In between BBC appearances (I think there will be 5 today) I note that Christian Aid have commented on the UK / Liechtenstein deal, saying:
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I’m not going to get over-excited, I hope, but I think the new UK / Liechtenstein Tax Information Exchange Agreement moves information exchange into a
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The FT reports that HM Revenue & Customs has finally concluded a Tax Information Exchange Agreement with Liechtenstein, except it’s a deal like none before.
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The OECD is holding a meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information on September 1-2 in Los Cabos, Mexico. There are
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Belgium, like Luxembourg, Singapore, San Marino, the Seychelles, the Isle of Man and Monaco, is a tax haven. The OECD has now declared Belgium to
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There is much speculation about the nature of the deal the US has come to with Switzerland over the UBS case and the US demand
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I hope people have noted I’m not a great fan of Tax Information Exchange Agreements. The basic reason is that they are virtually impossible to
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I blogged the UK / French Summit comments on tax havens earlier today and mentioned the problems of  the ‘international standard’ for tax havens /
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Associated Press has reported: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed at a summit in this Alpine resort to
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