There’s been another step forward in  progress towards revising the European Union Savings Tax Directive. As Business Week Reported at the weekend: Austria became the last
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There are several reports this morning that Luxembourg is backing down on the issue of banking secrecy. As the BBC put it: Luxembourg would consider
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I’ve already noted this morning that Jersey has conceded that the UK has all the power in its relationship with the USA over FATCA. It
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World Radio Switzerland has just reported: Switzerland has six months to improve its tax practices or it will be blacklisted by the European Commission. That’s
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Some interesting legal developments appear to be underway which suggest that Luxembourg and Austria may be forced to abandon banking secrecy. From Le Temps: Austria and
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Fox News (not a common source here) has reported: Switzerland’s president is hinting that the nation may be open to accepting an automatic exchange of
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Mark Morris, a guru on EU tax policy and the European Union Savings Tax Directive has reported on his blog that: European tax havens could face
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Just a naughty little though, but if there’s to be fiscal union for the Eurozone then Austria and Luxembourg could no longer object to the
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The Wall Street Journal has reported: The European Commission’s head of tax slammed Austria and Luxembourg’s refusal to let it negotiate savings tax agreements for
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