Jurisdictions news

12.12.2018 Tax residency of companies in the BVI

On December 4^th, 2018, the Government of the British Virgin Islands announced the approval of a bill introducing a requirement for companies to have an «economic substance».

11.12.2018 Foreign investors are required to disclose beneficiaries

The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation signed three resolutions establishing the procedure for disclosing information on the ownership structure of foreign investors planning transactions with Russian business entities, including those of strategic importance for ensuring the country's defense and state security.

05.12.2018 Blockchain-companies in Switzerland will accept deposits

The Swiss financial market supervision authority (FINMA) will grant a fintech-license to companies under section 1b of the banking Act.

04.12.2018 Public access to the register of Directors is closed in the Seychelles

On 30^th November, 2018, amendments to the International Business companies Act were adopted in the Seychelles.

03.12.2018 The Federal Tax Agency of the Russian Federation has posted information about companies’ debts

The Federal Tax Agency of Russia has published new sets of the opened data about sums of arrears and debts as per taxes and fees of organizations formed before December 31^st, 2017 and not paid till October 1^st, 2018.

28.11.2018 Danske Bank is accused of money laundering

On November 28^th, 2018, the Danish Prosecutor’s Office for Major Economic and International Crimes filed charges against Danske Bank for violating the Money Laundering Prevention Act.

23.11.2018 OECD reported about results of the first automatic exchange

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has published the report about the results of the first automatic tax exchange in which 86 countries have participated.

09.11.2018 Geneva’s ICO Guide

On October 17^th, 2018 the General Directorate of the Swiss Canton of Geneva has published an updated version of the Initial Coin Allocation Guide (The Initial Coin Offerings).

08.11.2018 The Central Bank of Cyprus issued a circular on working with shell companies

On November 2^nd, 2018, the Central Bank of Cyprus published a circular for all credit and payment organizations related to working with shell companies.

02.11.2018 CIS countries will begin the exchange of information

On November 2^nd, 2018, the CIS member countries signed the Protocol on the electronic exchange of information between the CIS members states for tax administration.

30.10.2018 Belgian Financial Regulator included crypto companies into the black list

The operation of the financial services and markets of Belgium (FSMA) made the black list of crypto companies, whose quantity is 99.

19.10.2018 Cryptocurrency exchange will receive a license in Gibraltar

The London cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor plans to obtain a license in Gibraltar.

18.10.2018 Switzerland has implemented the first international information exchange

Switzerland reported that the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has implemented the first exchange of financial information about accounts to EU countries, Canada, Ireland, Japan, Norway and South Korea.

17.10.2018 OECD: Citizenship by investment as a means of tax evasion

On 16^th October, 2018, the Organization for economic cooperation and development published a list of countries (21 States) that, as members of the Multilateral Convention on the automatic exchange of financial information for tax purposes, provide foreign citizens with the opportunity to obtain citizenship or residence permit for investment.

16.10.2018 Singapore has activated the automatic exchange of tax information

On January 15^th, 2018, Singapore announced the start of an automatic exchange of tax information with 61 countries to prevent tax avoidance and tax crime.

16.10.2018 Regulation of cryptoexchanges in Hong Kong

On October 15^th, 2018, the head of the Securities and futures Commission in Hong Kong announced that the Commission does not intend to impose a ban on the activities of cryptocurrency trading platforms.

12.10.2018 New Zealand: current issues of taxation

On September 20^th, 2018, the New Zealand Government's working group on taxes and taxation has published the Report "Taxation in the future".

02.10.2018 EU has revised offshore «black» list

On October 2^nd, 2018 the Council of the European Union has revised the legislation of the states included in the «black» list of offshore companies of the EU once again.

01.10.2018 Ministry of Finance of Ukraine introduces BEPS

On October 24^th, 2018, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine together with the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) published a bill on the implementation of the BEPS action Plan.

20.09.2018 Calculation methods for operations with cryptocurrency in the Russian Federation

The Federal Tax Agency of the Russian Federation gave an explanation of how organizations should calculate the income tax received as a result of transactions with cryptocurrency.

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