The FT says: Swiss and US officials will meet in Bern on Tuesday for their first talks on a new tax treaty after Switzerland asked
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The European parliament makes its opinion on tax havens clear
It is reported that: All EU Member States should agree to exchange full information on interest earned on saving accounts by July 2014, says MEPs
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50% tax is due: don’t doubt it
Tax havens for the super-rich to consider – Times Online . The above article is one of many in the press highlighting the potential increase
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A new tax amnesty
The budget says Offshore disclosure A New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO) for holders of offshore accounts will run until March 2010. This will give holders of
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Name and shame
From the FT: Alistair Darling will announce plans in next week’s Budget for a new blacklist of British citizens and businesses who have evaded significant
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Calling time on the credit card companies
The New York Times has reported: The federal government is widening its investigation of offshore tax evasion to include services sold by the First Data
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The privilege of tax
I’m sure it’s against the rules to reproduce three letters from the Guardian in a day, but I had a hand in two and I
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£39 billion? No problem
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says there will be a £39 billion deficit in the UK’s budget. As my friend George Irvin points out today
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Time for greater tax justice
From today’s Guardian, in advance of the Budget: We write to highlight personal tax avoidance by some of the wealthiest in our country, and to
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