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Dear Lucie,
Your IBSA team hope you have had an enjoyable Easter break. We have taken our spring cleaning seriously and have now launched a new website.
Our objective is to enable the IBSA community to connect and engage more effectively. The new site is easier to navigate and has better functionality, including a more sophisticated search tool, a brand new Member Forum, easier registration for events and automatic news feeds regularly informing you of new articles and events.
Highlights of the new IBSA website are:
The Member Area
Once members log in, they will see their own profile, which they can now edit. They can view a calendar showing all upcoming events, easily register and pay (where appropriate) for tickets and receive event reminders. They will also be able to create and submit articles for the Knowledge Bank.
Member Forum
Members can now start discussions on particular topics, create private chat rooms, share knowledge and seek advice from fellow members.
Registering for Events
Registering for events is simpler and quicker, enabling delegates to buy tickets, receive confirmation and reminders.
Corporate Members
Our corporate members will be able to promote their businesses more effectively by highlighting their services, specialisations and countries of operation.
The website is now live but we welcome your comments and feedback, as it has been programmed and designed purely for your benefit. Please could we ask our members to check their professional profiles and email us directly of any changes that need to be made. Please click here to view the new website.
We are now raring to go with three imminent discussion
group meetings in Luxembourg next week on 12th April, London on 19th April and New York on 17th May. Please see below for information on these, as well as our “Save the Date” notice for our November annual conference. We hope to see you at one or more of these events very soon.
With regards,
Roy, Lucie and all of the IBSA Committee Members
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Discussion Group Meetings
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Luxembourg's Gain after Dutch Tax Changes and Acceptance of OECD Recommendations
12th April, 18.00, Luxembourg
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Vistra
Roy Saunders of IFS Consultants, Cees-Frans Greeven of Buren and Wim Ritz of Vistra will be holding a discussion group meeting
examining the changes in Dutch tax legislation which may impact upon the use of Dutch structures compared with Luxembourg entities, the current relationship that Luxembourg has with the European Commission and the required standards of double taxation agreements to meet the aspirations of the OECD within their BEPS project. Additionally, the speakers will discuss the effects of the Multilateral Instrument on these treaties and the comparison between Netherlands, Luxembourg and the UK for international business structuring.
This meeting will be held at the offices of Vistra (Luxembourg) on 12th April. Please click on the link below for more information and to register attendance.
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Cybersecurity....
Recognising & Preventing Criminal Intent
19th April, 18.00, London
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Farrer & Co
Join Julian Pike of Farrer & Co, Dr Victoria Wang of the Institute of Criminal Justice and Graham Wakerley, CEO of Missing Linq for a discussion group meeting examining the psychology of cybercrime, how to secure your business structure in the digital world and how to become better digital citizens to protect your ogranisation from the threat within.
This meeting will be held at the offices of Farrer & Co on 19th April. Please click on the link below for more information and to register attendance.
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International Business Structuring for Inward Investment & for US Enterprises with Foreign Source Income
17th May, 18.00, New York
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Harvard Club of New York City
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oin Roy Saunders, of IFS Consultants and the IBSA, Eric Collins and Stephen Christiano of Frank Hirth, Scott Davis of Withum Smith + Brown and Robert Kiggins of Culhane Meadows for a discussion group meeting on the following issues which are of paramount importance for all US enterprises with foreign source income, as well as foreign companies doing business in the US:
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The US Tax Reform implications for US Enterprises with Foreign Income
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The consequences of these changes for Foreign Enterprises operating in the US
- A comparison of the new US corporate tax system with those of the UK and EU with the impact of the OECD BEPS Action points explained for US corporations with foreign subsidiaries.
This meeting will be held at the Harvard Club on 17th May at 6pm. Please click on the link below for more information and to register attendance.
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RELATIONSHIP STATUS AND RELATED LEGAL ADVICE
Lucy Greenwood, International Family Law Group LLP
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As stated in a recent online article for a national newspaper ‘Statistics show that two thirds of cohabiting couples in England believe that they have automatic rights or the same rights as married couples/couples in a Civil Partnership, simply by virtue of the fact they live together. ’ ‘The Office for National Statistics holds that there are 3.3 million cohabiting couples in the UK at present and this number is set to rise to 6 million by 2032. ’ Unlike some other parts of the world, it is simply not true that cohabitees in England (whatever the duration of their cohabitation and regardless of whether they have children) acquire or have the same rights (for themselves) as married/civil partnership couples.
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THE CURRENT & FUTURE OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND ICOs
IBSA Editorial
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On 1 February 2018, the International Business Structuring Association (IBSA) held a panel discussion on the current and future uses of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (“ICOs”), hosted at the offices of global law firm Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP. Read more >>
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CHANGES TO DUTCH DIVIDEND WITHHOLDING TAX AS OF 1st JANUARY 2018
Cees Greeven, Buren NV
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Following a reform as per 1 January 2018 of Dutch tax law, dividend withholding tax (DWT) should now also be charged on profit distributions by holding cooperatives, but it also favorably extends an existing DWT exemption for qualifying recipients. Read more >>
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INITIAL COIN OFFERINGS HIT REGULATORY WALLS
Russell Bennett, Tanner de Witt
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The emergence of digital currencies and blockchain technology has now paved the way for various blockchain-based companies to raise billions of dollars by initial coin offerings (“ICOs”). An ICO occurs when a company sells digital tokens or existing digital coins (such as bitcoin or ether) to investors who are willing to buy the tokens or coins for a share in the company’s investment returns or the right to use the company’s developing services or software.
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PARADISE LOST
Derren Joseph, Hayden T Joseph CPA LLP
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To many people, sun-kissed beaches lapped by the clear blue waters of the Caribbean form a vision of paradise. Yet for the rich and famous they are more than just a playground, as many of these small islands also provide a safe haven for their riches. The area is susceptible to violent storms, however, although the latest threat comes not from the swirling winds of the Atlantic but rather from international indignation following the release of the Paradise Papers
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