Financial Transparency Coalition

When the G20 signed the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters in November 2011, amid great fanfare, the OECD, a club of wealthy countries, set out to promote it as the 'gold standard' of international tax cooperation. As is often the case (see here or here), the OECD's viewpoint is not quite the full story. While the Convention definitely provides various positive things -- most importantly a tacit assertion that automatic information exchange must be part of effective information exchange -- it also includes clear downsides.

The new site Tackle Tax Havens is now live. Aimed at the non-expert, we expect it to become a key tool. Click here. And watch the video.

Gibralter proves that it's just more of the same.

How international pressure is helping to open up Switzerland, but more is needed to make a real dent in international poverty.