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Summary of the Miami 2001 meeting
Langer, Marshall: Grenada Has the Best Economic Citizenship Program
Luxembourg - Tax Treaties with : Belgium and Belgium - Final Protocol [BOTH NEW]
Malaysia - Tax Treaties with : Albania, Albania - Final Protocol and Bahrain [ALL NEW]
Portugal - Tax Treaties with : Netherlands and Netherlands - Final Protocol [BOTH NEW]
Transcript remaining transcripts of the Berlin 2001 meeting.
Langer, Marshall: New US, UK and EU Reporting Requirements Covering Bank Deposit Interest Paid to Non-residents
Australia : Yunghanns v. Candoora [NEW]
BVI : Choitram International v. Pagarini [UPDATED - APPEAL]
Cayman Islands : Wahr-Hansen v. Bridge Trust [UPDATED - APPEAL]
England : Abacus v. NSPCC [NEW]
Hong Kong : HSBC v. Sec. For Justice [NEW]
Isle of Man : Rosewood Trust v. Schmidt [NEW]
New Zealand : Commonwealth Reserves v. Chodar [NEW]
Malaysia - Offshore Insurance Act, 1990 (as amended, 2001) [NEW AMENDMENT]
Transcript of the Berlin 2001 meeting. Please note we are still awaiting approval of the text from some speakers. Their text will be added as soon as we have received it.
Mitchell, Daniel: Creating a Big Government Cartel: The OECD's War on Financial Privacy and Low-Tax Nations
Speakers details and General Information for the Miami 2001 meeting
Booking form for the Dubai 2002 meeting
Jersey - Electronic Communications (Jersey) Law, 2000; Electronic Communications (Jersey) Order, 2000; Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law, 1999 [ALL NEW]
Panama - Law No. 42 of July 31, 2001 on Electronic Documents & Signatures in E-Commerce (summary) [NEW]
Tax Treaties - now online
Colvin, Robert: Offshore Life Insurance Planning - the US Perspective
Hay, Richard: Canadian Transnational Trust Companies: Antidote for Offshore Centres in Peril
Hay, Richard: Worldwide Taxation in Latin America: Strategies for Private Banks
Barbados - Income Tax Act, ss.17 & 40 [NEW]
Bermuda - Mutual Funds Law (1999) Revision [NEW]
Luxembourg - 1929 Holding Companies [NEW]. Tax Treaties with : South Africa and United Kingdom [BOTH NEW]
Malaysia - Income Tax (Exemption) (no.48) Order, 1997 [NEW]. Tax Treaties with : Fiji, Jordan, UAE, UAE - Protocol, Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan - Protocol [ALL NEW]
New Zealand- Tax Treaties with : Thailand and Thailand - Final Protocol [BOTH NEW]
Portugal - Tax Treaties with : Hungary, Singapore and Singapore - Protocol [ALL NEW]
Samoa - International Trust Regulations, 1997 [NEW]
Thornhill, Andrew: Taxation of International Trusts in Barbados - A Clarification
Hanke, Dr. Steve: Exuberance, Rational or Irrational
Final programme for the Miami 2001 meeting
Provisional programme for the Dubai 2002 meeting
Nov 2001 : Please note that the Dubai meeting will now be held in Monte-Carlo
Bahamas - Banks & Trust Companies Regulation Act, 2000 [REVISED]; Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act, 2000; Financial and Corporate Service Providers Act, 2000; Financial Intelligence Unit Act, 2000; Financial Transactions Reporting Act, 2000; Financial Transactions Reporting Regulations, 2000 [ALL NEW]; International Business Companies Act, 2000 [REVISED]
Cyprus - Tax Treaty with Singapore
Gibraltar - Electronic Commerce Ordinance, 2001 [NEW]
Hungary - Tax Treaties with Mongolia, Portugal and Singapore [ALL NEW]
Anthony, Robert : Fiscal Planning for Retiring in France
Hay, Richard: Canadian Transnational Trust Companies
Zagaris, Bruce : Application of OECD Tax Haven Criteria to Member States Shows Potential Danger to U.S. Sovereignty
Summary of the Berlin 2001 meeting
Belize - International Business Companies Act 1990 (revised edition, 2000) [NEW REVISION]; Tax treaty with Caricom [NEW]
Brunei Darussalam - International Business Companies Order, 2000; Mutual Funds Order, 2001; Mutual Funds (Fees, Forms and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations, 2001 [ALL NEW]
Cayman Islands - Companies Law (2001 revision) [NEW REVISION]
Gibraltar - Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1990 - ss.42 and 42A [NEW]
Guernsey - Companies (Guernsey) Law 1994 (as amended, 2001) [AMENDED]; Limited Partnerships (Guernsey) Law, 1995 (as amended, 1997) [AMENDED]; Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Businesses and Company Directors Law, 2000 [NEW]; Companies (Alderney) Law 1994 (as amended, 2001) [AMENDED]
Montserrat - Companies Act, 1998; Fraudulent Dispositions Act, 1998; Mutual Legal Assistance (USA) Ordinance, 1991; Offshore Banking Ordinance, 1991 [ALL NEW]
Portugal - Tax Incentives Statute - Art.41 and 41A [NEW]
Hay, Richard: Offshore Financial Centres - The Supranational Initiatives
O'Hagan, Patrick: and Stein, Grant : Purpose Trusts - An Offshore Perspective
Stibbard, Paul : 2000 - The Ten Major Cases Worldwide
Transcript of the Seville 2001 meeting
Kleinfeld, Denis: The Application of the Terms Fraud v. Fraudulent Transfers Under the Rules of Ethics
Lopez-Munoz de Arce, Gustavo: Special Canary Islands Zone
Pagone, G.T: Tax Planning or Tax Avoidance
Ruchelman, Stanley: Increasing Attention by IRS to Foreign Taxpayers Doing Business in the US
