HMRC have announced: A Protocol delivering comprehensive exchange of information up to OECD and international tax standards between Switzerland and the UK, which covers UK
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Cayman: a lopsided economy will always crash
The Guardian’s editorial this morning picks up the Cayman theme. Normally I won’t reproduce whole stories for copyright reasons, but since I gave them this
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The OECD – another organisation that has to face reality
Angel Gurria, boss of the OECD had an article in the Guardian yesterday: A quiet revolution is under way in international governance. Building on more
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You look one way and I’ll look the other
Switzerland has signed its second double taxation agreement, with Luxembourg. – swissinfo. Switzerland on Tuesday signed a revised double taxation agreement with Luxembourg, easing the
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Economic Transparency: A Request to the G20
The Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development promotes greater transparency in the global financial system, as a key measure required to alleviate poverty
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If we can cooperate on information exchange for VAT why not on direct taxes?
The EU announced two days ago that: In the framework of its strategy to combat tax evasion and fraud ( IP/06/697 ), today the European
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Where is the OECD going?
I continue to be intrigued at the reaction to my blog on the OECD conference scheduled for 1-2 September that I posted yesterday. This reaction
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Is the US looking for Automatic Information Exchange?
In May the USA said it wanted significant tax reform: The Qualified Intermediary ("QI") program seeks to ensure that appropriate U.S. withholding is imposed on
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Liechtenstein shows its true colours – and they’re not pretty
Associated press were one of the many agencies I spoke to yesterday (some of whom have given no credit for the data supplied — such
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