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This issue shines a spotlight on the Caribbean and Latin America, providing updates on wealth structuring, beneficial ownership and new tax rules. This issue also focuses on complex families and vulnerable clients.

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STEP is the global professional association for those advising families across generations. Our mission is to inspire confidence in families planning their assets across generations by setting and upholding high professional standards, informing public policy, promoting education, and connecting practitioners globally to share knowledge and best practice.

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After being seconded to our trust team, undertaking a formal technical qualification was enormously rewarding, says Helen Price TEP.

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New report on societal benefits of trusts

Social and Economic Benefits of Trusts draws together existing evidence and research about the ways in which trusts can be, and are, used for wider societal benefit, and how they impact every facet of society. The aim is to improve understanding and address common misconceptions, presenting the positive evidence base and shining a light on how and why trusts are used.

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New US tax plan targets multinational profit-shifting

The new US administration has published a plan to tax foreign-source income of US multinational corporations at a much higher rate and reduce incentives for companies to make offshore investments.

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EWCA denies appeal to force closure of HMRC enquiry

The England and Wales Court of Appeal (EWCA) has advised the First-tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) to be reluctant to order HMRC to close an enquiry in response to a taxpayer's application.

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Tax reform Bill sent to Colombian congress

On April 5, 2021, the Congress of the Republic of Colombia received the Ministry of Finance’s tax reform Bill. Although the government has declined to comment on specifics of the Bill, it is likely to...

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This issue shines a spotlight on the Caribbean and Latin America, providing updates on wealth structuring, beneficial ownership and new tax rules. This issue also focuses on complex families and vulnerable clients.

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