Ending poverty devex Switzerland proposes severe punishment for bank secrecy breach Zee News A fresh setback to India's efforts to get details of the so-called HSBC list from Switzerland. See also: Swiss Federal Council advocates better protection of bank client data Kuwait news Agency, … [Read more...]
Inequality & Democracy
Links Aug 14
Risk-Mining the Public Exchequer David Quentin A major contribution to the debate on tax avoidance. See also comment from Tax Research UK here, and David Quentin's blog here. How To Launder Money Like a Chinese Billionaire Huffington Post Asset tracing: Follow the money swissinfo / … [Read more...]
Links Aug 13
Pakistan: Government declares tax evasion as money laundering The Nation Cayman: Tax authority ordered to pay court costs Compass Cayman Cayman companies challenged exchange of tax and beneficial ownership information with Australia. Illicit capital flowing out of Africa often benefits … [Read more...]
Tax haven film world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
We have just heard that Harold Crook's (Surviving Progress) new film, entitled The Price We Pay, is to receive its world première on 5th September 2014 at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). … [Read more...]
Links Aug 12
Secrecy Monitor’s anniversary post: a year tracking the tax haven media Financial Secrecy Media Monitor Black money: India gets data on 24,000 instances of tax evasion, dubious funds in foreign shores First Biz India cracks down on illegal funds stuff.co.nz India to Switzerland: Join group … [Read more...]
Links Aug 11
Tax dodging won’t be curbed until poorest countries have a fairer say The Guardian India: Black money pursuit: Switzerland amends key law on foreign requests The Economic Times Calling All Money Laundering Wonks – U.S. Treasury Seeks Comment on Rule to Keep Dirty Money Out of U.S. Banks … [Read more...]
Links Aug 8
Tax haven economic diversification watch: Luxembourg edition Financial Secrecy Media Monitor How Libya Blew Billions and Its Best Chance at Democracy Bloomberg Businessweek Africans call on rich nations to crack down on money laundering in new drive against illicit flows Thomson Reuters … [Read more...]
Links Aug 7
OECD Releases New Peer Review Reports Tax-News Part 1 of a Report to G20 Development Working Group on the Impact of BEPS in Low Income Countries OECD See also: OECD releases public request for input on BEPS Action 11. For TJN's briefing on BEPS, see here. Follow the money to root out threat … [Read more...]
Tax Inspectors Without Borders – an update
Tax Inspectors Without Borders, an idea that originated out of the Tax Justice Network, is coming closer to reality. The OECD website has a section, which we think is fairly new, saying: "The Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) objective is to enable the transfer of tax audit knowledge and … [Read more...]
Links Aug 5
Tax Administration Review: Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations - July 2014 edition Tax benefits and tax evasion. Items for discussion in Colombia LatinDADD (In Spanish) What does $13m lobbying in US buy for African nations? ICIJ … [Read more...]
Secret tax report on Glencore withheld by EIB – why?
From Christian Aid, a press release aimed concerning possible tax evasion in Zambia, and aimed at UK Chancellor George Osborne: Christian Aid urges George Osborne to intervene on secret bank tax report Christian Aid is appealing to George Osborne to help secure the release of a report by the … [Read more...]
Links Aug 4
Sanctions on Russia: The Unintended Consequence The Banker's Umbrella A private banker's view. "Make no mistake, this is what private banks crave like vampires crave blood." See also Russia Considers Going Progressive... When It Comes To Tax Forbes, and Russian FM Provides Anti-Offshore Law Update … [Read more...]
Links Jul 31
Vulture Funds: The Lawsuit Against Argentina And The Challenge They Pose To The World Economy CEFID-AR A view from Argentina. See the original version in Spanish here. Luxembourg tax regime: Under siege Financial Times (paywall) "The low-tax system that has brought great prosperity to the … [Read more...]
Taxing Men and Women: new report on gender and tax justice
Hot on the heels of our announcment earlier this week of the launch of Women for Tax Justice, Christian Aid have now published a report titled Taxing Men and Women: why gender is crucial for a fair tax system. … [Read more...]
Links Jul 30
Go after bigwig tax cheats The Jamaica Gleaner Indian Government revamps I-T tech for overseas tax information sharing The Times of India The EU Should Beware Of Russian Interest In Balkan Banks Forbes Intriguing story involving the tactics of shell companies and "puppet" frontmen. … [Read more...]
