Financial Transparency Coalition

Switzerland and the United States were engaged on Friday in the final stages of efforts to reach an agreement to settle a legal case that sought to force the Swiss banking giant UBS to disclose the names of wealthy American clients suspected of tax evasion.

Australia’s tax authorities have vowed to scrutinise taxpayers’ transfer pricing activities and thin capitalisation rules in a bid to help businesses and individuals facing genuine hardship during the economic downturn.

ST. PETER PORT, GUERNSEY — The panoramic view of the English Channel and Guernsey’s craggy western shore from Guy Hands’s new £6 million home is splendid. No less so is the vista from his soon-to-be-completed rooftop office here on the eastern side of this small English-speaking island just off the French coast of Normandy.

Bloomberg -- Anti-graft authorities in Namibia said they widened a corruption probe into a domestic company that allegedly received payments in return for influencing the award of government contracts.