No, I didn’t say so: a Liechtenstein financial services company did. It said in a PDF made on 12 March: Liechtenstein is a tax haven
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Tax havens exist because of the hypocrisy of larger states
Great article by John Kay under the above title in the FT today. He makes the point havens only exist because we tolerate them: People
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Barclays: the judiciary preserves the status quo
As the Guardian has noted this morning: The Guardian today lost a high court challenge to lift an emergency gagging order imposed on the publication
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Vantis – did they get away with it?
The Times reports: Has HM Revenue & Customs backed off from an investigation into a controversial but widespread form of tax avoidance, involving the use
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Luxembourg shows it is committed to abuse
The new EU Savings Tax directive is due for approval in April. But now Reuters say: The European Union’s rules on taxing deposits held outside
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Barclays: the Guardian publishes more
I’m pleased to see Vince Cable has shared the documents leaked to him by a Barclays Capital insider to more papers. I had them on
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The Turks & Caicos is not a bad apple
The Guardian has reported that: The government yesterday revealed extraordinary plans to seize control of a Caribbean tax haven after a report warned there was
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Transparency International join the Task Force
International anti-corruption leader Transparency International (TI) is the newest member to join the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development, Global Financial Integrity (GFI)
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