Above and Beyond: Channel your passion through a Special Interest Group

As you may be aware, STEP’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs) represent opportunities for practitioners to take an active role in a particular area of practice to drive change and share ideas with like-minded colleagues across jurisdictions. Given the continued interest from practitioners in becoming involved in STEP’s SIGS, I think it’s worth detailing why now… Read More Above and Beyond: Channel your passion through a Special Interest Group

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STEP LATAM and North America News Digest wrap-up – June’s top stories

It’s been a busy month in North America and the LATAM region as FATCA takes effect. Missed some of the developments during this crucial time? Welcome to the wrap-up of the top ten most popular stories in the STEP LATAM and North America online Digests throughout June. In case you missed them, here are the… Read More STEP LATAM and North America News Digest wrap-up – June’s top stories

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STEP England & Wales Biannual Statement – June 2014

Over the last six months, the England and Wales Regional Committee has been involved in some significant changes to policy, education and business planning initiatives. These adjustments have presented both challenges and opportunities and have been received with enthusiasm by our members. The Committee spent time at the beginning of the year providing input to… Read More STEP England & Wales Biannual Statement – June 2014

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If it’s too good to be true, it’s probably just spam

Last week several STEP members reported receiving suspicious and unsolicited emails from an individual purporting to work in international taxation. What made the spam email particularly unusual was the attention to detail the sender had paid to make it look like legitimate correspondence and the citation of STEP to add credibility to its content. It… Read More If it’s too good to be true, it’s probably just spam

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‘Moving Money’ – the cost of more onerous AML procedures

I attended a lively presentation today on the paper Moving Money: International Flows, Taxes, and Money Laundering by Professors Richard Gordon and Andrew P. Morris. They basically argue that the move to more onerous anti-money laundering (AML) procedures and the move to automatic information exchange are both going to significantly increase transaction costs for everyone, legitimate… Read More ‘Moving Money’ – the cost of more onerous AML procedures

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