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The Washington, DC-based Center for Freedom and Prosperity has announced plans for a June 2nd "Tax Competition Conference" to be sponsored jointly by CF&P, the Heritage Foundation (also of Washington) and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation of Germany.

During a first-ever Swiss-EU Summit in Brussels on Wednesday, Switzerland and the EU signed nine bilateral agreements, ranging from tax to the free movement of people.

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines has announced that early next year it will transfer six of its cruise ships to the Bahamas Registry, joining 13 other Royal Caribbean ships already registered in The Bahamas and the 9 ships of its sister brand, Celebrity Cruises.

A recent survey by the Swiss Finance Ministry has found that 51 per cent of those questioned favour maintaining banking secrecy in its present form, compared with 57 per cent a year ago.

We reported recently on the forthcoming corporate income tax that the government in the Bahamas is well on the way to introducing – but there have been strong calls for a rethink.

On Wednesday, May 27th, 2015, the Prime Minister presented the 2015/2016 Budget to the House of Assembly.

Today in Paris, the Committee on Fiscal Affairs (CFA) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced new provisions for the exchange of information between national tax authorities.

The Bahamas has the opportunity to position itself as the Wealth Capital of The Americas.

Are individual shareholders ‘transferors' for the purposes of the UK's transfer of assets abroad regime?

Tax changes came into effect on 01 July 2013 relevant to businesses.