As the Tax Justice Network has reported this afternoon, Luxembourg has failed its second stage OECD Global Forum review because of serious and systemic regulatory
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I was encouraged by this report in the FT this morning: The political career of Luxembourg’s premier Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU’s longest-standing prime minister, was
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As the European Voice has noted: EU Finance ministers fail to reach deal on tax avoidance That’s the depressing out come of yesterday’s ECOFIN meeting. As was also noted:
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The FT has noted: Luxembourg is ready to share currently confidential information about multinationals’ bank accounts as part of efforts to shed the Grand Duchy’s
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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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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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To continue this series, which began when I, amongst many others, noted just how many secrecy jurisdictions are participating in the Olympics, today is the turn of
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Kenneth Thomas makes a very good point about Apple’s tax accounting. As he has pointed out this morning: Some commenters on my article [on Apple]
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15/01/2010 Spain scrambling to forge accord on savings tax. Europolitics reports: Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado is having a series of meetings with her EU
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