05/18/2016
Contrary to much we’ve heard in the last week, not everyone who uses a “tax haven structure” does so to evade tax or to conceal the proceeds of crime - as a recent court ruling has recognised. While the temptation to name and shame may b
05/18/2016
The premier admitted that his comments were received with hostility, but it was an opportunity he could not pass up, reports Cayman News Service.
05/16/2016
As former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey succintly put it, “the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall”).
05/16/2016
Michael Noonan, the finance minister, has been told about the extensive use of the loophole, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
05/16/2016
THE former Labour MP denied any wrongdoing and insists it was a sting operation but has struggled to provide evidence.
05/13/2016
Convincing the world you're not a tax haven isn't easy.
05/13/2016
I’ve been shocked by the degree to which I find corruption.
05/12/2016
There has been a great deal of media focus in the build-up to Thursday’s anti-corruption summit but, while the amount of news has been substantial, it has also served to show the risks of introducing a public register.
05/12/2016
The banking secrecy techniques revealed in internal BSI documents seen by the FT offer the latest glimpse of how bankers in the City have helped clients move money around the world incognito.
05/12/2016
The CEO was questioned for two hours in Paris over the bank’s business links with law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co.
05/11/2016
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published in searchable format information on over 300,000 offshore entities.
05/11/2016
Panama Papers leak shows property tycoons bought and sold Parkwood estate near Windsor using offshore companies
05/11/2016
The Le Monde report suggested Credit Agricole had 54 active offshore companies in Panama, set up via Mossack Fonseca, as of end-2015.
05/11/2016
I think I asked very precise questions," Dominati said, referring to when he was chairman of a Senate inquiry committee into the matter.
05/10/2016
New global rules forcing companies to report taxable activities country-by-country publicly have been called for by a group of 300 prominent economists, in a push to close down tax havens.
05/10/2016
More a case of ‘be careful what you wish for’?
05/10/2016
The level of attention globally generated by the Panama Papers matter, linked to further anticipated public disclosures covering worldwide financial dealings over the coming days, suggest that the authorities in Jersey should be as well prepared as possib
05/09/2016
Germany’s government is looking at allegations that banks used a scheme to let clients reduce capital-gains tax by exploiting a legal loophole.
05/09/2016
The economists are urging the government to lift the secrecy over the ownership of companies and trusts.
05/09/2016
The UK has sovereignty over around a third of the world's tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands, the economists say.