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Footage of Michael Dunkley’s appearance on CNBC Closing Bell has been released by the Bermuda Government.The show was recorded during the Premier’s visit to London last week, when he also conducted interviews with BBC Radio and BBC Business Live, and...

Ministry of Finance officials say they are “monitoring developments” in Washington after the District of Columbia included Bermuda on a list of tax havens. The Island was one of 39 jurisdictions named on the list in changes to the municipality’s Budg...

Owners of small businesses have welcomed an initiative that will allow them to claim credit when importing items for sale. “I definitely hope to take advantage of it,” said Jahnika Alves, who owns Clear Choice Doors, Windows and Glass with her husban...

A favourable trip to London by Michael Dunkley has been notable for what did not come up in talks, the Premier said. “One thing that never came up was the European Union blacklist,” Mr Dunkley said of his meeting with British Cabinet ministers. In Ju...

Bermuda has been named on a list of 39 tax havens by the District of Columbia in the US. The Island is joined on the list by other offshore centres like the Cayman Islands, Jersey, the British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and the Isle of Man. The chan...

We have been down this road before, Mr Editor, with lots of forks along the way. Discussion and dialogue continues, as it should, on what can be done to turn around our economy. What can also be done to improve government finances is also a continuin...

A blitz on the use of tax havens is to be launched by the Australian government. Joe Hockey, the Liberal party treasurer in the ruling coalition government, pledged to bring new legislation to go after companies that use offshore jurisdictions to cut...

The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer has launched a fresh crackdown on tax avoidance and tax cheats. George Osborne beefed up the UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with an extra $1.29 billion million over five years to track down tax eva...

An ongoing issue for US citizens and resident aliens and foreign nationals whose US investment portfolio is in the name of a foreign bank or investment advisor is whether the proper amount of US income tax is being withheld and if it is over withheld...

Finance Minister Bob Richards has met members of the European Union to address the Island’s inclusion in a tax-dodging “blacklist”. Speaking in the House of Assembly on Friday, Mr Richards said he had talks with representatives of the Organisation fo...

The Baltic republic of Latvia has pulled Bermuda off its blacklist of uncooperative tax jurisdictions supplied to the European Commission. And the move means the Island has dropped below the ten-nation threshold for inclusion on the EU hitlist — lead...