MANY OF the policies adopted by the UN to end global poverty are “unrealistic and unattainable” because they advance the interests of the rich at the expense of the poor, according to a report by Leprosy Mission Ireland.
It analyses the “failures” of the millennium development goals, criticises the way target goals were selected...
Chile's lower house has approved a bill that would allow the national tax service to access Chileans' bank-account information and share it with other countries' tax authorities.
Late Wednesday, the house passed the bill, 72-16 with 17 abstentions, which will be sent to the Senate.
This is great news!U.S.-Swiss Tax Treaty: In June an amendment to the U.S.-Swiss tax treaty was agreed to but not yet ratified. Statements from U.S. and Swiss parties to the negotiations indicate that information exchange would still rely on exchange upon request and would require the U.S. to provide names of suspected tax evaders to obtain information on their undisclosed accounts. The U.S should push for...