Links on "Global Financial Integrity"
Global Financial Integrity The final results are here! Find out who the big losers are in the first ever Financial Secrecy Index from TJN.
www.financialsecrecyindex.com
The Financial Secrecy Index (FSI) creates a ranking which identifies the jurisdictions that are most aggressive in providing secrecy in international finance, and which most actively shun co-operation with other jurisdictions. ...
Global Financial Integrity TJN's new Financial Secrecy Index is getting a lot of press coverage.
www.guardian.co.uk
The US state has been named the world's most opaque jurisdiction in a major new survey of financial secrecy
Global Financial Integrity Check out GFI in this great article about the role of the US as a tax haven.
www.time.com
The U.S. turns a virtual blind eye to foreign tax cheats parking money in the U.S. banking system.
Global Financial Integrity Check out TJN's new project at www.FinancialSecrecyIndex.com, and stay tuned for the launch of the Financial Secrecy Index on Monday!
financialsecrecyindex.com
The Financial Secrecy Index (FSI) creates a ranking which identifies the jurisdictions that are most aggressive in providing secrecy in international finance, and which most actively shun co-operation with other jurisdictions. ...
Global Financial Integrity New tax evasion legislation introduced by Baucus and Rangel today. Looks to be a much better bill than the one Baucus originally circulated as a draft. Still could be much stronger, though.
www.financialtaskforce.org
US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and US House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel today introduced legislation aimed at curtailing offshore tax evasion.
news.bbc.co.uk
He is to stand trial on 16 November - much earlier than expected - on charges linked to the purchase of TV and film rights by his family company, Mediaset.
Global Financial Integrity Interesting article on Bradley Birkenfeld in the LA Times this morning.
www.latimes.com
Bradley Birkenfeld, who used to help wealthy Americans hide millions from the IRS for a Swiss bank, turned informant and triggered a crackdown on tax cheats.
Global Financial Integrity
It's just being reported that the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act will be offered as an amendment to the pending healthcare reform legislation in the Senate. http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinan
www.reuters.com
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - A prominent Democrat will offer a controversial bill to target tax evasion by U.S. citizens and corporations to the main healthcare reform legislation in the Senate, an aide
Global Financial Integrity TJN is now on Facebook. Be sure to check out their page.
TJN is an independent organisation launched in the British Houses of Parliament in March 2003. It is dedicated to high-level research, analysis and advocacy in the field of tax and regulation. We work to map, analyse and explain the role of taxation and the harmful impa...cts of tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax competition and tax havens. Our objective is to encourage reform at the global and national levels. We are not aligned to any political party. Our network includes: -Academics; -Accountants; -Development organisations and NGOs; -Economists; -Faith groups; -Financial professionals; -Journalists; -Lawyers; -Public-interest groups; -Trade unions -Others Our founding objectives are: -to raise the level of awareness about the secretive world of offshore finance; -to promote links between interested parties around the world, particularly involving developing countries; -to stimulate and organise research and debate; -to encourage and support national and international campaign activity. In particular we aim to: -promote more local campaigns for tax justice, especially in developing countries; -provide a medium through which tax justice issues can be promoted within multilateral agencies such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund [IMF] , the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development [OECD] and the European Union.
Non-Profit:150 fans
GFI Applauds G20 Commitment to End Bank Secrecy, Increase Transparency, Curtail IFFs from Developing
www.gfip.org
Washington, DC -- The G-20 reaffirmed its commitment to pressing uncooperative secrecy jurisdictions to adopt more rigorous reporting standards, tackle banking secrecy, and increase overall transparency in global finance in a communiqué released at the conclusion of today's summit in Pittsburgh.