September 29th, 2009
On Sunday (Oct 4), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs are sponsoring a
side-event titled "
Tax Evasion and Revenue Policy in Development Finance" at the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Istanbul, Turkey.
The
seminar, which features GFI Director Raymond Baker among others, will take place between 10:00am and 12:00pm in Room Taxim at the Istanbul Convention Centre.
For more information on the event and to view an agenda,
click here...September 29th, 2009
Task Force member Global Witness has released the following
statement lauding the G20's action on AML standards at last week's summit in Pittsburgh:
G20 takes welcome step to stop banks fuelling corruption
Summit communiqué calls for stronger anti-money laundering standards to help curb illicit flows of looted state funds from developing countries
The G20 has urged an international watchdog on anti-money laundering laws to prioritise the fight against corrupt funds, a move warmly welcomed by anti-corruption group Global Witness today.
September 29th, 2009
Richard Murphy
notes that HMRC has launched a new web-
form which allows you to report tax evasion online. Strangely, though, the form times out if you haven't finished within 15 minutes - a relatively short amount of time given the length of the form. I understand the logic of timing out a webpage after a certain amount of time - perhaps an hour or so - but 15 minutes is a little ridiculous.
Nevertheless, it's nice to see HMRC taking a proactive approach.
September 28th, 2009
Tax Justice Network International and Tax Justice Network USA released the following
reaction to Pittsburgh's G20 communique:
Reactions by Tax Justice Network USA / Tax Justice Network International
We are heartened by the G-20’s renewed commitment to cleaning up tax havens, building on the progress that it made at the London summit last April. However, we are concerned that the G-20 needs to do much more to translate this commitment into reform.
While the G-20 communiqué states (para. 15) that its “commitment to fight non-cooperative jurisdictions has produced impressive results,” in...
