The evolutional leader
KARL MOORE from McGill University called my attention to this recent book, which presents two basic theses. First, there are three types of leaders: transformational, continuity and evolutionary. Transformational managers
What companies will pay yearly on their profits
Every year in May all companies have an obligation to pay their company tax from the previous year. All of us can ask ourselves the following questions: Should the company
Tax credits on medical expenses
WE FINALLY arrive at the perpetual question on everyone’s mind: How can I save on my taxes? Of all the credits and deductions available, medical expenses are customarily the single
The UK Budget (expats beware)
Tucked away in the Budget were three items that cause us real concern. The detail will be in the forthcoming Finance Bill, but the first item is pretty clear anyway
A question of trust
The key element of a trust is that it involves the transfer of assets to trustees for the benefit of the trust’s beneficiaries. The trustees and the beneficiaries are separate
Pension income
FOREIGN residents receiving pensions from their home jurisdictions first need to study the nature of their pension to see how it is to be reported and assessed. Three types of
A tax on your savings
IT IS finally here. July 1 will see the start of the EU’s much debated Savings Tax Directive. EU ministers, financial advisers, bankers, savers and investors…they have all had plenty
In this first series of articles on the new code on road saf
IT IS ironic and even tragic that one of the few tables on which Portugal always ranks in top place within the European Union is the number of injuries and
Building a better future
IF THERE was a list of the most stressful events to occur in your life, there’s a good chance that the death of a loved one, moving house or getting
A little more information, a little less action
Recent comments by the US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, have done little to improve the state of the US dollar. His call to the US government to tackle America’s