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31/12/2001 British Government Backs Down Over Ashcroft's Belizean Company
31/12/2001 BVI Responds To OECD With Comprehensive Changes
31/12/2001 London Consultant To Report On Cayman Telecoms Bill
31/12/2001 UK Pension Contributions Window Closes On 31 January
31/12/2001 Irish National Library Benefits From Tax-Credit Gifts
28/12/2001 New IRS Regulations For R & D Credit Favour Taxpayer
28/12/2001 EU Court Ruling Helps Gibraltar
28/12/2001 UAE Approves Money-Laundering Law
27/12/2001 Hong Kong's Warrants Market Dries Up
27/12/2001 401(k) Investors Now Able To Delegate Investment Decisions
27/12/2001 Death Tax Moderates On New Year's Day
27/12/2001 A Review Of 2001 By The Bahamas Financial Services Board
24/12/2001 US Amends Immigration Laws To Catch Money Launderers
24/12/2001 Korean President May Be Asked To Veto Corporate Tax Cuts Bill
24/12/2001 Ashcroft's Tax Break Costs Belize Dear
24/12/2001 Kenyan Banks Suspend Tax Payments
24/12/2001 Closed Fund Investment May Be The Answer To Polish CGT Woes
24/12/2001 US Liberals Welcome EU Savings Tax Disarray
24/12/2001 UK Considers A Tax Amnesty
21/12/2001 Freeserve Demands Action Over VAT Row
21/12/2001 Monti May Compromise On Eco-Tax
21/12/2001 Australian Trust Uncertainty Exacerbated By Treasury Reshuffle
21/12/2001 Oman To Implement New Money Laundering Laws Soon
21/12/2001 Irish Revenue Embroiled IN VAT Row Over Canteen Subsidies
21/12/2001 Primarolo Says New PAYE Rules Should Be In Force By 2004
21/12/2001 UK FSA Announces New Rules For E-Money Issuers
21/12/2001 Swiss Ambassador Hits Back At FT Report
21/12/2001 CFP Attacks IRS Rules On Non-Resident Deposit Interest
21/12/2001 US Congress Focuses On FSC Replacement
21/12/2001 US Congress Fails To Pass Economic Stimulus Bill
20/12/2001 DTI Minister Discusses Anti-Money Laundering Role For UK Accountants
20/12/2001 Poland To Ease Tax Burden On Small Businesses
20/12/2001 Prince Hans Adam II Says Duty Of Care Changes Were Necessary
20/12/2001 Crossair Board Meets To Settle Financing Plan
20/12/2001 Dominica Finance Minister Still Suspended Pending Money Laundering Investigation
20/12/2001 Hong Kong SFC Applauded, Although No-One's Quite Sure What It Does...
20/12/2001 IR35 Judgement Due In UK On Friday
20/12/2001 UK Inland Revenue Delays Pension Annuities Review
20/12/2001 Putin Urges State Council To Support Small Business
19/12/2001 UK Treasury Takes Action Against Nauru
19/12/2001 China To Shift Anti-Crime Focus To Tax Evasion
19/12/2001 Barbados Tourism Minister Announces Support For New Ticket Tax
19/12/2001 UK Customs Mulls Tax Stamp System For Spirits
19/12/2001 Korean FIU To Tighten Regulation Of Financial Institutions
19/12/2001 Japan To Give Tax Breaks To Forest Owners
19/12/2001 Time Running Out For US Tax Stimulus Bill
18/12/2001 Japan-China Tax Dispute May Go To WTO For Resolution
18/12/2001 Ahern Puts Dampers On EU Tax Harmonisation Dreams
18/12/2001 Hong Kong Banks Welcome Relaxation Of Rules For Foreign Providers
18/12/2001 US Financial Institutions Ordered To Sever Ties With Offshore Shell Banks
18/12/2001 US Congress Will Probably Fail To Pass Tax Stimulus Bill
18/12/2001 Michigan Governor Reinvents Laws Of Economics
17/12/2001 Polish Government Attacks Tax Havens With New VAT Legislation
17/12/2001 Belize, Costa Rica Strengthen Relations
17/12/2001 Luxembourg And Austria Dig In Over Banking Secrecy
17/12/2001 Australian Investors Seek UN Help Over Tax Scheme Treatment
17/12/2001 Japanese Coalition Agrees On Tax Reform Proposals
17/12/2001 EU Moves Towards E-Commerce Taxation
17/12/2001 Isle Of Man Constructs International Pensions Framework
14/12/2001 Dawn Primarolo Urges Swiss To Lift Banking Secrecy For Tax Evaders
14/12/2001 Daschle Slammed For 'Lack Of Leadership'
14/12/2001 Italian Banks To Return Tax Handouts, Says European Commission
14/12/2001 German Companies Criticize Corporate Tax Hikes
14/12/2001 UAE Central Bank Announces 14 Suspect Accounts Frozen
14/12/2001 Brazil To Grant Income Tax Exemptions
14/12/2001 Details Of The US/Cayman Information Disclosure Agreement
14/12/2001 EU Savings Directive Stumbling At Laeken
13/12/2001 Japanese Tax Commission To Scrap Tax Breaks For The Elderly
13/12/2001 Irish Tax Inquiry Clears Bank Auditors
13/12/2001 Paul Martin Criticized Over Federal Budget
13/12/2001 Berlusconi Accepts EU Arrest Warrant Despite Tax Evasion Fears
13/12/2001 US To Help Pakistan Tackle Money Laundering
13/12/2001 Bush Offers Compromise On Economic Stimulus Package
13/12/2001 HKMA To Encourage More Foreign Banks To Locate In SAR
12/12/2001 Cayman Assembly Defers Telecoms Liberalisation Bill
12/12/2001 Cyprus: Finance Committee To Meet For Tax Reform Talks
12/12/2001 US United Front Cracks Over Tax Cut
12/12/2001 Swiss Money Laundering Laws May Be Extended To Art Dealers
12/12/2001 Multinationals To Suffer As A Result Of Korean Tax Rulings
12/12/2001 Tung Chee-Hwa A Shoo-In For Chief Executive Election
12/12/2001 Thailand To Offer Sweeping Incentives To Attract HQs
11/12/2001 Tonnage Tax Ruling A 'Catalyst For Renewal' Says Irish Minister
11/12/2001 US Treasury Secretary Criticizes Senate For Stimulus Package Stand Still
11/12/2001 PCG Confident Of IR35 Appeal Decision
11/12/2001 Argentina Bows To IMF Pressure Over Tax Breaks
11/12/2001 Gordon Brown Challenged Over CGT Loophole
11/12/2001 Panama, China Sign Economic Cooperation Pact
11/12/2001 Nauru Acts On Money Laundering Following FATF Threat
11/12/2001 Bermuda Stock Exchange Launches Automated Settlement System
11/12/2001 Mauritius Acts Against Tax Evaders
11/12/2001 BVI Creates Financial Services Commission
11/12/2001 Indian State To Force Larger Businesses To File Electronically
11/12/2001 Irish Tech Companies Want Share Option Tax Changes
10/12/2001 US Tax Pact Does Not Herald 'Open Season' In The Caymans, Say Officials
10/12/2001 Families Of September 11th Victims Seek Tax Relief Soon
10/12/2001 Chinese Police Uncover Possibly Biggest Tax Fraud Case Yet
10/12/2001 Antigua & Barbuda And US Sign Tax Information Exchange Pact
10/12/2001 Russia Predicts Revenue Collection Fall
10/12/2001 Inland Revenue Flexes Muscles Over IR35
10/12/2001 Seychelles National Assembly Votes For New Goods And Services Tax
10/12/2001 Questions Over China/Hong Kong Free Trade Area
07/12/2001 Commonwealth Tax Commissioner Gives Evidence In Petroulias Trial
07/12/2001 Barbados, Malta Sign Double Tax Treaty
07/12/2001 Holy Get Tax Breaks In The UK
07/12/2001 Major Australian Betting Agency Opposes Turnover Tax Cut
07/12/2001 Nauru Faces Sanctions Over Money Laundering Failure
