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EU Upgrades BVI to Whitelist Status

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BVI government welcomes whitelist status announcement. Blacklist expands to include 12 jurisdictions. On 18 February 2020, EU Finance Ministers updated the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, upgrading the British Virgin Islands to whitelist status, which designates the country as a fully…
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O’Neal Webster Managing Partner Elected to Chair of STEP Caribbean and Latin America Region Committee

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FEB 25, 2020. BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS – STEP, the global professional body of trust and estate professional advisors, has announced that O’Neal Webster Managing Partner Vanessa King has been elected to chair the STEP Caribbean and Latin America Region Committee for…
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New Regime for BVI Closed-End Funds Brings Major Changes

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The British Virgin Islands government recently passed new legislation affecting the funds industry. In particular, the new BVI Securities and Investment Business (Amendment) Act, 2019 institutes a supervisory regime for closed-ended funds, with the following major changes. Most closed-ended funds will…
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Benefits of a BVI Trademark:

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Classification of goods and services in protecting particular brands in the British Virgin Islands We cannot over emphasize the importance of protecting your brands. In this digital age, trademarks are becoming more vulnerable to infringement. Mass production and counterfeit products…
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MITIGATING BVI BUSINESS COMPANY DISRUPTION

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folder_openArticles, Asha Johnson-Willins, Christopher McKenzie, Corporate & Commercial, Jenelle Archer, Kerry Anderson, Property & Business, Trusts & Estates
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Structure your BVI company shareholding to eliminate or reduce delays associated with probate Ease of operation and flexibility are two of the most attractive features of a BVI business company (BVIBC). However, the death of a shareholder can cause disruption…
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The Substantive Issue of Economic Substance: A BVI perspective

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By Christopher Simpson, O’Neal Webster The issue of economic substance is not a new one. More and more, modern companies coupled with new technology and trading practices challenge the notion of “economic substance” for value creation in the traditional sense…
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BVI ITA Releases Economic Substance Rules

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The International Tax Authority (ITA) in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has now released the Rules on Economic Substance (the Rules) which provides guidance on the interpretation of provisions under the Economic Substance (Companies and Limited Partnerships), 2018 (the Act). …
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