TG-177: United States, Switzerland Agree to Increased Tax Information Exchange. Now send the UBS names. And let’s see banking secrecy shattered for good.

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Havens take the heat off leaders – Accountancy Age. Accountancy Age asks: Tax havens are unlikely candidates for public sympathy, but are some being treated
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Darling wastes a chance for real change | Noreena Hertz | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk . Finally out from behind the shadows of the
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The FT notes: At a time when governments are launching a fierce assault on tax havens, the [part of] Fortis now owned by the Dutch
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The FT notes: Switzerland upped the ante in a global regulatory assault on the banking industry on Thursday as its central bank warned that Zurich
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As the Guardian notes: An information site run by the personal finance industry regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), is promoting a sub-prime loan comparison
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I’ve published a discussion paper on information exchange today. The full report is here (only 6 pages). The key question is what data do all
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