The Guardian has begun a major series today exploring the secretive world of what it still calls offshore. A decade ago there was almost no
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The Establishment’s blind eye on the British Virgin Islands is criminal
As the Guardian notes this morning, the British Virgin Islands are a land of sand, sea and secrecy. That’s because the microstate is now the world’s biggest
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If you thought tax evasion was insignificant think again – managing it represents 6 – 7% of the Swiss economy
This is from 2009, but as important today as it was then: Ivan Pictet, president of the Geneva Financial Centre, has been actively promoting bank
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If you don’t believe in offshore corruption then watch Panorama tomorrow
Offshore corruption exists. The veil of secrecy that it provides – that lead to me describing these places as secrecy jurisdictions – is designed to hide abuse, whether of
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Ed Balls on the need for tax reform
Ed Balls has written in the Huffington Post that we need action on tax reform ion five areas: We need action in five areas: 1.
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The Swiss are giving up on their ‘Rubik’ deals after the German parliament has rejected it – now only the UK really believes in it
The usually reliable Swissinfo reports: Most Swiss newspapers have given the last rites to the withholding tax model, following the “no” from the German upper
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The days of the UK’s tax havens are numbered – the Treasury is taking steps to shatter their secrecy forever
The following article has just been published on the website of International Tax Review. The implication is unambiguous as far as I see it. Using
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November’s Tax Justice Network Taxcast is out
In November’s Tax Justice Network Taxcast: is it the beginning of the end of tax avoidance for multi-national corporations? Some countries fight back. And the Finance
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Jersey says it’s a country this morning. There’s just one problem for them. It isn’t.
Jersey has published a statement on External Relations this morning. Whilst its near neighbour Guernsey begins to realise just how fragile its economy (like Jersey’s) is Jersey does instead
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