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Debunking the myths:
Tax competition, profit-shifting and avoidance

02 September 2022

Advanced economies over the last few years have focused on implementing a global minimum corporate tax to thwart what is often dubbed a "race to the bottom”, or the concept of companies strategically shifting their profits from high-tax to low-tax jurisdictions to lower their tax rate​s. In 2021, world leaders endorsed a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 per cent to encourage companies to pay their fair share of taxes and to limit the benefits of companies’ profit-shifting without biasing where they invest.

Debunking the myths:
Participation in global tax initiatives

15 July 2022

Debunking the myths: Participation in global tax initiatives, outlines how the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has signed up to multiple global initiatives which aim to improve transparency and aid in the fight against tax evasion.

This edition in the BVI360° series seeks to correct the inaccuracy in which the BVI is often referred to as a tax haven when it is, in fact, one of the most tax transparent jurisdictions in the world because of all the global tax initiatives it has signed on to over the last 20 years.

GLOBAL BVI:
CONTRIBUTING TO THE WORLD ECONOMY

8 July 2022

With ongoing conflicts and increasing inflation across the world, many leading economists are predicting a global recession in 2023. Now more than ever, the role of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) as a facilitator of investment, trade, and economic growth has become paramount. 

BVI360° is a fact-based content series to showcase the full picture of the BVI’s Financial Services Industry.

Resilient BVI:
Global Pandemic

1 Jul 2022

Resilient BVI: Global Pandemic, we highlight how the BVI’s financial services industry has fared during the Covid-19 global pandemic. The BVI’s financial services industry agility allowed firms to continue operating remotely and working with clients throughout lockdowns and emergency measures.

The international business and finance centre maintained its role as a reliable facilitator of high-profile and high-value transactions throughout 2020 and 2021. This resulted in the industry experiencing the highest growth rates since 2018.

Business Insight:
BVI Means Business

July 2021

To  explore this ever-growing area, BVI Finance and leading financial publication Opalesqu hosted a roundtable discussion with a panel of leading practitioners in the BVI.

Business Insight:
BVI Means Business

April 2020

Blockchain protocols are merely software that anyone, anywhere in the world can run, permitting individuals to interact with others running that same piece of software

Business Insight:
EXPLORING NEW
POSSIBILITIES

December 2017

The African continent is rapidly developing and changing and the BVI is well positioned to assist countries in growing their economy especially since the "Corporate Council on Africa" noted that seven out of ten of the world's fastest growing economies are in Africa

Business Insight:
4TH QUARTER

December 2015

Kedrick Malone details what the Financial Services Implementation Unit is doing to ensure the sector keeps growing