Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Financial advisers say wealthy will accept super tax hike

Most people understand that the incentives for saving within super are exemplary compared to other vehicles and that it is important the system is seen as fair and equitable.

Pakistan-Kabul Talks in March on Avoiding Double Taxation

A draft agreement on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion convention was handed to Afghan authorities in the Joint Economic Commission meeting held in February 2014.

Seychelles-Singapore DTA Operational

Withholding tax on royalties income at source will be capped at eight percent or such income will be exempt.

Asian Citrus appoints new auditor

The Company also confirmed that HLB shall hold office until the conclusion of its next annual general meeting.

A Tax Agreement is Signed Between Taiwan and Japan

The DTA provides that each signatory state will not tax the profits of enterprises from the other state unless such enterprise has set up regular or permanent presence in the taxing state.

VTCS will encourage tax evasion, corruption: PEW

He warned that move to purify ill-gotten money amounts to encouraging corrupt elements, while billions of illicit wealth would be detrimental for the society.

Golden chance to whiten black money

1pc tax to legalise up to Rs50 million | PPP blocks govt effort to rush income tax bill through NA

MF investors: Less than a 4th comply with US tax law

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is a US global tax law. Countries must agree to the law or face the stick

Ex-pat Kiwis get some tax certainty after Court of Appeal decision

Inland Revenue ruled that the man remained a New Zealand tax resident and therefore had to pay taxes here on his world-wide income.

Expats face new tax on property bought and sold within two years in New Zealand

The tax will be payable under the Bright-line test for the sale of residential property.

Double taxation fears are real

This means many manufacturing and trading subsidiaries of Indian companies may have to pay taxes in India now; the onus will shift to promoters to prove that they are run truly independently.

Australia ramps up focus on offshore tax evasion

It has also compiled a list of 100 advisers and promoters operating globally that have a direct link with people who may have evaded taxes.

ATO to unveil large business hit list, clamps down on Singapore hubs

The recent Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance revealed that a number of companies (such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto) were under ATO audit for using hubs.

Soon, getting black money info from Swiss banks may be easy

Swiss Federal Council has initiated consultation proceedings on the revision of the Tax Administrative Assistance Act

Income taxes, wealth and poverty

The justification for the bill is that the current income brackets and corresponding tax rates are still based on the value of money in 1997

India, Japan sign agreement to amend Double Taxation Avoidance; will deter tax evasion

This agreement amends the convention between India and Japan for the avoidance of double taxation

India, Switzerland improve cooperation on tax matters

Switzerland and India have been working closely together in the field of mutual administrative assistance over the past few months

Singapore can afford to be more open in sharing data

Data openness - from space images to government budgets - sounds like a defensible cause. In the information age, citizens expect transparency, and degree of openness is an increasingly common benchmarking metric.

Hong Kong Urged To Cut Tax For Asset Management

It sets out recommendations relating to the tax regime for OFCs, which is currently under review by the Government, as well as the profits tax exemption criteria for offshore PE funds introduced on July 17, 2015.