07/12/2001 Paddy Power Says Thanks, But No Thanks To McCreevy
07/12/2001 Hollywood Film Groups Plead For Tax Breaks
07/12/2001 Italian Flight Capital Flying Home
06/12/2001 UK Government Praises Caribbean Jurisdictions For Anti-Money Laundering Progress
06/12/2001 Ireland's Banks To Shop Non-Resident Account Holders
06/12/2001 New Bill Offers Some Relief For Delinquent Taxpayers In New Zealand
06/12/2001 Jersey States Warned Taxes Will Rise If Public Spending Exceeds Budget
06/12/2001 China To Slash Vehicle Import Taxes As Condition Of WTO Entry
06/12/2001 Opposition Calls Irish Budget 'Voodoo Economics'
05/12/2001 Indonesia To Make Decisive Move Over Money Laundering
05/12/2001 Cyprus Joins International Convention To Combat Financing Of Terrorism
05/12/2001 PCG Resumes Appeal Against IR35
05/12/2001 Italian Government Requests Special Tax Reform Powers
05/12/2001 US Senator Calls For Tax Fairness On Mutual Fund Distributions
05/12/2001 Harmonised EU Sales Tax Expected By 2004
05/12/2001 Hong Kong SFC Chief Says Asian Stock Markets Need To Stick Together
05/12/2001 White House Seeks To Raise Nation's Debt Ceiling
05/12/2001 UK Government Spells Out R & D Tax Credit Options
04/12/2001 Japanese Finance Minister Forced Into Climbdown Over Consolidated Tax
04/12/2001 Swiss Vote Rejects Capital Gains Tax Proposal
04/12/2001 Transfer Pricing Remains Tax Bugbear For Multinationals
04/12/2001 Jersey Signs Information Exchange Deal With France
04/12/2001 New Internet Tax Moratorium Allows Some Internet Taxation
03/12/2001 Hong Kong Jockey Club Urges Tighter Laws On Offshore Betting
03/12/2001 Ryanair To Include Taxes In Advertised Danish Prices
03/12/2001 Manhattan Institute Says Bloomberg Must Bite The Bullet Over New York Tax
03/12/2001 Scientologists Sue Belgian Authorities Over Tax Evasion Claims
03/12/2001 British Venture Capitalists Join Anti-Money Laundering Fight
03/12/2001 Swiss Vote Against Abolition Of Army
30/11/2001 President Bush Signs Internet Moratorium Bill
30/11/2001 Bill To Raise Income Taxes On Its Way To Argentine Senate
30/11/2001 Top US Earners Could Enjoy Better Tax Benefits
30/11/2001 Wealthy Property Investors Could Benefit Most From Stamp Duty Exemptions
30/11/2001 Bahamas Anti-Money Laundering Laws Undermined By Court Ruling
30/11/2001 Brazilian Senate Approves New Fuel Tax
30/11/2001 McCreevy Promises To Prosecute More Tax Evaders In The Future
30/11/2001 Labuan's Offshore Company Laws Need Review, Say Experts
30/11/2001 US Senate Votes For Tax Competition
29/11/2001 US Corporate Lobbyists Continue Tax Cut Calls Despite Public Disapproval
29/11/2001 Isle Of Man To Change Online Gaming Laws
29/11/2001 Swiss Bankers Complain About Negative Media Images
29/11/2001 Japanese Brewers Up In Arms Over Proposed Tax Hike
29/11/2001 Seychelles Finance Minister Presents Budget
29/11/2001 US Government Sends In Top Official To Appeal Against WTO Ruling
29/11/2001 US Republicans Propose Payroll Tax Holiday
29/11/2001 Hong Kong Banks Warned To Be Vigilant Over Money Laundering
29/11/2001 St Vincent Passes Money-Laundering Legislation
29/11/2001 Germany Being Forced To Back Down On 'Eco-Taxes'
28/11/2001 Sharon Favours Extending Venture Capital Tax Break To Israeli Investors
28/11/2001 BVI To Get Financial Services Commission
28/11/2001 Dubai E-Commerce Laws To Pass Before Year-End
28/11/2001 US And Caymans Sign Tax Information Exchange Agreement
28/11/2001 Belka Proposes Single Tax Rate For Polish Companies
28/11/2001 Shipping Tax Agreement Between Hong Kong And The Netherlands Comes Into Force
28/11/2001 EU Ministers Reach Agreement On Cross-Border Bank Transfers
27/11/2001 Japanese Finance Minister Speaks Out On Tax Reform Delays
27/11/2001 Lebanon Makes Positive Moves On Money Laundering
27/11/2001 St Vincent Suffers Setback In Anti-Money Laundering Campaign
27/11/2001 IRS Issues Guidance On Deductible R & E Costs
27/11/2001 US Sales Tax Holiday Plans Still Stalled
27/11/2001 New US Tax Law Benefits Savers
27/11/2001 Labuan's Offshore Leaders Press For Updated Legislation
27/11/2001 UK's Pre-Budget Statement Due Today
26/11/2001 Bush Spearheads Controversial AMT Repeal Plan
26/11/2001 US States Pursue Interstate Agreements On Net Sales Tax
26/11/2001 Spain Says Gibraltar's People Will Not Decide Over Sovereignty
26/11/2001 Australia's Tax System Needs Major Reform, Says Senior Businessman
26/11/2001 Cypriot Civil Service Accused Of Wasting Taxpayers' Money
26/11/2001 Last Yugoslav Bank In Cyprus Folds
26/11/2001 Bahamas Denies Readiness To Agree To OECD Demands
26/11/2001 Britain's Pre-Budget Statement Due Tomorrow
23/11/2001 Internet Research Group Says Prepare For Online Taxes Despite Ban Extension
23/11/2001 US Estate Tax Repeal Spells Trouble For Swiss Banks
22/11/2001 Star Witness Tells Of 'Witch Hunt' Against Former Australian Tax Commissioner
22/11/2001 EU Finally Approves Amendments To Anti-Money Laundering Directive
22/11/2001 Irish Chambers Of Commerce Furious Over Rising Business Taxes
22/11/2001 FBI Questions Money Management Firm
22/11/2001 Swiss Bilateral EU Accords Near Implementation
21/11/2001 Liechtenstein To Take Action Over Anonymous Account Holders
21/11/2001 ACCA Says UK Accountants Reject EU Tax Harmonisation
21/11/2001 Mexican Tax Reforms Will Pass Before Year-End, Says Mexican Central Bank
21/11/2001 Australian Online Gaming Operation Wins 50% Tax Cut
21/11/2001 Russian Publishers May Face Retroactive Tax
21/11/2001 IRS Launches Fast Track Program For Dispute Resolution
21/11/2001 Jordan Sales Tax Increase Receives Mixed Response
21/11/2001 Cyprus Tax Changes Will Reward Hard Work, Says Klerides
21/11/2001 Tax Treaty Between Norway And Chile Welcomed
21/11/2001 Barclays France Implicated In Money Laundering Probe
21/11/2001 Labuan Trust Companies To Have Offshore Status
21/11/2001 Gibraltar Talks Set Accelerated Deadline
20/11/2001 Swiss Non-Banking Sector Comes Under Scrutiny Over Money Laundering
20/11/2001 German Taxman Closes In On Tennis Star
20/11/2001 Korea Government Announces Radical Excise Tax Cuts
20/11/2001 United States Is Prime Destination For Laundered Cash, Says Report
20/11/2001 President Bush Will Sign Internet Moratorium Bill
20/11/2001 Gibraltar Talks Begin Today In Barcelona
19/11/2001 Cyprus: Investors' Association Rejects Dividend Tax Proposal
19/11/2001 US Senate Approves Net Tax Ban
19/11/2001 Vietnam Drafts Asset Tax Law To Plug Revenue Gap
19/11/2001 Freeserve May Take UK Government To Court Over VAT Dispute
19/11/2001 Switzerland Hits Back At Critics Over Tax Evasion
19/11/2001 US Retailers Unlikely To See Tax Holiday Before Christmas
