Financial Transparency Coalition

The countries of Liechtenstein and the United Kingdom agreed to a tax information exchange treaty on August 11, 2009. Attached is the summary of the Agreement.

TREASURY DELIVERS UPDATED TAX GAP PLAN TO BAUCUS - Finance Chairman notes quick response, calls for greater attention to long?term.

On July 8, 2009 the US Treasury Department submitted a report to the US Senate Finance Committee on the issue of reducing the tax gap andimproving voluntary tax compliance.

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) released a new White Paper on International Development today entitled "Eliminating World Poverty: Building our Common Future."