This is an essential annual purchase for anyone involved in taxation, from individuals through to advisers, investors, accountants and tax lawyers. The Zurich Tax Handbook 2013 – 2014 provides detailed coverage of the UK tax system and identifies the way that it may affect you or your clients. Up-to-date and user-friendly, this book explains the key aspects of taxation providing worked examples, checklists, definitions and tax-saving hints.
‘The Zurich Tax Handbook should be on the bookshelf of every independent financial adviser, as well as many higher rate tax payers.’ Pensions World The Zurich Tax Handbook 2014–15 is your annual authoritative guide to the UK tax system and details how it may affect you or your clients. It explains the key aspects of taxation, providing worked examples, checklists, definitions and tax-saving hints. This edition includes full information from the March 2014 Budget and the Finance Act 2014. Key features include: A digest at the beginning of the book which summarises the main tax changes for 2014-15 Over 120 key ‘tax notes’ to help save you money Comprehensive advice on how to reduce tax liabilities for yourself and your clients Detailed information on tax allowances and thresholds Guidance on how to complete tax returns on time and without penalties Gerald A. Mowles is the founder of BBL (UK) Services LLP – London. He is a US and UK tax accountant with over two decades of experience in dealing with high net wealth individuals and their tax affairs. Tony Foreman is an Associate with BBL. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and has specialised in tax planning since 1975.
‘The Zurich Tax Handbook should be on the bookshelf of every independent financial adviser, as well as many higher rate tax payers.’ Pensions World The Zurich Tax Handbook 2015–16 is your annual authoritative guide to the UK tax system and how it may affect you or your clients. It explains the key aspects of taxation, providing worked examples, checklists, definitions and tax-saving hints. This edition includes full information from the 2014 Autumn Statement, the March 2015 Budget, the July 2015 Budget and the Finance Act 2015. Key features include: A digest at the beginning of the book which summarises the main tax changes for 2015–16 Over 120 key ‘tax notes’ to help save you money Detailed advice on how to reduce tax liabilities for yourself and your clients Comprehensive information on tax allowances and thresholds Guidance on how to complete tax returns on time and without penalties Gerald A. Mowles is the founder of BBL (UK) Services LLP – London. He is a US and UK tax accountant with over two decades of experience in dealing with high net worth individuals and their tax affairs. Tony Foreman is an Associate with BBL. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and has specialised in tax planning since 1975.
An unprecedented new international moral and legal rule forbids one state from hosting money stolen by the leaders of another state. The aim is to counter grand corruption or kleptocracy ("rule by thieves"), when leaders of poorer countries—such as Marcos in the Philippines, Mobutu in the Congo, and more recently those overthrown in revolutions in the Arab world and Ukraine—loot billions of dollars at the expense of their own citizens. This money tends to end up hosted in rich countries. These host states now have a duty to block, trace, freeze, and seize these illicit funds and hand them back to the countries from which they were stolen. In The Despot's Guide to Wealth Management, J. C. Sharman asks how this anti-kleptocracy regime came about, how well it is working, and how it could work better. Although there have been some real achievements, the international campaign against grand corruption has run into major obstacles. The vested interests of banks, lawyers, and even law enforcement often favor turning a blind eye to foreign corruption proceeds. Recovering and returning looted assets is a long, complicated, and expensive process. Sharman used a private investigator, participated in and observed anti-corruption policy, and conducted more than a hundred interviews with key players. He also draws on various journalistic exposés, whistle-blower accounts, and government investigations to inform his comparison of the anti-kleptocracy records of the United States, Britain, Switzerland, and Australia. Sharman calls for better policing, preventative measures, and use of gatekeepers like bankers, lawyers, and real estate agents. He also recommends giving nongovernmental organizations and for-profit firms more scope to independently investigate corruption and seize stolen assets.
The Routledge Handbook of Public Aviation Law is the first book to incorporate a comprehensive analysis of Public Aviation Law – principally international, but also domestic law in a comparative context – in a single volume. International Law is pervasive in Aviation Law, and is incorporated into a number of major multilateral treaties (e.g., the Chicago Convention of 1944, for Public International Air Law). This is supplemented by various Annexes (promulgated by the International Civil Aviation Organization) and Conventions and Protocols (promulgated by States in diplomatic conferences). States then implement these international obligations in domestic laws that create aviation regulatory administrations that, in turn, promulgate regulations. Bringing together leading scholars in the field, this prestigious reference work provides a comprehensive and comparative overview of Public Aviation Law. It surveys the state of the discipline including contemporary and emerging areas of law, regulation, and public policy in air transportation. Each chapter begins with an overview of the international law applicable to the subject matter, followed, where appropriate, by a comparative examination of domestic statutes, regulations, and jurisprudence. The objective of the book is to identify and summarize existing areas within the context of international research, and to identify and highlight emerging areas. Both practical and theoretical in scope, the Routledge Handbook of Public Aviation Law will be of great relevance to scholars, researchers, lawyers, and policy makers with an interest in aviation law.
The Political Handbook of the World provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2015 edition will continue to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country’s governmental and political makeup. Compiling in one place more than 200 entries on countries and territories throughout the world, this volume is renowned for its extensive coverage of all major and minor political parties and groups in each political system. It also provides names of key ambassadors and international memberships of each country, plus detailed profiles of more than 30 intergovernmental organizations and UN agencies. And this annual update includes coverage of current events, issues, crises, and controversies from the course of this year.
Global capitalism is affected by the malaises of stagnation, financial fragility, increased income inequality, growing wealth concentration at the top, and a vanishing fair social contract. This book focuses on the incidence of these phenomena in the US, UK, Greece, Spain, Chile, South Africa, Australia, China, and other countries. The book looks at the effects of IMF-ECB led austerity policies in Europe. The book examines concrete country and global conditions combining theory, country studies, historical evidence, and international comparative analysis. The book also proposes new policy priorities to restore stability, reduce inequality, and consolidate democracy in 21st century capitalism.
This travel guide to Zurich is perfect for pleasure-seeking city breakers wanting to quickly pinpoint the city's most entertaining highlights and decide what to see and do in a limited time.
