Odd taxes
Tax is probably the most hated three letter word in the entire world. It seems that not a year goes by without the government inflicting us with more taxes...
Tax is probably the most hated three letter word in the entire world. It seems that not a year goes by without the government inflicting us with more taxes...
Tax evasion is illegal, tax reduction is not. The former involves lying to the government, withholding important information and in some cases hiding illegal money. The latter on the other hand is perfectly legal and simply involves careful financial planning that ensures you only pay the exact amount of tax you owe...
Browsing through much of the content on Expat & Offshore you will undoubtedly come across the term QROPS, quite often, and you will probably have gathered that it is a type of pension transfer for British expatriates...
Nowadays an ever increasing number of people are enjoying a fresh slant on life by moving abroad to work as expatriates. What was once a fairly rare occurrence is now becoming quite common...
One of our latest news items has chronicled the amazing tale of a daring fraudster who attempted to cash in two, obviously fake, million dollar bills in a bank in the United Arab Emirates...
A number of recent incidents, none more so than the case of Robert Gaines-Cooper, have again highlighted the difficulties that can arise when people seek to establish themselves as non UK residents...
Soon to be splashing into the play-pools of just a handful of the super-rich is quite possibly the most exclusive yacht ever created...
With the 2010 HSBC Expat Explorer Survey giving us all a great insight into the lives of expatriates around the world, let us now take a look at reports for five of the most popular individual countries...
Each year HSBC commissions a global survey of expatriates, this year interviewing 4,127 individuals, with a view to finding out how expats are living their lives...
These days more and more people are choosing to leave the United Kingdom to seek a better working, and personal, life abroad. Working abroad comes with many bonuses to lure weary Brits away from the grey skies and heavy taxes...