UK Prime Minister’s letter to the Overseas Territories on beneficial ownership
See also: Transparency call to ‘tax havens’ The Courier, recent TJN Blog On Britain’s new honesty box for corporate fraudsters, and Turks and Caicos Islands Considers Public Beneficial Ownership Register Tax-News
British Virgin Islands: Government agencies sign agreement pledging to work against money laundering Financial Secrecy Media Monitor
Living in Paradise: Q&A with Carlos Spottorno Roads & Kingdoms
On a very interesting project. The piece includes intriguing insights on Luxembourg
Russia Races to Dodge Sanctions by Adapting Law to FATCA The Moscow Times
See also: The new Russia sanctions: Stalled tax talks Politico, and The Art of Financial Warfare: How the West Is Pushing Putin’s Buttons Newsweek
South Africa: Post-election tax policy under scrutiny at Tax Indaba FA News
Mining: Ghana loses millions in tax evasion Ghana Web
See also: Report: Ghana’s rich getting richer; poor getting poorer Ghana Web, and recent TJN Blog New report: Growth in Africa fails to curb soaring inequality
Investment in tax havens rises Inside Korea
Insight: Push for tax-avoidance curbs in G-20 threatens Publicis-Omnicom deal Reuters
G20-BRICS Update: Dueling Visions – Civil Society and the G20 Heinrich Boell Stiftung
Tax dodging is the real scandal at the Barclays AGM Shifting Grounds
Net closing on tax affairs of multinationals Irish Times
Walgreens May Become a “Foreign” Company to Avoid Taxes — But an Obama Proposal Could Stop Them Citizens for Tax Justice
Starbucks suffers first UK sales drop after tax criticism Reuters
See also: Tax avoidance: Are Starbucks and Amazon playing the system? Real Business
Google braced for French tax demand Financial Times (paywall)
“Google faces a tax demand from the French government that could reach into hundreds of millions of euros, the search group said. A regulatory filing confirmed reports earlier in the year that the French authorities objected to Google’s European tax structure, which sees the search and online advertising company recognise revenues through an Irish subsidiary.” See also Jesse Drucker’s original article on the French audit of Google.
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