UK taxpayers with bank accounts in Switzerland will have to disclose their account details or be taxed up to 41 per cent of their balance under a deal between the two countries. The UK-Swiss...
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- May 20, 2013
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Where do the wealthy go when the taxman demands too much? The British Isles is one choice. Positioning themselves as fully-fledged tax havens, the Isle of Man and Channel Islands, such as Jersey...
Property prices in London are slowing in what is being seen as signs that tax increases on properties worth more than GBP2 million (HK$24 million) are starting to bite.
When Carmen Lee and her boyfriend bought a home in Tin Shui Wai in March 1997, she never imagined the move would turn into a nightmare.
They bought a 700-square-foot unit for about...
Additional stamp duties imposed on residential sales in Macau a year ago have failed to curb demand in the former Portuguese enclave, where prices have reached record highs.
A breakthrough in secondary-market home sales as the year progresses has been predicted by analysts and agents as the initial impact of the government's special stamp duty wears off, allowing the...
The development chief has come under fire after admitting that no official channel exists for the public to obtain accurate data on prices of flat sales.
The Court of Final Appeal handed a major victory to Hongkong Electric yesterday. The top judges unanimously ruled that government rates did not have to be paid on properties under construction...
A lawmaker has questioned the rosy picture painted by new government figures, which shows the number of confirmor deals on flats have more than halved thanks to the special stamp duty.
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Real estate agents yesterday demanded the government reverse its 15 per cent stamp duty on the sale of homes.
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