Developing economies in Asia, South America and Africa continue to grow in spite of economic depression in the US and EU, says Ernst & Young in collaboration with Oxford Economics in their Rapid-growthmarket forecast (RGM).

Usually there are few legislative changes during the summer months. But football competitions have started and the law makers have returned.

"L’Etat c’est la grande fiction par laquelle tout le monde s’efforce de vivre aux dépens de tous les autres." (The state is the big illusion on which everybody tries to live at everybody else’s expense.)

"Return to normalcy," the slogan with whichWarren Harding won the US presidential election after World War I, perhaps best describes Dubai today. Property and rental prices are reasonable now (you can find a four bedroom villa centrally located for €2000 a month), the taxis are plentiful, and the traffic jams are largely gone.

On January 1, 2012 the tax treaty between Cyprus and the UAE is set to come into effect.

Adriaan Struijk, probes the new tax legislation developments in India that may negatively affect its foreign direct investment potential.

Offshore tax planning isn’t as straightforward as it used to be.

Offshore tax planning isn't as straightforward as it used to be.

Pilots and other airline crew have a distinct advantage over more ‘grounded’ people. I am not just referring here to the opportunity to travel all over the world, but rather to the possibility to reduce their taxes.

Europe is the world's biggest economy. It is threatened, however, by bank and government debt defaults.

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