Vogel, Klaus: Should Europe Adopt a Uniform Method for the Avoidance of Double Taxation
Alderney - All laws moved to Guernsey jurisdiction
Belize - New jurisdiction editor
Brunei Darussalam - New jurisdiction : International Banking Order, 2000; International Banking (Fees, Forms and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations, 2000; International Limited Partnerships Order, 2000; International Limited Partnerships (Fees, Forms and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations, 2000; International Trusts Order, 2000; Mutual Funds Order, 2000; Mutual Funds (Fees, Forms and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations, 2000; Registered Agents & Trustees Licensing Order, 2000; Securities Order, 2001 [ALL NEW]
Guernsey - Electronic Transactions (Exemption) Order, 2001 [NEW] and laws previously listed under Alderney
Isle of Man - Companies (Private Placements) (Prospectus Exemptions) Regulations 2000 [NEW]
Nevis - Offshore Banking Ordinance, 1996 (as amended, 2000) [AMENDMENT] and new address details of jurisdiction editor
St. Vincent - Confidential Relationships Preservation (International Finance) Act 1996 (as amended, 2000) International Banks Act 1996 (as amended, 2000) [ALL AMENDMENTS]
Paterson, Janet : Limiting the Money Laundering Risks from Offshore Tax Structures
Final programme, Booking form, General Information and Speakers details for the Berlin 2001 meeting
Provisional programme and Booking form for the Miami 2001 meeting
Barbados - Tax Treaty with: Venezuela - Final Protocol [NEW]
Guernsey - Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1999; Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Enforcement of Overseas Confiscation Orders), Ordinance, 1999; Electronic Transactions Act, 2000; Money Laundering (Disclosure of Information) (Guernsey) Law, 1995 [ALL NEW]
Malaysia - Labuan Offshore Business Activity Tax Act, 1990 (as amended, 2000) ; Offshore Banking Act, 1990 (as amended, 2000); Offshore Companies Act, 1990 (as amended, 2000) [ALL AMENDMENTS]; Labuan Offshore Securities Industry Act, 1998 [NEW]
Marshall Islands - Associations Law, 1990 (as amended, 2000) [AMENDMENT]
Seychelles - International Trust Act, 1994 (as amended, 2000) [AMENDMENT]
Summary of the Seville 2001 meeting
Osborne, Duncan: Asset Protection Trusts: Impact of Recent Case Law
Rothschild, Gideon : Asset Protection After "Anderson": Much Ado About Nothing?
Anguilla - The Companies Act, 2000; The Companies Model General By-Laws Regulations, 2000; The Companies Regulations, 2000; The International Business Companies Model General By-Laws Regulations, 2000; The International Business Companies Regulations, 2000 [ALL NEW]
Transcript of the New Orleans 2000 meeting
Bristol, Anthony: St. Lucia
Goodeve-Docker, Nigel: The Arcane World of Domicile and Tax
Gray, Stephen: First-World Fortresses: Stemming the Free Movement of Peoples in the Coming Decade
Lawrence, John: ACORN - Anguilla's Commercial Online Registration Network
Szabo, Dr Gabor B. : Hungary : Born to be a Tiger?
Anguilla - The Company Management Act, 2000; The International Business Companies Act, 2000; The Limited Liability Company Act, 2000; The Limited Liability Company Regulations, 2000; The Limited Partnership Act, 2000; The Limited Partnership Rules, 2000; The Trust Companies and Offshore Banking Act, 2000 [ALL NEW]; The Trusts Ordinance, 1994 (as amended, 2000) [AMENDMENT]
Barbados - Tax Treaty with: People's Republic of China [NEW]
Malta - Tax Treaties with: Croatia; Croatia - Final Protocol; Lebanon [ALL NEW]
Seychelles - International Business Companies Act, 1994 (as amended, 2000) [AMENDMENT]
Labayen, Gabriel Pretus: The New Canary Islands Tax Free Zone (ZEC) Regime
England : Foskett v. McKeown [UPDATED] ; Walker v. Stones [NEW]
Cyprus - Tax treaty with Mauritius [NEW]
Malaysia - Offshore Banking Act, 1990 (as amended, 1997) [REVISION]; Offshore Insurance Act, 1990 (as amended, 1997) [REVISION]
Samoa - Segregated Fund International Companies Act, 2000 [NEW]
Final programme, General Information and Speakers details for the Seville 2001 meeting
Provisional programme and Booking form for the Berlin 2001 meeting
Malaysia (Labuan) - Laws previously listed separately under Labuan now added to the Malaysia page, two of them are amendments: Labuan Offshore Business Activity Tax Act, 1990 (as amended, 1997) and Labuan Trust Companies Act, 1990 (as amended, 1996).
Malta - Investment Services Act, 1994 (as amended, 1999) [REVISION]; Income Tax Act, 1994 (as amended, 2000) [REVISION]; Trusts Act (as amended, 1994) [REVISION]
Nevis - International Exempt Trust Ordinance, 1994 (as amended, 2000) [REVISION]
Portugal (Madeira) - Madeira page renamed to Portugal (Madeira)
Summary of the New Orleans 2000 meeting
Howes, James: Recent Changes in French Anti-Avoidance Legislation
Rafik M.A.: United Arab Emirates - Free Zones Review
Bermuda - Segregated Accounts Companies Act, 2000 [NEW]
Cayman Islands - Companies Management Law - 2000 revision [REVISION]
Langer, Marshall: Grenada Has the Best Economic Citizenship Program
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