19/11/2001 Offshore Jurisdictions Worry About OECD Report
19/11/2001 Ireland's Flood Tribunal Runs And Runs
16/11/2001 Bermuda's Opposition Labels Payroll Tax Windfall An 'Embarrassment'
16/11/2001 US Based Expats Seek Tax Breaks For Overseas Donations
16/11/2001 Jersey Continues To Beef Up Anti-Money Laundering Legislation
16/11/2001 Irish Revenue Warn Bogus Account Holders On Amnesty Deadline
16/11/2001 US Treasury Defers Tax For Struggling Airlines
16/11/2001 Polish Businesses React To Tax Reforms
16/11/2001 Offshore Jurisdictions Give Guarded Welcome To OECD Report
15/11/2001 US Economists Renew Calls For Payroll Tax Cuts
15/11/2001 New Anti-Money Laundering Tool Launched In The UK
15/11/2001 French Insurers Warned To Be Vigilant In Fight Against Money Laundering
15/11/2001 Liechtenstein Playing An Active Role In The Fight Against Terrorism
15/11/2001 Poland's Parliament Approves Tax Amendment Plans
15/11/2001 BVI Opposition Urges Draft Labour Code Withdrawal
15/11/2001 Islamic Bankers Hit Back At Money Laundering Allegations
15/11/2001 Study Begins Of US Sales Tax Collection Costs
15/11/2001 Switzerland Forces Dismissal Of Lax Bank Manager
14/11/2001 Online Law Firm Opens E-Business Centre In Costa Rica
14/11/2001 Hong Kong Strengthens Asset Seizure Laws
14/11/2001 Naming And Shaming Banks Is 'Useful', Says Swiss Bankers Association Chief
14/11/2001 OECD To Discuss Employee Stock Option Concerns
14/11/2001 Chilean Stock Tax Reforms Welcomed
14/11/2001 Cyprus Tax Reform Talks In Two Weeks
14/11/2001 Indian Government Reaches Decision On Entertainment Tax
14/11/2001 Congress Protests After Canadian Lumber Dispute Escalates
13/11/2001 Israel's Anti-Money Laundering Campaign Suffers Another Blow
13/11/2001 US, Luxembourg Agree Interpretation Of Tax Treaty Rules
13/11/2001 Germany Sees Massive Increase In Number Of Money Laundering Cases Reported
13/11/2001 Gulf Bankers Urge More Information Sharing To Combat Money Laundering
13/11/2001 Tax Dodgers See India Government Revenue Down $85 Billion
13/11/2001 Official Says Swiss Authorities Were Rushed Into Moving On Al Taqwa
12/11/2001 IRS Extends New Lower Tax Rates To Dependants
12/11/2001 Cyprus Mulls Law To Overhaul Financial Services Rules
12/11/2001 UK Businesses Likely To Face New VAT Threat
12/11/2001 Egyptian Government Officials Positive Over Income Tax Bill
12/11/2001 Polish Business Community Reluctantly Accepts Need For New Taxes
12/11/2001 UAE Under Scrutiny Over Money Laundering
12/11/2001 Mexico's 2002 Budget Proposal Missing New Tax Reform Funds
12/11/2001 Bahamas Hands Over Suspect Bank's Files To The US
12/11/2001 Russia's Tax Ministry Aims To Prosecute Indebted Business Taxpayers
09/11/2001 Japan Okays New Tax Exemption Rules For 2002 World Cup
09/11/2001 Argentine Government Forced To Share Key Tax Revenue With Provinces
09/11/2001 Wealthy Homeowners Lose Out As Tax Loophole Is Closed
09/11/2001 Malta Stock Exchange Role Reduced
09/11/2001 Barbados Opposition Criticizes Anti-Money Laundering Initiative
09/11/2001 US Finds Bin Laden Links Both Offshore And On
09/11/2001 EU To Raise Minimum Tobacco Tax Levels
09/11/2001 Senators Resume Work On E-Tax Moratorium
08/11/2001 Bermuda To 'Strengthen' Investment Laws
08/11/2001 Barbados Lawyers Warned Over Money Laundering
08/11/2001 Jersey Reports On E-Business Progress
07/11/2001 No New State Internet Taxes - Yet
07/11/2001 Vanuatu Raises Reservations Over WTO Membership
07/11/2001 Japan's Lower House Passes Investor Tax Rules
07/11/2001 CFP Lobbies Senate Against Deposit Interest Taxation
06/11/2001 Revenue Commissioners Identify Over 600 Ansbacher Links
06/11/2001 Russia Creates Anti-Money Laundering Agency
06/11/2001 ATO Tax Ruling Could Prove Bad News For Multinationals
06/11/2001 NZ Serious Fraud Office Questions Former Vanuatu PM In Multi-Million Dollar Scandal
06/11/2001 The Effects Of US Anti-Terrorist Law On Offshore
05/11/2001 Swiss Economy Minister Says EU Should Back Withholding Tax Proposal
05/11/2001 EU Ruling On Gibraltar Tax Status Imminent?
02/11/2001 US Ruling Confirms Punitive Tax On Canadian Softwood Exports
02/11/2001 Saudi Government Agrees To Block Laundered Funds
02/11/2001 UK Law Society Seeks Clarification On Money Laundering Rules
02/11/2001 Jersey Strengthens Anti-Money Laundering Legislation
02/11/2001 Offshore Tax Expert Says Private Banking Is Changing
02/11/2001 Irish Tribunals Hear Controversial Disclosures On Offshore Accounts
01/11/2001 US Economists Cool Over Corporate Tax Cuts Plan
01/11/2001 Two Men Executed In China's Biggest Ever Tax Fraud Case
01/11/2001 Bahamas Anti-Money Laundering Laws Superior To Some OECD Countries, Says BSFB
01/11/2001 St Vincent Strengthens Banking Supervision
01/11/2001 US Official Reiterates Opposition To OECD Tax Initiative
31/10/2001 O'Neill Urges FATF To Adopt Global Money Laundering Standards
31/10/2001 Italian Banks Hurting As Monti Rules On Tax Break
31/10/2001 Dubai Islamic Bank Says No Suspect Funds Found
31/10/2001 Indian Professionals Likely To Face Service Tax
31/10/2001 Poland Will Tax Savings Income And Gains
30/10/2001 Australian Liberals' Family Tax Break Scheme Slammed
30/10/2001 UK Inheritance Tax Loophole Spells Big Savings
30/10/2001 US Banks Escape Strictest Anti-Money Laundering Rules
30/10/2001 Eastern European States To Develop Database On Tax Violations
30/10/2001 UK, Spain Crank Up Gibraltar Talks
30/10/2001 British Citizenship For Overseas Territories
29/10/2001 IRS Targets Tax Evading Professionals
29/10/2001 Panama Praised For Speedy Response To Terrorist Attacks
29/10/2001 IRS Says It Can't Send Out Another Batch Of Checks Speedily
29/10/2001 Gaming Tax Review Needed Says Nevada Senator
29/10/2001 OECD To Launch Attack On Corporate Tax Evaders
29/10/2001 Canadian Official Says Innocent Citizens Will Be Caught In Money Laundering Dragnet
29/10/2001 Panama Lashes Out At Banking Criticisms
29/10/2001 Washington Lobbyists Celebrate Tax Haven Victory
26/10/2001 UK Government Criticised In Tax Evasion Crackdown
26/10/2001 ColombianTax Bill Rubbished By Finance Minister
26/10/2001 Malta-Based Luvbet Is Staying Put Despite New UK No-Tax Regime
26/10/2001 Tax Reform In Philippines Set To Raise P30 Billion
26/10/2001 German Economic Stimulus Programme Threatened By Bundesrat
26/10/2001 UK Losing Investment Edge Over Europe Says Ernst & Young Report
26/10/2001 Russia Creates Unified Social Insurance Tax And Benefit System
25/10/2001 Liechtenstein Trustees Unruffled By EU Money Laundering Wrangle
25/10/2001 France, Monaco Agree Anti-Money Laundering Measures
25/10/2001 EC Meets To Discuss Corporate Taxation
