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16 Sep 16
The European Commission has compiled a list of nations that could one day find themselves on the first common European Union blacklist of countries that do not adhere to good tax practices.
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13 Sep 16
The US Securities and Exchange Commission should require greater tax disclosure from multinational companies in order to protect investors as well as the public, according to the Financial...
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30 Aug 16
Apple has been ordered to repay up to €13bn in back taxes plus interest after the European Commission ruled that tax breaks granted to the company by Ireland for over two decades were illegal.
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30 Aug 16
Over 100 countries are now participants in an OECD international cooperation initiative to combat tax avoidance and evasion, the think-tank has announced.
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8 Aug 16
Tougher international tax laws around foreign trusts have been proposed in New Zealand in line with recommendations made in an inquiry set up in response to the Panama Papers.
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4 Aug 16
An all-party parliamentary group in the UK has claimed the international proposals to combat global tax evasion do not go far enough and may create new loopholes that could be used to avoid paying...
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28 Jul 16
Switzerland is one of ten countries said to have made sound progress toward greater tax transparency in recent years, according to the OECD.
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7 Jul 16
The Asian Development Bank has updated its anti-corruption policy to help member countries address the methods of tax secrecy and evasion unearthed in leaks like the Panama Papers.
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7 Jul 16
European Union loans, guarantees and equity investments to member states are costly and often poorly implemented, the European Court of Auditors has concluded.
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6 Jul 16
The European Commission has announced plans for further measures to clamp down on tax avoidance and secretive companies in response to the publication of the Panama Papers.
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1 Jul 16
More than 80 countries convened in Kyoto, Japan yesterday to discuss global efforts to prevent corporate tax avoidance and evasion as part of the OECD’s BEPS project.
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21 Jun 16
New rules to combat corporate tax avoidance by multinational companies are to be adopted across the European Union after member states agreed a package of measures today.
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15 Jun 16
It is not yet time to implement public country-by-country reporting for multinational firms or public registers of beneficial ownership, the director of the OECD’s centre for tax policy has argued.
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13 Jun 16
Panama must increase its financial integrity and transparency in order to safeguard its role as an international financial centre and protect its dynamic economy, the International Monetary Fund has...
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8 Jun 16
The UK’s lack of a “strategic and comprehensive approach” to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals is deeply concerning, the country’s International Development Select Committee has...
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3 Jun 16
Complex reforms are being proposed to the international tax system, but there are questions over the political will to act quickly.
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27 May 16
G7 leaders have said pursuing strong global growth will be their “urgent priority” following a two-day summit that wrapped up today.
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26 May 16
Japanese economists and experts have urged G7 governments to take the lead on ending tax havens as the countries’ leaders convene in Japan today.
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26 May 16
European Union finance ministers yesterday failed to agree on rules to crack down on tax avoidance by multinational companies.
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12 May 16
Foreign companies in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Afghanistan are to be forced to reveal their true owners following today’s Anti-Corruption Summit in London.
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11 May 16
Panama has agreed to share its financial account information automatically in order to tackle tax evasion and avoidance.
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6 May 16
The US government has announced a host of new measures to crack down on secretive companies after the Panama Papers unveiled the scale of tax evasion worldwide.
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25 Apr 16
Over twenty more nations will share details on the true owners of secretive companies after joining up to the anti-tax evasion initiative headed by Europe’s five largest economies.
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15 Apr 16
Spain’s industry, energy and tourism minister resigned this morning after his alleged links to an offshore company were exposed in the Panama Papers.
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15 Apr 16
The five largest European economies have agreed on new “hammer blow” measures to crackdown on tax evasion in response to the Panama Papers.