June 21st, 2009
A flurry of deals to help in the pursuit of evaders hiding money offshore will be signed this week as finance ministers meet in Berlin on Tuesday to review the international crackdown on tax havens.
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June 18th, 2009
LONDON -- The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday it plans to hold a meeting of its global forum on transparency and exchange of information Sept. 1-2. to discuss efforts to boost the sharing of tax data between countries.
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June 18th, 2009
Chile's bid to be the first South American member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development by the end of this year could be dashed if lawmakers don't change bank secrecy laws ''as soon as possible,'' the OECD's legal chief said.
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June 5th, 2009
Jeffrey Owens is the director of tax planning and administration at the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy, which is responsible for framing tax principles and ensuring that tax havens fall in line on disclosure norms and share information. He spoke to Sidhartha on recent developments and the strategy India should adopt on double taxation avoidance treaties.
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