday 29 November, 2024. Carey Olsen has advised on an innovative captive assisted value share bulk purchase annuity (BPA) transaction with M&G plc (“M&G”).

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29 November 2024

HONG KONG: Hong Kong proposes tax breaks to attract crypto hedge funds, investors

Hong Kong has proposed exempting cryptocurrency gains from taxes for hedge funds, private equity and family investment vehicles to strengthen its position as a leading crypto financial hub. The proposal,

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29 November 2024

CRYPTO: 40% rise in crypto ownership will ramp up tax compliance activity warns BDO

The 40% rise in the number of Britons owning crypto-assets revealed by the latest FCA survey will lead to a ramping up of compliance activity against those who fail to pay the correct tax on their crypto

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29 November 2024

LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg remains key enabler of tax avoidance, report says

Luxembourg remains a key facilitator of tax avoidance and is part of an axis of countries responsible for more than a third of all tax losses suffered by nations worldwide, according to a report by

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29 November 2024

UK: UK households rush to ‘move money overseas’ to escape HMRC tax raid

More and more UK households are sending their cash overseas to escape a Labour Party government and HMRC raid. Savers are moving their money overseas to avoid Rachel Reeves’s punitive tax raids, leading

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29 November 2024

EU: Auditors admonish ‘loopholes’ in EU’s €100bn corporate tax avoidance fight

Brussels recently scored a win when judges ruled Apple should reimburse €13bn in underpaid taxes – but a high-profile tax havens blacklist is undermined by weak sanctions, and warnings of cross-border

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29 November 2024

US: Supreme Court Turns Back Stealth Attack On Wealth Tax

The Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling on June 20 rejecting a sweeping constitutional argument that a wealthy Washington state couple brought before them that was viewed as a stalking horse aimed

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29 November 2024

EU: EU Ends State Aid Probes Into Fiat, Amazon, Starbucks

The European Commission has closed three in-depth State aid investigations into transfer pricing tax rulings granted by Luxembourg to Fiat and Amazon, and by the Netherlands to Starbucks. Following

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29 November 2024

EU: Italy’s Bruna Szego picked as chair of EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority

BRUSSELS, 26th November, 2024 (WAM) — Italy’s Bruna Szego was chosen as the chair of the European Union’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) on Monday following a three-hour

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