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29 November 2024

CAYMAN ISLANDS: Cayman moves toward more beneficial owner access

The Cayman Islands Government is moving towards expanding who can access beneficial ownership information about financial entities registered here, beyond law enforcement agencies. Cabinet is expected

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29 November 2024

CLIMATE FINANCE: COP29 closes with a climate finance deal, but at what cost?

After two weeks of intense negotiations, COP29 formally closed at 5:31 am AZT, Sunday 24 November 2024. Almost 200 countries and over 90 national leaders gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan, to assess progress

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29 November 2024

GREECE: Gov’t boosting massive investment program and tax reductions from surplus revenues fighting tax evasion

The positive circumstances for the massive investment program funded by the Recovery Fund and NSRF, as well as from the significant rise in revenues due to the curtailment of tax evasion, create conditions

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29 November 2024

US: Trump’s Crypto Plans Raise Alarms Over Conflicts of Interest

President-elect Donald Trump’s embrace of cryptocurrency and blockchain is raising concerns that so-called “blockchain billionaires” could gain direct influence over the White House

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29 November 2024

UN: United Nations General Assembly votes overwhelmingly to begin historic, global tax overhaul

A historic vote at the UN General Assembly today saw countries decide overwhelmingly to begin the formal negotiation of a UN framework convention on international tax cooperation. Over the next two

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25 November 2024

CAREY OLSEN: Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in IFLR1000 2024 Caribbean rankings

Press Release from Carey Olsen, Friday 29 November, 2024. Lawyers from across Carey Olsen’s Bermuda, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands practices have been recognised in the 2024

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25 November 2024

JERSEY FINANCE: Jersey Finance ramps up programme in key markets to reinforce tokenisation proposition

Press Release from Jersey Finance, Friday 29 November, 2024. Jersey’s proposition as a hub for tokenisation and digital assets work has been highlighted in a number of key markets recently, as Jersey

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22 November 2024

US: IRS Offers Final Amnesty Program for Taxpayers Hiding Money Offshore

The IRS has announced a special voluntary disclosure initiative to return offshore money back into the U.S. tax system and help taxpayers with offshore accounts get compliant. The new initiative is

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22 November 2024

ASIA: South Korea Targets Tax Evaders Using Cryptocurrency Assets

As published on: crypto-news-flash.com, Friday 22 November, 2024. For the first time in South Korea, a local government has taken the extraordinary step of directly selling tax defaulters’ crypto

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22 November 2024

GLOBAL: World losing half a trillion to tax abuse, largely due to 8 countries blocking UN tax reform, annual report finds

Multinational corporations cheated more after getting tax cuts, largest inadvertent real-world testing of corporate tax policies reveals Countries are losing US$492 billion in tax a year to multinational

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