Financial Transparency Coalition

The live-stream is now working! You can watch the full #TFConf2011 now online in French and English at http://ow.ly/6PfUd Problèmes techniques réglés! Vous pouvez maintenant suivre la conférence #TFConf2011FR en live, en français et anglais sur http://ow.ly/6PgqO

The 2011 annual Task Force conference is now underway in Paris, France. You can watch a live stream of the conference broadcast in both French (here) and English (here). You can also participate with the conference on Twitter. We're accepting questions for each panel via Twitter at #TFConf2011 (for English) and #TFConf2011fr (for French).

This fall is shaping up to be a critical season for financial transparency. As the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development prepares for its annual conference on October 6-7, key decisions on country-by-country reporting are anticipated in the U.S. and from the European Commission. Meanwhile, international attention to tax loss facilitated by financial secrecy continues to grow as the global economic crisis drags on. Recently, PWYP Norway’s Piping Profits report highlighted the role regulatory gaps can play in shaping the tax strategies of multinational companies, often to the fiscal detriment of the countries they operate in. The report...

PARIS – The 2011 annual conference of the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development will take place at the Cercle National des Armées in Paris, France from October 6-7.