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27 June 2025

CAREY OLSEN: Carey Olsen shortlisted for two STEP Private Client Awards

Press Release from: Carey Olsen, Friday 27 June, 2025. Carey Olsen has been named a finalist in two categories at the 2025 STEP Private Client Awards: Contentious Trusts and Estates Team of the Year

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27 June 2025

CAREY OLSEN: Carey Olsen announces six new partners

Press Release from: Carey Olsen, Friday 27 June, 2025. Carey Olsen is pleased to announce that it has promoted six lawyers to the partnership, with effect from 1 July 2025. The new partners are Alexander

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27 June 2025

UK: Reform unveils ‘Robin Hood’ tax policy to charge non-doms £250,000 fee

Reform UK is set to propose the reintroduction of non-domicile tax status, charging wealthy individuals a £250,000 fee that would be redistributed to Britain’s poorest workers, party leader Nigel

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27 June 2025

UK: HMRC targets high earners in record tax crackdown after £1.5bn haul

High earners in the UK are facing a sharp rise in tax investigations as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) intensifies scrutiny of the wealthiest Britons following a record-breaking year for compliance

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27 June 2025

EU: EU weighs fast-track US trade deal as July 9 tariff deadline nears, mulls digital tax and countermeasures

European Union leaders are to tell the European Commission today if they want a quick trade deal with the United States at the cost of Washington getting better terms, or to escalate the fight in hope

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27 June 2025

US: US offers trade deal or ‘revenge tax’ to global partners

US trade partners have the opportunity to avoid the so-called “revenge tax” promoted by President Donald Trump — if they agree to strike deals with Washington. The White House is effectively

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27 June 2025

EU: EU adds Anguilla, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos to tax blacklist

The European Union added the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands to its tax haven blacklist Tuesday, and also put Anguilla back on as a “non-cooperative jurisdiction” just a year after it was

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27 June 2025

EU: Today, EU Council confirms abandonment of the Unshell Directive Proposal

Today, the EU Council approved an ECOFIN report on tax issues (the “Report”), according to which the European Council confirms discontinuation of work on the proposal for a Council Directive laying

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27 June 2025

GLOBAL: Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports

The wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires has surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade, according to Oxfam, equivalent to 14.6% of global output. In total the richest 1% of

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27 June 2025

SWITZERLAND: Inheritance tax referendum spooks Swiss super-rich

The Alpine nation is due to hold a popular vote in November on the introduction of a federal tax on inheritances and gifts worth more than CHF50 million ($61 million). Unlike existing cantonal duties

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