US Citizens Abroad Organise to Fight Worldwide Tax Net
This article address the issue of the tax problems faced by expatriate American citizens, especially with regard to Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) compliance.
China Has Introduced New Money Laundering Reporting Rules
The People's Republic of China recently introduced new money laundering rules to reduce the number of unwarranted suspicious activity reports relating to money laundering. The new rules now instruct banks to perform risk assessments on clients according to…
British Columbia PST Implementation Day
Today, April 1, 2013, is the official implementation day for the new Provincial Sales Tax ("PST"), and returns British Columbia to a two-tax PST and Goods and Services Tax ("GST") system. The province has now returned to a…
Canada: Federal Budget 2013
The Canadian Government released its 2013 Federal Budget on March 21st, 2013, with a renewed focus on skills and training for workers, assistance for manufacturers and businesses to succeed in the global economy (including measures to support a…
Facebook IP, the Basics
Every few months, I notice that a new wave of user posted notifications appear on various social networks. These notices primarily appear on FaceBook, and generally attempt to unilaterally limit the sites right to utilize user posted material…
The End of the HST in British Columbia
On April 1, 2013, nearly every provision of the Provincial Sales Tax Act (“PSTA”) shall come into force, and the existing Harmonized Sales Tax's brief interlude in British Columbia, shall come to an end. In a political sense,…
Guilty Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
The outcry over the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin is another of example of the public's failure to understand the criminal justice system.