OECD BEPS work for consultation in March Accountancy Live BEPS next major tax initiative to impact Cayman Compass Cayman … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
UBS: invest in food, water and death
From the excellent weekly newsletter of the U.S. inequality-watching organisation Too Much: "Simon Smiles, the global chief investment officer at the Swiss bank UBS, usually only ladles out advice to investors worth at least $30 million. But Smiles has just done an interview that shares a bit of … [Read more...]
IMF: tax cuts don’t attract investment
From the IMF, a Working Paper. It doesn't make quite the sweeping claim suggested in the headline, but still. "Using manufacturing and services firm-level data for 30 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, this paper shows that taxation is not a significant driver for the location of foreign firms … [Read more...]
Show trial of Swiss whistleblower Elmer now in 9th year
This month a Swiss court fought back against efforts by the United States to tackle criminal activity and tax its wealthy citizens properly. As Worldwide Tax Daily reports: … [Read more...]
Links Jan 27
China to step up international co-operation in fight against tax evasion South China Morning Post "Amid revelations about use of offshore havens, the mainland's tax commissioner plans greater international co-operation to pursue evaders". See also: How We Did Offshore Leaks China ICIJ … [Read more...]
TJN’s Offshore Wrapper: The week in tax justice
Welcome to TJN's weekly Offshore Wrapper. This week, rumours of a tax evasion amnesty in Italy and the US looks to reopen the door to tax evasion. The Spanish speaking world gets tough on corporate tax avoidance and “Chinaleaks” hits the Chinese elite. … [Read more...]
New Job: Campaigns and Communications Officer
Our campaigns partner, the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, is advertising for a new post: campaigns and communications officer: … [Read more...]
Links Jan 24
"ChinaLeaks" Stories Censored In Mainland China ICIJ See also: China mobilizes cyber-cops after leak on elite overseas wealth globalpost, Chinese media speaks no evil over Offshore Leaks Deutsche Welle, Latest update: Release Of Offshore Records Draws Worldwide Response and searchable Offshore … [Read more...]
U.S. Republicans to adopt pro tax evasion platform?
From Citizens for Tax Justice: "At its yearly winter meeting, the Republican National Committee is expected to approve a resolution calling for the repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), a major law enacted in 2010 (as part of the HIRE Act) to clamp down on offshore tax evasion. … [Read more...]
Guinea: A slow death facilitated by lawyers, accountants and financial advisers
The Guardian has posted a comment from Guinean President, Alpha Condé, currently in Davos at the 2014 World Economic Forum. He gets straight to business in his first paragraph: "As president of Guinea I know we can't tackle this problem alone – corruption is embedded in the western institutions … [Read more...]
Occupy London: February 2014 tour programme
February 2014 programme Forget Jack the Ripper and the London Dungeons, we show you the murky side of the capital’s more recent past. Occupy London Tours is a free alternative tour company, run by volunteers, who want to throw open the secretive world of finance and politics for all to see. … [Read more...]
Links Jan 23
Davos Secrets: Swiss Trade Opacity and Illicit Flows from Developing Countries Center for Global Development See also comment by the president of Guinea At Davos, the west must help us root out corruption in Africa The Guardian, and our blog Why is Davos held in the world’s top illicit money … [Read more...]
Big Oil, Big Data: Nigerian corporate networks
From OpenOil.net: "Last month in Lagos, we brought together activists from the tech and oil worlds for a hackathon on the extractive industries of Nigeria. … [Read more...]
Norway moves on Country by Country reporting
From Sigrid Klæboe Jacobsen, Director of TJN - Norge In December, the Norwegian Parliament voted in favour of implementing country-by-country reporting. The Ministry of Finance has now announced the new regulations which tells us exactly what we’ve got, and what we haven’t got. … [Read more...]
Links Jan 22
Swiss banks devise new 'cash' strategies for clients Zee News Swiss Bankers Welcome Formation Of Tax Expert Group Tax-News … [Read more...]
