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News

Business opposition blocks Cayman plan to tax migrant workers

Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush has abandoned his proposal for a 10 per cent income tax on immigrant workers.

HMRC criticised over treatment of blameless taxpayer

A senior member of the accountancy profession has drawn attention to the case of Preece v Revenue & Customs, in which HMRC sent a taxpayer a paper self-assessment form for the wrong tax year and fined him for not completing the right one.

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Features

WEB EXCLUSIVE – Israeli tax amnesty: extended and anonymised

Alon Kaplan and Susanna von Bassewitz explain recent changes to the Israeli voluntary disclosure programme

WEB EXCLUSIVE: The Stanford saga

International

Tim Prudhoe summarises the key events in the liquidation of Standford International Bank

Honest mistake

International

Matthew Duncan and Irene McMillan report on a case where a couple’s final intentions were overruled because of a simple admin error

STEP Wealth Directory – Title Research

Title Research is a specialist research firm with over 40 years’ experience in tracing missing beneficiaries and assets all over the world. CEO Tom Curran talks about the company and the services they offer.

The STEP Wealth Directory features over 300 wealth sector organisations worldwide. Practitioners can search for and review video profiles and interviews with organisations that deliver legal, accounting, trustee, banking, investment and other related services, creating a virtual beauty parade that can be shared with partners and clients.