Trial Delayed as Ex-Banker Charged in Swiss Secrecy Case Collapses The Wall Street Journal Moneybeat
See also Ex-HSBC Employee Falciani Said Indicted on Data Theft Bloomberg, and earlier blog Tax haven whistleblowers: where are the human rights organisations?
UK territories unite against public company registry Compass Cayman
This, despite: UK Overseas Territories 2014 Joint Ministerial Council communiqué “We commit to continue to work together in raising international standards to tackle money laundering, tax evasion, illicit finance and corruption, leading by example given the importance of our financial centres to the international financial system. We agree to meet again ahead of the G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in February to agree a way forward on implementation of the G20 principles on beneficial ownership.” See also: Cayman says no to public access to beneficial ownership Cayman News Service, and earlier blog The UK tax havens and broken promises
A Repatriation Tax Holiday for US Multinationals? Four Contagious Illusions Tax Policy Center
If the US is not going to stand up to tax abuse then we’re all in trouble Tax Research UK
EU bank breaches own rules in Glencore Zambia tax dodging investigation International Business Times
UK ‘Google tax’ will target inter-company payments Reuters
See also: The Google tax is “really on the margins” Tax Research UK, and Taxing Diverted Profits: The Empire Strikes Back Tax Analysts
Tax-Leaks ‘Tsunami’ Sees Luxembourg Push for Fiscal Law Bloomberg
Luxembourg tax files: Juncker ‘solved problems’ for Amazon move The Guardian
Web retailer’s former tax expert claims EU chief presented himself as a business partner who ‘helped solve problems’
Does this Disney tax strategy go too far? CBS
Swiss bank Lombard Odier targets Asia with Thailand’s Kasikornbank tie-up Financial Times (paywall)
“The partnership between Switzerland’s oldest private bank and Kasikornbank, Thailand’s second-largest bank by market capitalisation, follows similar deals Lombard Odier has set up in Japan, Australia and South Korea that give it access to domestic markets, where most wealth in the region is held.” Lombard Odier is also expanding in Latin America and the Caribbean: Bahamas ‘Hub’ On Lombard Odier’s Latam Expansion The Tribune, and apparently engaging in revolving doors: Head of Swedish buffer-fund inquiry joins Lombard Odier IM IPE
The good and bad news from UK’s HMRC on country-by-country reporting Tax Research UK
Ex-U.S. Fed chairman Volcker buys stake in Latvian bank MarketWatch
Ferrari said to weigh moving fiscal residence to outside Italy to save on corporate taxes Bloomberg
Guernsey ‘should do more’ to attract millionaires BBC
More on the topic of economic residency
U.S. generic drugs maker Mylan pays $50m in executive bonuses to ease tax bill Financial Times (Paywall)
Engages in “spinversion” via a Dutch company to slash corporate rates, and avoids the disincentive of personal taxes for executives and directors by paying bonuses.
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