03 April, 2011
Individual and separate estimates have been issued by the United States Department of the Treasury and the Congressional Budget Office for the final cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Programme to the taxpayer.
30 March, 2011
Further to the budget speech Anne Craine, Treasury Minister, welcomed further growth evidence and praised the business community as evidence of the Island’s economy continued to show growth.
29 March, 2011
Presently goods imported from any non-EU country with a value of less than GBP 18 do not attract UK VAT. As from November 2011 the Chancellor’s announcement reduces the threshold level at which VAT will be levied from GBP 18 to GBP 15.
16 March, 2011
Prime Minister, Dean Barrow, in a discussion prior to the budget report said that the government was not planning any new taxes for the coming fiscal year as tax revenues were bouncing back.
16 March, 2011
According to a report by the Adam Smith Institute, UK contractors are working in one of the highest taxed countries in the world.
09 March, 2011
Since its inception in 2008, the first proposed amendments to the Financial Services and Collective Investment Scheme Act has been announced by the Isle of Man’s Financial Supervision Commission (FSC).
24 February, 2011
The Isle of Man Treasury, Income Tax Division, has published guidance on the application of the European Savings Directive, and as from the July 1, 2011 the Isle of Man's move to automatic exchange of tax information will be instituted.
18 February, 2011
According to a press release in February both the governments of Jersey and the Isle of Man announced their intentions that the controversial corporate tax regime would stay, but changes would be made to one part of it – deemed distribution – which has been ruled harmful by European policy makers.
09 February, 2011
The Isle of Man’s value of contribution to the British economy via the City of London was highlighted by Mark Field, City MP, when he delivered the Chief Minister’s International Lecture on February 3, 2011.
08 February, 2011
In February 2011 Luxembourg’s governing council adopted a bill providing for the approval of bilateral tax agreements with Barbados and Panama.