The OECD proposal for automatic information exchange, published overnight, has a realistic appraisal of taxpayer and bank behaviour implicit within it. They say: In order to
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The OECD issued a new report overnight for the G8. The subject is automatic information exchange – the theme of today’s G8 summit. In the forward
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A whole morning has gone at the G8. The leaders aren't here yet. Briefings, speculation and briefings abound. Numerous interviews have been done. And to
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The FT editorial this morning says: The best G8 outcome would be an international agreement on how to link tax bases to real economic activity and limit
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The G8 will talk about tax automatic information exchange today. And it will talk about disclosing the beneficial ownership of companies and trusts and I welcome both moves.
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Politicians from the Coalition have been keen to say in advance of today’s G8 summit that progress on tax transparency is dependent upon international agreement.
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Andrew Rawnsley wrote a first rate piece on tax havens in the Observer yesterday. I recommend it all. I especially like this bit: The use
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The G8 summit today has a number of agendas. Syria will be a massive distraction; EU – US trade is a red herring for much
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I have already written of my concerns about Cameron's announcement on transparency, but I think those concerns still need further elaboration. The reason is that,
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