The Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development (of which Tax Research UK is a committee member) released the following communiqué following its 2011
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I Am Not Moving – Occupy Wall Street
Uganda moves to tackle extractive industries corruption
The BBC reports: Uganda’s parliament has voted to suspend all new deals in the oil sector following claims that government ministers took multi-million dollar bribes.
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The UK signs its pernicious Swiss tax deal
From the Treasure Islands blog: a short article as an immediate reaction to the UK-Swiss tax deal. A much longer article, complementing this, will be posted
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Enjoy your chance to investigate Swiss tax criminals whilst it last HMRC – because Hartnett’s signed away the right to do so in the future
City AM reports this morning: THE taxman is investigating the affairs of around 800 wealthy British HSBC clients who held money in Swiss bank accounts
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USA to tackle secret ownership of US companies?
My Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development colleagues at Global Financial Integrity have sent me this press release, which I consider a matter of some considerable importance ein tackling the tax
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World Bank says just 1/1500th of total stolen assets are recovered
From the Tax Justice Network blog, with permission: The World Bank has published a new report under its Stolen Asset Recovery (STAR) Initiative looking at stolen assets.
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How to buy a football club: go offshore
From the Treasure Islands blog, with permission: Last night I caught the tail end of a Channel 4 TV programme entitled How to Buy a Football
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US tell Swiss where to put a tax deal
According to Reuters: The United States has ended talks with Switzerland aimed at settling a row over investigations into Swiss banks accused of helping Americans
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