Expat Focus Financial Update June 2017

British expats facing potential tax penalties As part of a worldwide drive to bring about financial transparency, HM Revenue and Customs is to receive financial data about British expats living overseas. This means that thousands of British expats could now

Expat Focus International News Update May 2017

Expat opportunities in Saudi Arabia’s public sector curtailed Opportunities for expats in Saudi Arabia will be severely curtailed from 2020 when all government departments will have terminated their expats’ contracts. News outlets in the Kingdom are reporting that with 70,000

Expat Focus International Healthcare Update May 2017

Duty of care for international employees Employers with internationally mobile employees need to take steps to ensure their duty of care obligations are met and boost productivity and well-being. The findings from a report from Collinson Group, an insurance and

Expat Focus Financial Update May 2017

QROPS questions for jurisdictions British expats need to be aware that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is to ask financial centres around the world whether they are breaking the UK’s pension rules. This follows media reports in Gibraltar that HMRC

Expat Focus Financial Update 27 April 2017

Call to unfreeze expat pensions dismissed Hopes that UK expat retirees may see their pensions being unfrozen have been dealt a blow. Richard Harrington, the pensions minister, has revealed that there are no plans under changes to Social Security benefit