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6 December 2024

CITIZENSHIP: “Golden Visa” Industry Seen Surging To $100 Billion In 2025 – Report

For all the criticisms and restrictions that are sometimes directed at these schemes, the authors of a new report reckon that the market for citizenship and residency could reach $100 billion in 2025.

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6 December 2024

EU: EU ends tax aid probes into major companies

The European Commission announced the closure of its state aid investigations into tax rulings granted to Amazon, Fiat, and Starbucks by Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Initially, the Commission

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6 December 2024

EU: EU ViDA – Parliament reconsultation underway

VAT in the Digital Age agreed at ECOFIN 5th November; compromise changes returned to EU Parliament before final acceptance by Counsel EU Finance Ministers gave political agreement to ViDA on 5th November

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6 December 2024

US: Roger Ver moves to dismiss US tax evasion charges as ‘unconstitutional’

Roger Ver argued that the IRS exit tax for renounced US citizens with over $2 million in assets is unconstitutional and “impermissibly vague.” Roger Ver — also known as Bitcoin Jesus — urged

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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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