Legislation that its proponents have said would significantly improve the lot of America’s 5.1 million to 9 million expatriates – which had been expected to appear before the end of the year, after failing to materialize in September – is now unlikely to be presented to the House of Representatives…

The growing need on the part of businesses and governments for help in dealing with the “geopolitical upheaval” currently taking place across the world is providing unprecedented business opportunities for companies in the cross-border corporate services sector, a new report from Vistra, the Hong Kong-based corporate services provider, has found.

After more than eight years of lobbying Congress and the White House, opponents of the 2010 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act are cautiously welcoming news that the Internal Revenue Service has issued a proposal to make major changes in that legislation and certain other reporting requirements that have made life…

In an unexpected about-face that has drawn criticism from some groups, the UK has decided not to go ahead with a planned suspension of its so-called Tier 1 Investor program.