Offshore News 2010
Latest news about offshore and financial community: new Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs), OECD documentation and FATF statements for alleged money laundering and terrorism financing passed in 2010, new legislation implemented by offshore tax havens, last news about the full members of the Financial Action Task Force organization.
In the year 2010, the British Virgin Islands jurisdiction signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement with Germany and Portugal; the BVI Financial Services Commission announced the extension of transitional dates for relevant BVI companies to introduce frameworks to comply with recently introduced Securities and Investment Business Act (SIBA) and the Mutual Funds Regulations, 2010.
The Qatar Financial Centre Authority announced the publication of regulations giving effect to the beneficial regime within the Qatar Financial Centre.
The jurisdiction of Jersey signed TIEAs with Mexico and Turkey. It was reported by Jersey Finance that the leading sectors of jurisdiction's finance industry continued to show growth.
Several anti-money laundering laws were passed by the USA. The UK/Hong Kong Double Taxation Agreement that was signed on June 21, 2010 entered into force on December 20, 2010.
