The Tax Justice Network blog notes this from the Financial Times: Leading economic centres including the US, UK and Singapore are among the countries most to blame for promoting international financial secrecy, according to a new index comparing the harm allegedly done by tax havens and rich nations. The league table to be published on
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Vantis is a rare stock exchange listed form of accountants. It files accounts to 30 April. Those to 30 April 2009 had to be filed by today of its stock exchange listing was to be maintained. There is no sign of them on the web site today. Last data is to October 2008. They must
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As readers of this site know, I have directed a project for the Tax Justice Network called Mapping the Faultlines. The output of this project, funded by the Ford Foundation, has now been published, in part on the SecrecyJurisdictions.com web site. That site, published a few weeks ago, set out a methodology for selecting 60
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The Guernsey Press reaction to the Foot Report: GUERNSEY has been told to tax islanders more in a report commissioned by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling. The Foot Review, while largely positive for the island, will also be seen as further evidence of a UK Treasury with the islands firmly in its gaze. The
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FT.com / UK – Ministers face call to act on tax havens. FT comment on the Deloittes report on tax avoidance: The report on corporate tax avoidance – prepared by Deloitte, the accounting firm – calculated its £2bn maximum figure by analysing the financial results for last year for 50 of Britain’s biggest businesses. But
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Too big to fail? Too good PR more like. Dennis Howlett adds valuable insight on the possibility of at least one of the Big 4 failing. He’s seen something I did not – and it’s well worth the read.

Ashcroft & Belize: ‘The only thing he respects is dollars’ – Americas, World – The Independent. A tax haven turns against its sponsor. It will become a familiar tale. Local people in many places are going to be increasingly resentful at the cost to them of facilitating tax haven activity.

Foot Report gives Isle of Man praise – Isle of Man Today . On the face of it Mr Foot appears to have produced a fair and balanced report that reflects well on the Isle of Man. Whether that will please the UK Treasury, which seems determined to put the squeeze on the Isle of
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I made a claim in a comment earlier today that the Foot Report would not have happened without the work of the Tax Justice Network. I’d also go so far as to say the problems with zero-ten would not have been found without that work. And the Isle of Man would still be subsidised but
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