25/10/2001 BVI Business Community Attacks New Labour Law
25/10/2001 ITIO Calls For Consistency From OECD
25/10/2001 South Africa's Businesses Groups Against New Tax Laws
25/10/2001 House Votes On Alternative Minimum Tax Refunds
25/10/2001 Private Bankers Turn Detective To Track Down Terrorist Assets
24/10/2001 Tax 'Hit Squads' To Take The High Road
24/10/2001 Money Laundering Concerns For Hong Kong's Cyber Casinos
24/10/2001 'No Banking Secrecy For Terrorists' Says Liechtenstein Foreign Minister
24/10/2001 China Reluctant To Join Anti-Money Laundering Bodies
24/10/2001 Brussels Powerless To Stop Swissair Rescue Bailout
24/10/2001 Canada Takes Powers To Fine Tax Professionals
24/10/2001 South African Judge Says New Tax Regime Too Complicated
23/10/2001 Cook Islands Amends Money Laundering Laws
23/10/2001 Barbados Telecoms Industry Liberalisation Begins Soon
23/10/2001 South African Accountants Call For Consolidation Of Tax Laws
23/10/2001 Pavarotti Cleared Of Tax Evasion Charges
23/10/2001 Pakistan To Enact New Money Laundering Law Soon
23/10/2001 Cyprus Officials Alleged To Profit From High-Tech IPO
22/10/2001 UAE And Sri Lanka Prepare Double Tax Agreement
22/10/2001 Congress Fails To Extend Net Tax Ban In Time
22/10/2001 Hawaii To Get 7-Year Property Tax Holiday
22/10/2001 UK Customs To Move On Offshore Betting Sites
22/10/2001 Luxembourg Anti-Money Laundering Unit Freezes Accounts
22/10/2001 Canadian Anti-Money Laundering Measures Slammed
22/10/2001 New Money Laundering Chief Says Swiss Reputation Will Be Hard To Shift
22/10/2001 Hong Kong Exchange Protests Over Planned Rival Platform
22/10/2001 Nestle Joins Swissair Rescue Plan
19/10/2001 South Africa's Company Tax Law On Its Way
19/10/2001 Guernsey Mulls Introduction Of VAT
18/10/2001 Duma Approves Regional Sales Tax Law
18/10/2001 Thai Finance Ministry Proposes New Basis For Property Taxes
18/10/2001 House Stimulus Tax Cut Bill Meets Heavy Criticism
18/10/2001 Senator Levin Criticizes Separation Of Money Laundering And Terrorism
18/10/2001 Congress Go-Slow Raises Fears Over Mexico's Budget Plans
18/10/2001 House Votes For US Internet Tax Ban Extension
18/10/2001 OECD Launches Renewed Attack On Offshore Jurisdictions
17/10/2001 RCMP Calls For Greater Co-Operation Over Money Laundering
17/10/2001 Guernsey Tightens Anti-Terrorism Laws
17/10/2001 FSA Chief Faces Money Laundering Probe
17/10/2001 The Bahamas Closes Terrorist Suspect's $20m Account
16/10/2001 SARS Moves To Ease Tax Secrecy Rules
16/10/2001 Antigua Strengthens Internet Gaming, E-Commerce Legislation
16/10/2001 Costa Rica Cracks Down On Tax Evaders
16/10/2001 Berlusconi Marching To Different Drummer Over Money Laundering
16/10/2001 Indian Finance Minister Rules Out Further Tax Cuts
16/10/2001 More US Insurers Flock To Bermuda
16/10/2001 Irish Accountants Need To Be On The Alert For Money Laundering
16/10/2001 US/Canadian Timber Spat Lumbers Along
16/10/2001 The Unimpeachable In Full Pursuit Of The Inscrutable
15/10/2001 Pacific Islands Forum Supports US Measures, Says Secretary General
15/10/2001 Congress Finalising Details Of Victims' Tax Relief Bill
15/10/2001 Malta Financial Services Centre Defends Money Laundering Rules
15/10/2001 Symposium Calls For E-Commerce Legislation In Dubai
12/10/2001 Australian Forestry Sector On The Up Following Tax Backflip
12/10/2001 Congress May Offer Tax Credits For Travel
12/10/2001 South African Finance Select Committee Looks Into Provincial Taxation
12/10/2001 German Finance Ministry Says Banking Secrecy Laws Can Stay For The Moment
12/10/2001 Democrats, Republicans Argue Over Bush Tax Cuts Cost
12/10/2001 Another Internet Taxation Bill In Congress . . .
12/10/2001 Money-Laundering Legislation Clears House Committee
11/10/2001 UAE Approves Anti-Money Laundering Bill
11/10/2001 French Parliamentary Committee Report Slates UK Money Laundering Laws
11/10/2001 Report Raps Canada Over Lax Anti- Money Laundering Rules
11/10/2001 Tax Net Closing On NIB Customers
11/10/2001 IRS To Tap Benefit Checks To Collect Back Taxes
11/10/2001 Money-Laundering Bills Are Flawed, Says US Think-Tank
11/10/2001 US To Appeal WTO Ruling
10/10/2001 Bogus Account Declarations In Ireland Disappointing
10/10/2001 End Is Nigh For The Tax Exempt Company In Gibraltar
10/10/2001 European Think-Tank Leader Warns Against Excessive Money-Laundering Regulation
09/10/2001 Eichel's Anti-Money Laundering Measures Come Under Attack
09/10/2001 Experts Warn Of Tough Times Ahead For The FATF
09/10/2001 CIoT Unhappy With New UK Law
09/10/2001 Maltese Chamber Of Commerce Seeks Ways To Encourage Investment
09/10/2001 New Zealand Apprehensive On Australian/US Tax Treaty
09/10/2001 Indian State Woos Investment With SEZs
08/10/2001 Three Jersey Banks Implicated In Abacha Investigation
08/10/2001 Democrats Reject Bush Tax Plans Despite Bipartisan Promise
08/10/2001 US Senate Banking Committee Approves Money Laundering Law
08/10/2001 PCG Gets New IR35 Judicial Review Appeal
08/10/2001 Cyprus Stock Market Becalmed
08/10/2001 India To Introduce VAT From April 2002
08/10/2001 Congress Is Becoming Active Over Internet Tax Moratorium
05/10/2001 FSA Calls Emergency Money Laundering Meeting
05/10/2001 Abacha Family Stalls Money Laundering Investigation Yet Again
05/10/2001 Cook Island Shuns NZ Report On Offshore Financial Transactions
05/10/2001 Questions Raised About Absence Of Tax Evasion Statistics In Irish Crime Reports
05/10/2001 United Arab Emirates Welcome Continued Globalisation
05/10/2001 Damage Limitation For Isle Of Man As Terrorist Attacks Harm Offshore Image
04/10/2001 Liechtenstein Prosecutor Draws A Blank On Laundered Terrorist Assets
04/10/2001 European Commission Struggles To Break Deadlock Over Money Laundering Rules
04/10/2001 Gibraltarians Furious At British Let-Down
04/10/2001 Congress Struggling To Fix Sales Tax Problem
03/10/2001 Property Tax Breaks Denied For Business Affected By WTC Attacks
03/10/2001 Tax-Free Betting Creates 100 New Jobs In Northern Ireland
03/10/2001 Fears Over Blair's Planned Anti-Terrorism Measures Increase
03/10/2001 Jersey Senator Hits At Negative UK Journalism
02/10/2001 Grenada Prepares Membership Of Carribean Exchange
02/10/2001 US Net Tax Moratorium Likely To Be Extended
02/10/2001 Malta Opts For Global Accounting Model
02/10/2001 Germany To Introduce Tougher Anti-Money Laundering Measures
02/10/2001 Luxembourg Banks Deny Bin Laden Connection
02/10/2001 UK Banks Freeze $88 Million Of Taliban Funds
01/10/2001 Luxembourg Banks Report Bin Laden Links
01/10/2001 Irish Revenue Doggedly Pursuing Ansbacher And DIRT Enquiries
01/10/2001 EU To Place 30% Anti-Dumping Duty On Taiwanese CD-Rs.
