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Links Jan 19
Ex-Swiss banker found guilty in WikiLeaks trial, avoids jail Reuters See also recent blogs Will Antoine Deltour become a prisoner of conscience? and Tax haven whistleblowers: where are the human rights organisations? U.S. regulators question whether Credit Suisse has rule-breaking culture Reuters See also: Credit Suisse: Big Crimes Become Big Business Ralph Nader in the Huffington Post The Super-Rich and
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Company beneficial ownership register to open in April 2016 STEP New UK corporate transparency measures allow applications for anonymity. See also: UK: Implementation of Company filing requirements and corporate transparency measures and the register of people with significant control (“PSC register”) UK Parliament Vincent Garenq: ‘The Clearstream Affair’s’ ‘Bigger, More Fundamental Issues’ Variety See also our blog: Will Antoine Deltour
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Switzerland unveils draft laws to dismantle bank secrecy Financial Times (paywall) “The Swiss government has taken a further step towards dismantling its once untouchable bank secrecy laws, by unveiling draft legislation that would pave the way for automatic information exchange about offshore accounts held in Switzerland.” See also recent blog Switzerland signs up for automatic info exchange. But there’s a
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Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks: EU Parliament inquiry committee gains cross-political support and must be swiftly put in place The Greens / European Free Alliance in the European Parliament See also: MEPs urge Schulz to set up inquiry committee on tax evasion EurActiv Credit Suisse to Face Nader at U.S. Labor Department Hearing Bloomberg Businessweek See also: Will a big bank get
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OECD Global Forum agrees to Luxembourg transparency review Luxemburger Wort Billions of rands leave South Africa under the radar Times Live FDI inflows: Who is investing in India and in what sectors? Financial Express “While Singapore and Mauritius have swapped places as top investors in India, still about 50% originates from these offshore financial centres.” TweetShare
Links Jan 12
WikiLeaks Banker Called Traitor as Prosecutor Seeks Jail Bloomberg See also recent blogs Tax haven whistleblowers: where are the human rights organisations? and Show trial of Swiss whistleblower Elmer now in 9th year Luxleaks: Parliament could still set up a committee of inquiry euranet plusInside See also: LuxLeaks PwC employee fired for leaking tax documents Luxemburger Wort The BEPS Monitoring
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Public consultation rejects beneficial ownership registry Cayman Compass Where have all the tax avoiders gone? Mike Lewis’ blog An overview of the state of the tax avoidance debate Scale and Consequences of Capital Flight from Africa The Real News $2 lost for every $1 gained: the single fact that shows how the global financial system fails developing countries Eurodad TweetShare
Event: Tax Justice to Promote Social Justice, Vienna, 24 Feb
The Global Alliance For Tax Justice (GATJ) and the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) are pleased to invite you to join us for an important conference to build closer cooperation between professional researchers and tax justice activists: Tax Justice to Promote Social Justice Research on Taxes for Development Tuesday 24 February 2015, 9.00 to 18.00 University
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LuxLeaks Scandal Reveals International “Race to the Bottom” Economy Watch LuxLeaks informant faces up to 10-years in prison Luxemburger Wort See also article linked yesterday: World unites to decry prosecution of source behind LuxLeaks tax scandal The Guardian, and the open letter to Luxembourg prosecutors: LuxLeaks tax source should not be charged European Commission’s battle on inquiry into possible tax deals
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World unites to decry prosecution of source behind LuxLeaks tax scandal The Guardian See also the open letter to Luxembourg prosecutors: LuxLeaks tax source should not be charged LuxLeaks: An opportunity? euobserver Poorer Countries Lose More from Corporate Profit-Shifting The Center for Global Development TweetShare
Links Dec 19
Capital flight: CEFID-AR publishes “The enablers and their ways of working” via Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe (In Spanish) Hat tip: Jorge Gaggero Editorial: Stem Capital Flight The Himalayan Times Widening of EU tax probe takes heat off Ireland Irish Examiner TweetShare
Links Dec 18
EU cracks down on anonymous company ownership, but falls short of full transparency Global Witness UK: Criminal penalty omitted from tax evasion clampdown Financial Times (paywall) Canada: New anti-corruption measure for oil, gas and mining companies passes into law amidst cautions from civil society Publish What You Pay Zambia: ‘Current mining tax regime susceptible to scheming’ Times of Zambia TweetShare
Links Dec 17
The unlearned lesson of LuxLeaks EU Observer #Luxleaks: The Reality of Tax ‘Competition’ Center for Global Development See also recent blog On so-called “tax competition” States keen to protect identity of Europe’s shadow rich EU Observer See also earlier blog EU compromise on shell company regulation is improvement but falls short India: Government renegotiating tax treaties to curb flow of
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Developing Countries Meet To Discuss BEPS Push Tax-News See also recent blog: On taxing multinationals: latest scorecard for the OECD BEPS project Some of the Rich Collect Art. Others Collect Passports. The New York Times More on economic residency… “Experts estimate that these “economic citizens” are spending $2 billion a year on second or third passports and visas. Demand is
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Corporate transparency: The openness revolution The Economist Kenya: Media, Civil Society Urged to Fight Unfair Tax allAfrica / The Sta Can Africa move away from aid to trade? Zambia Daily Mail Finance: Out of Control? Juncker fails to endorse public registers across EU revealing firms true owners The Bureau of Investigative Journalism TweetShare
