04/18/2016
The international community should call time on all remaining holdouts who have yet to implement internationally agreed tax transparency standards, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said in a new report to the G20.
04/18/2016
Gibraltar's leaders and residents are breathing a sigh of relief that they have not been drawn into the controversy, saying they have reformed their tax structure and are a proper place to conduct business.
04/18/2016
The banks in the main offshore centres are extremely nervous of taking on any clients who are not resident in their jurisdiction.
04/15/2016
Bradley Birkenfeld, who served 30 months in prison, but received more than $100 million for US tax authorities revealed the extent of tax fraud at the heart of the Swiss banking industry in 2008.
04/15/2016
General Electric and Microsoft also store more than $100 billion each outside of the county.
04/15/2016
In this article we compare the different methods of investment following the abolition of exchange control in the early 1980s
04/14/2016
The move is in recognition of the first year of implementation for UK FATCA and also that the AEOI Portal has recently been unavailable.
04/14/2016
Participants from a number of countries - including members of the OECD and the G20 - exchanged views on the Panama Papers and explored mechanisms for co-operation.
04/14/2016
Labour and New Zealand First say former PwC chair John Shewan is the wrong person the lead the inquiry because he is too involved in the industry which he is being asked to review.
04/14/2016
We are facing an outright tax evasion industry
04/13/2016
He told his country’s parliament that the BVI and most other British Overseas Territories have agreed to allow full access to the information, starting in September.
04/13/2016
The Commission says it would affect some 6,000 companies but socialist legislators estimated it would affect less than 2,000 multinationals.
04/13/2016
Global financial centres facilitate trade, investment and economic growth, writes Richard Hay
04/13/2016
The overwhelming majority of the offshore sector provides products and services that are entirely compliant and legal and are used by law-abiding people.
04/12/2016
French bank was a prolific creator of offshore companies
04/12/2016
Secret documents leaked a week ago from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca revealed a complex network of offshore entities set up by public figures to stash away their fortune for tax avoidance.
04/12/2016
SK Group, the nation’s third-largest conglomerate, has the most offshore companies in tax havens
04/12/2016
India and Maldives signed two agreements for exchange of information with respect to taxes, and for avoidance of double taxation of income derived from international air transport.
04/11/2016
How easy is it to set up in one of the world’s favourite tax havens?
04/11/2016
The article explains that blind trusts are used to prevent ministers from using their positions from influencing their own investments, but also keeps their financial affairs private.