01/10/2001 Canadian Provinces Bicker Over US Lumber Tax
01/10/2001 Hong Kong Acts On Terrorists, Money-Laundering
01/10/2001 Gibraltar Up In Arms At British EU Cave-In
28/09/2001 Bahamas Responds To Bush's Executive Order
28/09/2001 South African Revenue Service Opens Criminal Court To Tackle Tax Evaders
28/09/2001 SSTP Being Live-Tested In 4 States
28/09/2001 Nethelands Antilles Senator Calls For A Simplified Tax System
28/09/2001 Report Urges Leniency For Victims In Australian Tax Scams
28/09/2001 UK's Offshore Centres Respond To FSA's Strictures
28/09/2001 Insurance Problem Grounds Manx Airlines
28/09/2001 Cyprus Airlines Given Insurance Indemnity By Government
27/09/2001 Vanuatu Government Calls For Pacific Association Of Offshore Financial Regulators
27/09/2001 Bermuda Says It Is No Shelter For Terrorist Money
27/09/2001 Hong Kong, Ireland Agree On Mutual Legal Assistance
27/09/2001 President Bush Joins Congressional Push For Tax Cuts As Surplus Shrinks
26/09/2001 New Cyprus VAT Procedures Delayed Until February
26/09/2001 Iran Revises High Taxes To Persuade Foreign Firms To Stay
26/09/2001 Danish Government Plans Tax Changes To Boost Pension Industry
26/09/2001 The Bahamas New Financial Services Laws Will Help Fight Terrorism
26/09/2001 Offshore Jurisdictions Will Agree To US Anti-Terrorist Demands
26/09/2001 Fall Talks Fail To Chop US/Canada Tax Spat
26/09/2001 US Administration Returns To Tax Incentive Agenda
25/09/2001 UK Engineers Warn Over Climate Tax Burden
25/09/2001 Exporters Fear US Will Cease Correspondent Banking With Philippines
25/09/2001 Cyprus Government Holds Up Tax Reform Bill With Indecision Over Company Tax Reforms
25/09/2001 Accounting For Deferred Tax Becomes Popular With UK Business
25/09/2001 New US Ambassador To Switzerland To Pursue Terrorist Funds Issue
25/09/2001 Canada's Film Industry Threatened As Goverment Eliminates Tax Shelters
25/09/2001 US Reconsidering OECD Proposals On Tax Havens
25/09/2001 Channel Islands Define Their Situation Vis-A-Vis The OECD
25/09/2001 Maltese Government Sheds Light On Proposed Anti-Money Laundering Measures
25/09/2001 US Proscribes 27 Terror-Linked Names, Demands World-Wide Co-Operation
24/09/2001 Malaysia Should Amend Law On Company Tax Says Bank Chairman
24/09/2001 Appeals Court Rules That UPS Doesn't Have To Pay $1.8 Billion Tax Bill
24/09/2001 Furore Over German Anti-Terrorist Tax Increases Continues
24/09/2001 NCIS Urges Cooperation In Money Laundering Fight
21/09/2001 Hong Kong Warned To Check Money Laundering Rules
21/09/2001 Isle Of Man Announces Online Gaming Licence Winners
21/09/2001 European Airlines Join Chorus Of Calls For Tax Breaks
21/09/2001 New UK Information Exchange Rules Will Help Jersey
21/09/2001 Cyprus Reacts Swiftly To Bin Laden Allegations
21/09/2001 Hong Kong On Its Way To Becoming Global Digital City
21/09/2001 Guernsey Financial Institutions Must Learn To Say No, Warns Expert
20/09/2001 Panama Launches Investigation Into Terrorist Money Allegations
20/09/2001 Inland Revenue Hands Out 'Wrong Kind Of Sweets'
20/09/2001 Germany Raises More Tax To Pay For Counter-Terrorist Measures
20/09/2001 US Administration Wants Weaker Financial Privacy Rules
19/09/2001 Pavarotti Feels No Guilt Over Unpaid Taxes
19/09/2001 Malta Committed To Money Laundering Fight Says Dalli
19/09/2001 Swiss Company Accused In Bin Laden Funds Investigation
19/09/2001 Tax Evasion Syndicate Spirited $50bn Out Of China
18/09/2001 Taiwan To Introduce Tax Breaks To Boost Economy
18/09/2001 Crackdown On Tax Incentives To Follow Hungarian Accession To EU
18/09/2001 Reports Of Suspicious Transactions In Hong Kong On The Increase
18/09/2001 Irish Telecoms Regulator And Eircom At Loggerheads Over High Tariffs
18/09/2001 British Offshore Islands Offer On-Line Casino Licenses
18/09/2001 UK Tries Again To Persuade Gibraltar To Join Spanish Process
17/09/2001 Banks Brace For FATF Sanctions In Philippines
17/09/2001 Could WTC Disaster Impact On The Future Of Banking Secrecy?
17/09/2001 Unanimous Vote Grants Tax Relief To Families Of Attack Victims
17/09/2001 Monti Launches Formal Investigations Into 'Unfair' Tax Breaks
17/09/2001 German Government Proposes New Anti- Money Laundering Reforms
17/09/2001 Pavarotti Tax Trial Begins In Modena
14/09/2001 Howard Reaches Double Tax Deal With US
14/09/2001 Russian Federation And Bangladesh Sign Double Taxation Agreement
14/09/2001 Argentinian Provinces Battle For Share Of Transactions Tax
13/09/2001 Brazil And Bahamas Reach Anti-Money Laundering Agreement
13/09/2001 Isle Of Man FSC Releases Consultative Paper On Companies (Amendment) Bill
13/09/2001 Thai Withholding Tax Rules Condemned As 'Confusing'
13/09/2001 US Senator Calls For Investigation Of Tax-Exempt Organisations
12/09/2001 FATF Continues To Scrutinise Liechtenstein, Says Hasler
12/09/2001 Immediate Tax Reforms Needed To Save Japanese Market
11/09/2001 Oil Companies Oppose Venezuelan Tax Law
11/09/2001 Ireland, Australia Join Forces On E-Commerce Goals
11/09/2001 Dominica Proposes Anti-Money Laundering Law
11/09/2001 US Congress In New Attack On Bermuda Insurance Industry
10/09/2001 Canada, Barbados Near Agreement On Double Tax Treaty
10/09/2001 Beijing Celebrates Bumper Collection From Foreign Tax Evaders
07/09/2001 Jersey And Guernsey Welcome OECD Policy Changes
07/09/2001 Set Foot In New York And They Tax You!
06/09/2001 Gulf Region Attractive To Money Launderers, Warns Expert
06/09/2001 Government Readies New Companies Act In Mauritius
05/09/2001 Economic Downturn Leads To Rise In Hong Kong Tax Evasion
05/09/2001 Costello Announces Surprise Tax Initiatives For Australian Film Industry
05/09/2001 OECD Answers 17 Questions From Low-Tax Jurisdictions
04/09/2001 Isle Of Man To Introduce Protected Cell Legislation
04/09/2001 Canada To Delay Money Laundering Law
03/09/2001 US Senate Finance Committee Wants US To Appeal WTO Ruling
03/09/2001 New Body To Raise Money Laundering Awareness In Cayman Islands
03/09/2001 Bank Of China Will Merge 10 Hong Kong Units In October
03/09/2001 Hungary Bans Anonymous Accounts In response To FATF Listing
31/08/2001 Eastern Caribbean States Plan Political Union
30/08/2001 Nauru Passes Anti-Money Laundering Legislation
30/08/2001 Japanese Investment Taxation Reform Becoming Urgent
29/08/2001 Russian President May Be Implicated In Money Laundering Investigation
29/08/2001 Russian Income Tax Collections Up By 54%
29/08/2001 Merrill Lynch Settles With IRS Over Tax Shelters
28/08/2001 UK's IT Professionals Will Appeal IR35 Ruling
28/08/2001 Germans Bust Russian Money-Laundering Gang
28/08/2001 'S' Corporation Bill Quite Likely To Succeed In US Senate
28/08/2001 New Malaysian Money Laundering Act Now In Force
27/08/2001 Australian Investment Authority Issues Warning On Tax Shelters
