Accountancy Age notes that following the issue of demands for information on offshore bank accounts and offshore bank transfers issued to 308 banks in the
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A protocol signed Wednesday by the United States and Switzerland amending the U.S.-Swiss Tax Treaty falls short of ensuring effective information-exchange between the U.S. and
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G-20 Near Deal on Economy – WSJ.com. According to the Wall Street Journal: The summit is also gearing up to announce a tough approach to
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BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Cayman Islands fears as debts grow. There will be no income tax; there will be no property tax.
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Switzerland’s Last Day As A Tax Haven – Forbes.com. Forbes says this is so becasue it now has 12 tax information exchange agreements or double
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As the Tax Justice Network notes on its blog, Germany’s Finance Minister, Peer Steinbr?ºck, has just written this: "Citizens are aware of the hundreds of
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Jersey’s made its excuses. Now it needs to provide answers to questions about what has been happening at Lloyds in the island. I suggest those
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Bloomberg notes: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling called for the Group of 20 to draw up a “blacklist” of countries whose regulatory systems
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Public spending again: David Blanchflower slates George Osborne | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC. Quoting Blanchflower in the New Statesman: Mr
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