Amesto Global has a proven track record of assisting clients with their market entry and ongoing operations to ensure that our clients are in full compliance with Irish local laws and regulations. Our hands-on approach is fully embedded in our day-to-day practice and service delivery. As a licensed service provider in Ireland, we can manage and control all accounting, finance, HR administrative and company secretarial aspects of a company’s operations and effectively act as an extension of the head-office. We...

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Tax filing – and penalties – for foreign accounts may soon be the subject of a major legal decision. The U.S. Supreme Court plans this fall to hear Bittner v. U.S. This case presents a conflict over statutes under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The question is whether a “violation” under the BSA is the failure to file an annual FBAR no matter the number of foreign accounts or whether there is a separate violation for each account that isn’t...

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The EU and the UK are developing significant changes to their regulatory frameworks to reflect the growing importance of the cryptoasset sector in Europe. We discuss a major EU development—the proposed Markets in Cryptoassets Regulation (MiCA)—immediately below and significant UK regulatory initiatives in the following section. MiCA On June 30, 2022 the Parliament and Council of the EU reached provisional political agreement in relation to MiCA. MiCA aims to introduce a harmonized legal framework for certain cryptoassets and cryptoasset market participants...

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The EIB’s new Transport Lending Policy comes after a public consultation involving over 3 500 individuals and organisations. The new policy sets out the EIB’s priorities for supporting the transport sector, in line with the EIB Group Climate Bank Roadmap. Priorities include more investment in public transport; shared and active transport; clean vehicles; alternative fuel infrastructure; intelligent transport systems; inter and multimodal transport; safe system approach to road safety; resilience of transport infrastructure; completion of networks in all...

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In February 2022, Executive Order 14024 highlighted that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatened not only Ukraine but also the national security and foreign policy of the United States. Pursuant to this executive order, and in the face of national security concerns, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has instituted extensive sanctions, including both economic and trade sanctions. Also, in response to the national security concerns, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a...

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The EACC, in partnership with the International Property Tax Institute (IPTI), wants to keep its members up to date with the latest developments in property taxes in the USA and Europe. IPTI has put together below a selection of articles from IPTI Xtracts; more articles can be found on its website (www.ipti.org). United States New York: The dubious value of ‘value capture’ financing Gov. Hochul’s Penn Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project is speeding toward a vote this summer. But...

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