Legislative Developments

The Government of Jersey is seeking to amend a 1998 law to provide new arrangements for the management of movable estate

A controversial new law came into force in France on 1 November 2021 to apply, under certain conditions, French forced heirship rules even where a will specifies a foreign legal system should apply.  This could have significant consequences for some UK residents with French assets.

The double taxation agreement (DTA) beyween Russia and Switzerland could be revised after officials met last week

Earlier this month the UK Parliamentary Committee on Women and Equalities took evidence on the seemingly intractable and perennial problem of cohabitees’ rights. Or, rather, the distinct lack of them

A freedom of information act has revealed that HMRC has already issued several financial institutions with requests for taxpayers' financial information and as a result no investigation or tribunal has come from it

Canadian province Ontario has announced plans to address tax evasion, money laundering and other illicit financial activities by amending its Business Corporations Act

In a first for the island, the government of Jersey and the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). 

A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on managing tax debt through the pandemic has shown there is still £42 billion of tax debt owed to HMRC as of 30 September 2021

MEPs have given their final green light to new rules obliging big multinationals to publicly declare the taxes they pay in each EU country, in order to undermine tax avoidance

Countries are losing a total of $483 billion in tax a year to global tax abuse committed by multinational corporations and wealthy individuals – enough to fully vaccinate the global population against Covid-19 more than three times over, the Tax Justice Network has claimed