INTERNATIONAL - UK: Foreign investors may be discouraged by capital gains tax on commercial property
The Japanese government's 2018 tax reform bill abolishes the recently introduced rule under which the heirs of a long-term resident foreigner who died outside Japan remain liable to Japanese inheritance tax (IHT) on estate assets anywhere in the world. The rule had threatened to derail the government's efforts to attract foreign talent to live and work in Japan, because it meant IHT liability could follow a foreign national for up to five years after leaving the country.
INTERNATIONAL - UK: Alarm over extension of property taxes to non-residents
INTERNATIONAL - UK: Doubts cast on non-dom reforms' commencement date
INTERNATIONAL - Cayman Islands: Beneficial ownership regime ready for launch
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