27/08/2001 Gibraltar Government Plans 'Radical Reform' Of Company Tax If Court Action Against EU Fails
27/08/2001 South African Justice Ministry Calls For Relaxation Of Tax Privacy Law
27/08/2001 Euro Money Laundering Worries Force Germany And Switzerland Into Action
24/08/2001 Cayman Government Freezes Peruvian Money
24/08/2001 Canada Turns Up The Heat On US Lumber Tax
24/08/2001 Friendly Italian Tax Officials Ask For Their Money Back, Please
24/08/2001 Germany Puts Off Depreciation Changes To Help Business
23/08/2001 United States Lifts Financial Advisory On Antigua & Barbuda
23/08/2001 IMF Targets Cyprus In First Offshore Financial Centre Assessment Review
23/08/2001 UK Abandons Gibraltar By Not Opposing EU In Finance Centre Crisis
23/08/2001 UK Tax Havens To Host Online Casino Operations
23/08/2001 New E-Commerce Centre Nearly Complete In Curacao
22/08/2001 Gibraltar Government Initiates Legal Action Against European Commission
22/08/2001 Malta's New Distance Selling Regulations In Place
22/08/2001 US Senate Testimony Urges Origin Sales Tax Basis
22/08/2001 President Bush And Democrats Wind Up For Budget Battle
22/08/2001 Row Erupts In Slovak Cabinet Over Tax Reductions
21/08/2001 Danish Minister Of Taxes Rules On Internet Gaming Ads
21/08/2001 Loophole In South Africa's Capital Gains Tax Law Aids Satrix 40 Investors
21/08/2001 Deported Briton Says Cyprus Competitors Shopped Him
21/08/2001 WTO Panel Confirms FSC Ruling Against US
21/08/2001 Panama's Banking Sector Fights Latin American Withholding Taxes
21/08/2001 Equitable Life's Offshore Savers May Win Separate Treatment
20/08/2001 Institute For Economic Freedom To Challenge Qualified Intermediary Programme
20/08/2001 Government Bails Out Bahamasair Over $6.6 Million In Unpaid Taxes
20/08/2001 Tax Talks Between The US And Australia Reach Sticking Point
20/08/2001 Nauru Launches Surprise Attack On OECD Proposals
20/08/2001 St Vincent Withdraws Banking Licence
20/08/2001 Bulgarian Prime Minister Promises Tax Cuts, Privatisation reform
17/08/2001 South African Parliament Irons Out Wrinkles In Money Laundering Bill
17/08/2001 St Vincent Announces Measures To Conform With FATF Rules
17/08/2001 UK Tries To Soften Gibraltar's Attitude To Spain
17/08/2001 Canadian Savers Are Forced To Invest In Poorly-Run Companies
16/08/2001 Cayman Islands To Clarify Role Of Money Laundering Reporting Officers
16/08/2001 German Tax Experts Expect Dramatic Rise In Money Laundering Arrests
16/08/2001 Pacific Islands To Discuss OECD Pressure At Forum Meeting
16/08/2001 Pavarotti Forced To Abandon Show To Attend Second Tax Evasion Hearing
16/08/2001 40 US States Ask Congress Not To Extend Internet Tax Ban
16/08/2001 Guatemalan Court Refuses To Suspend Controversial VAT Increase
15/08/2001 Liechtenstein Chief Prosecutor Takes Stock Of Money Laundering Situation
15/08/2001 Australian Tax Reforms Hit City Farmers, Couriers
15/08/2001 Isle Of Man Repays 60% To BCCI Depositors
14/08/2001 Washington Lawyer Calls On Bush To Honour Father's Privacy Pledges
14/08/2001 Canada Lifts Bahamas Financial Advisory
14/08/2001 US Attorney-General Pitches In On Money-Laundering
14/08/2001 Government Asked To Intervene As Eircom Battle Hangs In The Balance
14/08/2001 Not All Tree-Farms Are Bad Eggs
13/08/2001 RIMS Opposes 'Bermuda Loophole' Bill
13/08/2001 IRS Crackdown On Offshore Credit Card Schemes Could Be Heading For Impasse
13/08/2001 Italian Court Rules On Capital Gains Tax
13/08/2001 Dallas - Eat Your Heart Out!
13/08/2001 UK Courts Rule Against Tax-Free Termination Payments
10/08/2001 US Attorney General Calls For Money Laundering Crackdown
10/08/2001 UK Inland Revenue Reverses Decision Over Offshore Trusts
10/08/2001 Irish Revenue Commissioners Taking Tough Stance On 'Mattress Money'
10/08/2001 Ukrainian Tax Chief Laments Administration's Failure To Reform
10/08/2001 OECD Tells Australia To Crack Down On Tax Avoidance Schemes
10/08/2001 Top US Companies Urge Bush To Resolve FSC Spat With EU
09/08/2001 Liechtenstein Meets FATF Deadline
09/08/2001 Isle Of Man Treasury Minister Hits Back Over Reports On 'Secrecy Laws'
09/08/2001 Cyprus VAT Rises To 15 Per Cent
09/08/2001 Anti-Money Laundering Bill Criticised For Placing Extra Burden On South Africa's Financial Services Industry
09/08/2001 900 Jobs May Go In Dublin PC Closure
08/08/2001 India And Austria Sign New Double Tax Treaty
08/08/2001 French Authorities To Simplify 'Stress Producing' Tax Forms
08/08/2001 New Tax-Efficient UK Fund Targets Rich Lawyers
07/08/2001 Gibraltar Offers Itself As Haven For Freeserve
07/08/2001 Prominent Senators Push Money Laundering Laws
07/08/2001 Grenada Bank Liquidator Reports On Owner's Seedy Habits
07/08/2001 Is Thailand Foot-Dragging On US Double Tax Treaty?
06/08/2001 House Approves 5 Year Net Ban Extension
06/08/2001 Court Ruling Gives German Tax Inspectors A Boost
06/08/2001 Bangladesh Tax Holiday Has Failed In Its Objectives
06/08/2001 BVI Prime Minister Warns OECD Not To Exclude Offshore Jurisdictions
06/08/2001 United Nations Suggests All Citizens Should Become Slaves
03/08/2001 Panama President Signs New E-Commerce Bill Into Law
03/08/2001 PJ Mara Says 'Bad Thoughts' Made Him Stash Money Offshore
03/08/2001 ATO Ruling Could Crush Australian Film Industry
03/08/2001 Hong Kong Appoints Revenue Commissioner After Multiple Disasters
03/08/2001 UK's Chartered Institute Of Taxation Urges Government To Simplify Tax Rules
03/08/2001 Cyprus Stock Exchange Brings Standards Up To EU Levels
02/08/2001 FSA Outlines Anti-Money Laundering Responsibilities For Financial Services Sector
02/08/2001 US Appeals Court Upholds First Conviction Against Internet Gambling
02/08/2001 Indian Government Announces Transfer Pricing Relaxation
02/08/2001 OECD Postpones Sanctions Deadline Over Anglo-Spanish Stalemate
02/08/2001 Paymaster General Announces New 'Change Of Accounting Basis' Rules
02/08/2001 Inconclusive US Senate Hearing On Internet Tax Moratorium
01/08/2001 AOL Under Attack Over VAT
01/08/2001 Revenue Foreign Exchange Proposals May Leave UK Companies With Unexpected Tax Bills
01/08/2001 Liechtenstein And Switzerland Drag Their Heels Over EU Tax On Interest
01/08/2001 Hong Kong SFC Publishes Consultation Paper On Proposed Index Fund Provisions
31/07/2001 Cook Islands Taxation Court Case Rules On VAT Argument
31/07/2001 Gibraltar Liberalises Telecoms Sector
31/07/2001 Accenture Is A Bermudian Company
30/07/2001 German And Jersey Securities Regulators Sign Co-operation Agreement
30/07/2001 US Treasury Department Cracks Down On Abusive Tax Shelter
30/07/2001 UK Tax Authorities To Swoop On IR35 Avoidance Schemes
30/07/2001 Gibraltar: More Talks About Talks
30/07/2001 MGM Mirage To Take Isle Of Man Gaming License?
