Last week, Singapore’s finance minister announced the 2017 budget. We’ve summarized its most important points for foreign entities doing business in Singapore and for those considering expanding there.
Today’s superstar athletes are powerful corporate brands, and they and their teams are looking for creative ways to reduce personal and corporate taxation. UK soccer clubs are compensating players and some coaches under a tax scheme that has some wondering if teams, players and coaches are effectively engaging in tax evasion.
On March 24, Singapore’s Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced the Singapore budget for the 2016 financial year. An outline of Heng’s speech to parliament, with links to passages by topic, is available on the government website. Since the full text runs to over 14,000 words — or 72 pages in the downloadable Word document — we’re summarizing the budget’s important tax-related points here.
By Christina Caamano, Director of Advisory Services, Americas
Last week's webinar Doing Business in Germany: Avoiding Common Pitfalls encouraged a lot of discussion. There were several interesting questions from attendees for HSP's Germany experts; here are some of the highlights, and answers:
Does hiring an employee as a NRE create a permanent establishment in Germany?