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18 July 2025

IRELAND: Almost 40,000 companies face strike-off over ownership details

Tens of thousands of companies face being struck off for not filing details of their beneficial owners, as is required by law.The Companies Registration Office (CRO) now has the power to deal with such

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18 July 2025

BVI: BVI introduces amendments to beneficial ownership regulations

On 1 July 2025, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) government introduced amendments to the BVI Business Companies and Limited Partnerships (Beneficial Ownership) Regulations 2024. These changes, which

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18 July 2025

BERMUDA: Tax reform report due to be made public next month

The report from the Tax Reform Commission is to be made public on August 22, David Burt has said. Douglas De Couto, the shadow finance minister, asked the Premier during Parliament on Friday when the

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18 July 2025

US: Trump reaps $50 bn from tariffs as world ‘chickens out’ from retaliation

US President Donald Trump, often accused of backing out on policy decisions, has generated nearly $50 billion in revenue from his “sweeping tariffs”, which have faced limited retaliation from other

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18 July 2025

EU: Von der Leyen calls for new EU taxes on big firms in €2tn budget proposal

The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for new EU taxes on large companies, tobacco and electronic waste as part of a proposed €2tn (£1.7tn) budget. Announcing the planned

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18 July 2025

GERMANY: Berlin Says Still Backs Global Minimum Tax For Multinationals

Germany still supports an agreement to impose a 15-percent global minimum tax on multinational companies’ profits despite an exemption agreed for US multinationals, Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil

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18 July 2025

UK: UK government decides against green taxonomy

The UK government has decided not to introduce a green taxonomy, saying it would focus on policies that industry feedback indicated would have a greater impact.In a note about the outcome of its consultation,

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18 July 2025

UK: Majority of UK firms not ready to disclose company owners

New research has revealed that fewer than 30 per cent of company directors in the United Kingdom’s financial services industry are prepared to comply with a new law requiring greater corporate transparency.

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18 July 2025

CRYPTO: FATF Flags Threat of Money Misuse in Rapidly Digitalising World

Global terror financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has underlined the potential threats where money can be misused in a rapidly digitalising world. FATF says money can be misused to

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18 July 2025

UK: Non-dom tax take jumped £100mn in 2023-24 despite falling numbers

Current and former non-doms’ tax contributions in the UK rose 1.8 per cent to £12.5bn in 2023-24, even as the number of non-doms fell, according to official figures released on Thursday. The number

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