27/07/2001 No News Is Good News For Bermuda Tax Issue
27/07/2001 Thai Finance Ministry To Revise Withholding Tax List Following Protests
27/07/2001 Regulators Say Offshore And Onshore Must Co-Operate Against Crime
27/07/2001 Australian Attorney-General Gets Tough On Lawyers Who Avoid Tax
27/07/2001 Republicans Vow To Fight NRA Reporting Regulations
27/07/2001 Australian Tax Office Doesn't 'Get It'
26/07/2001 Seychelles' Electronic Transactions Bill Approved
26/07/2001 Liechtenstein In Race To Beat FATF Deadline
26/07/2001 Switzerland Steps Up Anti-Money Laundering Controls
26/07/2001 Irish Finance Minister Announces Launch Of New Financial Products
26/07/2001 New US/UK Tax Treaty Includes Information Exchange Wording
25/07/2001 US Estate Tax Set To Rise From The Dead In 2011
25/07/2001 WTO Sides With European Union In Tax Break Dispute
25/07/2001 Bogus Nevis Stock Manipulator Arrested In Mexico
24/07/2001 The Bahamas: Enhancing Prospects For Sustainable Financial Services Sector
24/07/2001 UK And US To Sign Landmark Double Tax Treaty
24/07/2001 Bust Evergreen Scam Collected $214m Over 10 Years
23/07/2001 Prominent Liechtenstein Officials Meet To Discuss Money Laundering Fight
23/07/2001 Security For Technological And Business Assets In The Caymans
23/07/2001 Gibraltar Businesses Attack Trial Licensing Scheme
23/07/2001 Hong Kong Court Rulings Strengthen SAR's Autonomy
20/07/2001 Antigua Government To Amend New Customs Services Tax
20/07/2001 EC Presents Proposal On Non-Resident Savings Taxation
20/07/2001 Satellite Taxation Plan Fails To Get Off The Ground
20/07/2001 US Treasury Stays Neutral In Bermuda Tax Loophole Debate
19/07/2001 German War On Sales Tax Fraud Continues
19/07/2001 US Net Tax Bill On Business Activity Introduced This Week
18/07/2001 Swiss Authorities Agree To Release Kohl Evidence
17/07/2001 Barbados Central Bank 'Must Rise To The Challenge of E-Business'
17/07/2001 Gibraltar Telco Said To Be In 'Dominant Position'
17/07/2001 New Washington-Based Task Force To Study Information Exchange
17/07/2001 US Court To Decide On Tax Liability Created By 3rd Party Supplies
16/07/2001 Russian PM Confident About New Money Laundering Law
16/07/2001 Independent Report Praises Isle Of Man's Telecomms Sector
16/07/2001 Clearstream Confirms Andre Roelants As Chief Executive
13/07/2001 Indian Finance Minister Says Tax Evasion Loopholes Will Be Plugged
13/07/2001 Isle Of Man Gets Go Ahead For Financial Complaints Scheme
12/07/2001 Clearstream Finally Cleared Of Money Laundering Charges
12/07/2001 Brussels Attacks Co-ordination Centres In Member States
11/07/2001 Jersey FSC Celebrates Anniversary With Summit On International Financial Crime
11/07/2001 Irish Businesswoman Jailed In VAT Fraud Trial
11/07/2001 Swiss Money Laundering Control Office Under Fire
10/07/2001 EU Experts Inspect Cyprus's Finance Laws
10/07/2001 G7 Ministers Confirm OECD Proposals
10/07/2001 French To Ease Tax Evasion Laws During Euro Introduction
10/07/2001 UK Inland Revenue Recruits 2,000 New Tax Inspectors
10/07/2001 Hong Kong Signs Double Taxation Aviation Agreement With Estonia
09/07/2001 Report Says Abu Dhabi Internet City In Jeopardy
09/07/2001 ATO Mired In Controversy Again Over Contractors' Taxation
09/07/2001 Offshore Jurisdictions Welcome New Zealand's Support
06/07/2001 Australian Contractors Hit By Taxation As Employees
06/07/2001 UK Inland Revenue Threatening Offshore Inheritance Schemes
06/07/2001 Duma Finally Reaches Agreement On Money Laundering Bill
06/07/2001 CFP Warns Offshore Jurisdictions To Keep Up Pressure On OECD
05/07/2001 Suspect Swiss Bank Accounts Frozen In Elf Enquiry
05/07/2001 UK Court Of Appeal Awards Criminal Rights To Tax Evasion Defendants
05/07/2001 Banking Proposals Need To Be Amended For Investment Firms Says FSA Chairman
05/07/2001 Gibraltar Introduces Protected Cell Companies
05/07/2001 Switzerland And The EU To Begin New Bilateral Talks
04/07/2001 Amendments Proposed To International Business Companies Legislation In The Bahamas
04/07/2001 Luxembourg Socialists To Oppose Nationality Law Changes
04/07/2001 Confusion Reigns Over German Tax Reforms
03/07/2001 Becker Could Face Jail Over £13m Tax Scandal
03/07/2001 US Treasury To Review Proposed Information Exchange Rules
03/07/2001 House Leader Dick Armey Attacks Reinsurance Tax Bill
02/07/2001 Germany Mulls New Draft Law To Crack Down On VAT Fraud
02/07/2001 Eircom Refuses EIsland's Higher Offer, Stays With Valentia
02/07/2001 Irish Revenue Not Flooded With Money Under DIRT Amnesty
02/07/2001 18 Foreign Investigators Arrested In Dubai, Abu Dhabi
29/06/2001 UK Suffers In Transparency International Corruption Index
29/06/2001 Duma Delays Crucial Money Laundering Bill
29/06/2001 Hungary Hits Back At FATF Report
29/06/2001 OECD Agreement Given Cautious Welcome By US Lobbyists
29/06/2001 Berlusconi Unveils Tax-Cutting Package
28/06/2001 Grenadian Authorities Close Six More Banks
28/06/2001 Malta Reaches Agreement With IRS On Qualified Intermediary Status
28/06/2001 Far-Reaching Consequences Ahead For 'Internet Access Providers' In US Net Tax Debate
28/06/2001 South Africa's Revenue Laws Amendment Bill Sails Through Parliament
28/06/2001 Wall Street Journal Out-Businesses The FT
28/06/2001 Silence In Paris As OECD Plans Changes To Tax Initiative
28/06/2001 EU Gives Malta 7-Year Foreign Labour Concession
27/06/2001 New Virt-x Exchange To Benefit From UK Stamp Duty Exemption
27/06/2001 Liechtenstein Expresses Relief At Removal From Blacklist
27/06/2001 Canada Presses On In Modernising Digital Laws
27/06/2001 New SEC Head Harvey Pitt Urged To Oppose Broker-Dealer Rule
27/06/2001 Australian Tax Office Under Fire Over Avoidance Schemes
26/06/2001 US Treasury Commends FATF
26/06/2001 Most EU Countries Are In Breach Of Law Governing Tax Rules On Investment Funds
26/06/2001 Russia Reacts Quickly To FATF Blacklist
26/06/2001 Swiss Agree To Release Of Berlusconi Papers
26/06/2001 As OECD Debates Tax Competition, Offshore Jurisdictions Wait Outside
25/06/2001 Grenada Amends Offshore Banking And Companies Laws
25/06/2001 South African Parliament Considers Revenue Laws Amendment Bill
25/06/2001 UK Advisory Against Antigua And Barbuda Looks Set To Be Lifted
25/06/2001 Experts Criticise Proposed Reporting Requirements For NRAs
25/06/2001 FATF Removes Four Countries From Its List
25/06/2001 Capital Gains Tax Cut For UK Investors
22/06/2001 Indian Reserve Bank Issues Restrictive Net Banking Guidelines
22/06/2001 Isle Of Man Parliament Approves New E-Commerce And E-Society Strategy Report
22/06/2001 US Net Tax Negotiations Reach Small But Significant Agreement
22/06/2001 US House Majority Whip Enters Lists Against OECD
22/06/2001 Australia's GST To Dominate Federal Elections
21/06/2001 New Zealand Funds New Cook Islands' Financial Intelligence Unit
21/06/2001 New Zealand Tax Proposals Released
21/06/2001 European Commission Proposes Crackdown On VAT Fraud
20/06/2001 UK Demands On Passporting Are 'Obscene' And 'Perverse' Says Chief Minister
20/06/2001 Jersey FSC Issues First Tranche Of Trust Company Licences
20/06/2001 CIOT Gives Lukewarm Response To Tax Proposals
20/06/2001 Russia Duma Set To Approve Corporate Tax Reductions
20/06/2001 Yet Another Investigation For Clearstream
19/06/2001 E-Commerce Taxation Not Developing Fast Enough Says IOD
19/06/2001 Hong Kong Finds Itself At The Centre Of An Aviation Dispute
18/06/2001 Hong Kong Being Used As Conduit For Chinese Money Laundering
18/06/2001 AXA Chiefs Released On Bail After PanEuroLife Arrests
18/06/2001 The Bahamas Accepted As Member Of Financial Intelligence Units Forum
18/06/2001 Hong Kong Enlists Banks' Support In Anti-Money Laundering Drive
18/06/2001 O'Neill Limits Information Exchange In OECD Letter
18/06/2001 Foreign Office Memo Exposes Political Campaign Against Ashcroft
15/06/2001 Thailand To Impose Withholding Tax On Business
15/06/2001 Brazil May Keep Financial Transactions Tax
15/06/2001 Anguilla Government Launches Telecoms Policy
15/06/2001 Swiss Official Resigns In Money Laundering Dispute
15/06/2001 Marc Harris Organisation Clients Gaoled By Miami Court
15/06/2001 Kazakhstan Offers Amnesty To Tax-Dodgers
14/06/2001 Quigley Reiterates Warning To Irish Offshore Tax Cheats
14/06/2001 Nevis Plays Host To Anti-Money Laundering Conference
14/06/2001 German Banks Oppose Finance Minister On Planned Reforms
14/06/2001 Cyprus Parliament Assembles Agenda After Elections
14/06/2001 If You Want To Stay Free, Don't Go To France!
13/06/2001 Bank Of China Pushes On With Hong Kong Merger
13/06/2001 Manx Financial Regulator Considers Changes To Tax Exempt Company Laws
13/06/2001 Capital Gains Tax Reforms Look Set To Boost German Economy
13/06/2001 CFP Warns Offshore Jurisdictions About Information Exchange
13/06/2001 Australian Tax Shelters Wilting In Glare Of Government Hostility
12/06/2001 Ireland's Minister Of Finance Closes Tax Loophole
12/06/2001 Canada's Money Laundering Initiative 'Doomed'
12/06/2001 Hong Kong, United Kingdom Enter Into Double Taxation Shipping Agreement
12/06/2001 ATO Attacks Freedom Of Information Act
12/06/2001 The US Makes Tortuous Progress Towards Sales Tax Simplification
12/06/2001 UK VAT Authority Loses Outsourced Services Case
12/06/2001 EU Plans To Ignore Irish Referendum Vote!
11/06/2001 Senate Tries To Stop Administration's Review Of Money Laundering Rules
11/06/2001 Hong Kong's SFC Considers Hedge Fund Options For Retail Investors
11/06/2001 Tote Joint Venture May Flout Offshore Agreement
11/06/2001 EU Agrees Common Position On Extension Of UCITS Directive
11/06/2001 Luxembourg Central Bank Finds 'Material Evidence' At Clearstream
08/06/2001 Disappointed US Business Wants Promised Tax Cuts
08/06/2001 Dubai Prepares Law For Digital Signatures
08/06/2001 Pavarotti's Girlfriend Implicated In Tax Probe
08/06/2001 Abacha Family Permitted Judicial Review
08/06/2001 Swiss Bankers Embark On Damage Limitation Exercise In United States
08/06/2001 Association Of Chartered Certified Accountants Says Tax Talks On E-Commerce In Europe Must Stop
08/06/2001 Barbados Shocked To Find It's Home To Striptease News Show
08/06/2001 President Bush Signs Tax-Cutting Law - At Last!
08/06/2001 Liechtenstein Polishes Its Image Before FATF Meeting
07/06/2001 Accountants Criticise Proceeds Of Crime Bill
07/06/2001 IRS Ruling Allows Corporates To Spin-Off Real Estate Into REITs
06/06/2001 Successful Take-Up For Fiduciary Licences Under New Law Says Guernsey Financial Services Commission
06/06/2001 Expats In Russia Can Now Submit Their Own Tax Returns
06/06/2001 Bermuda's New Anti-Money Laundering Law Takes Effect
06/06/2001 Jordan Banks Disappointed By Amended Tax Law
05/06/2001 Hague Draft Threatens Online Businesses With Cross-Border Litigation
05/06/2001 UK Government Promises To Monitor IR35 Implementation
05/06/2001 $50,000 Reward For Arrest Of Man Who Stole Sex.Com
04/06/2001 Cook Islands' PM Steps Up Regional Fight Against Financial Crime
04/06/2001 Malta's Finance Minister Promotes New Corporate Governance Philosophy
04/06/2001 Royal Canadian Mounted Police To Host International Money Laundering Conference
04/06/2001 The Bahamas Finance Minister Delivers 'Balanced' Budget
04/06/2001 Alternative Tax Law Causes Controversy In The US
04/06/2001 Russian Money Laundering Bill Ratified
04/06/2001 Internet Bill Multiply Like Rabbits In Congress
01/06/2001 Fexco's New Gozo Office Is Testament To Malta's Comprehensive Financial Services Legislation
01/06/2001 Over Thousand Maltese Regain Citizenship Under New Dual Citizenship Law
01/06/2001 US Ponders The Future For FATF, OECD Campaigns
31/05/2001 Jordan Kuwait Bank Gets Licence To Operate International Banking Unit In Cyprus
31/05/2001 Irish Inspectors May Pursue Second Cayman Case Over Ansbacher Account Names
31/05/2001 US Company Follows Trend Of Moving Legal Domicile To Bermuda
30/05/2001 Monaco Takes Tough Stance On Currency Converters
30/05/2001 Bahamas: Anti-Money Laundering Seen As Central Dilemma In Dealing With International Organised Crime
30/05/2001 Cayman Islands: Government Doubles Airport Departure Tax
29/05/2001 Difficulties Mount Up For EU's Digital Downloads Tax
29/05/2001 Kerry Packer May Set Up On-Line Casinos In Vanuatu, Taiwan
29/05/2001 Manx Court Throws Out 'Fishing Expedition' Seeking Bank Details
28/05/2001 US Congress Finally Agrees Tax-Cutting Compromise
28/05/2001 The Bahamas Looking Forward To New IBCs Seeking 'Niche In Clean, Well-Regulated International Financial Centre'
28/05/2001 Telecoms Liberalisation In Gibraltar Expected By June
28/05/2001 Cayman Islands Judge Rules Ansbacher Bank Cannot Release Depositor Names
28/05/2001 Amendments To Seychelles' Financial Sector Laws Receive National Assembly Approval
28/05/2001 Securities And Futures Commission Could Block Hong Kong Hedge Funds For Retail Investors
25/05/2001 Malta And Lithuania Sign Double Tax Treaty
25/05/2001 Chief Minister Informs Financial Sector Of Gibraltar's OECD Strategy
25/05/2001 Anti-Money Laundering Strategies High On The Agenda In the Asia-Pacific Region
25/05/2001 The British Treasury Is Right (For Once) In Opposing The EU's VAT Proposals
24/05/2001 E-Fairness Supporters Praise Senate's Move Towards Tax Equity For All Retailers
24/05/2001 South Africa To Regulate Money-Spinning Online Casinos
24/05/2001 Cayman Islands' Banking Association Reports Financial Sector Growth
23/05/2001 Troubled Irish Stockbroker Is Wound Up
23/05/2001 Bermuda Company Sets Up Online Gambling Business
23/05/2001 Isle Of Man Reveals Online Gambling Regulation Bill Details
23/05/2001 Monaco Growing Despite Attacks By France And The OECD
22/05/2001 The WTO Defers Ruling On FSC Dispute
21/05/2001 Barbados Government Approves Small Business Support Measures
21/05/2001 FATF Visit To The Bahamas A Success But Financial Sector Complains About Administrative Burden
21/05/2001 O'Neill v the OECD: It's Only Round One
18/05/2001 No Assets Frozen In Bermuda Say Pinochet Lawyers
18/05/2001 Ireland: Senator Attacks Non-Resident Tax Rules
18/05/2001 Seychelles Considers Tax Law Reforms
18/05/2001 South African Government Has Capital Gains Tax In Sight
18/05/2001 Malta Reaffirms OECD Standards On Tax Regulations
17/05/2001 Bermuda Freezes Dictator Augusto Pinochet's Assets
17/05/2001 Costa Rican Banks Caught Up In Pyramid Scheme Investigation
17/05/2001 Turks And Caicos Mulls Immigration Issues
17/05/2001 Senate Finance Committee Approves US$1.35 Trillion Tax Cut Package
17/05/2001 Clearstream In Takeover Fight As Chief Executive Steps Aside
16/05/2001 Leading CFOs and Treasurers Seek Internet Tax Moratorium Extension to 2005
16/05/2001 Poll Finds Liechtenstein Banks Facing Personnel Crisis
16/05/2001 South Africa's Financial Services Bill Redrafted To Enhance Consumer Protection
16/05/2001 UK Scuppers The EU's E-Commerce Tax Directive
15/05/2001 Irish Stockbroking Firm Suspended From Tightly-Regulated Stock Exchange
15/05/2001 Swiss Banking Secrecy Rules Hang In The Balance As EU Negotiations Loom
15/05/2001 Manx MP Calls For Cell Company Legislation
15/05/2001 European Think Tank Recommends International Tax Privacy Code
14/05/2001 Australia's Industry Associations Urge Tax Office To Drop Web Tax Bill
14/05/2001 There's One Born Every Minute
14/05/2001 German Pension Reforms Are Too Feeble by Half
11/05/2001 Cyprus Keen To Increase Stock Of Double Tax Treaties
11/05/2001 Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill Attacks OECD Offshore Initiative
11/05/2001 US Senate Passes Tax-Cutting Budget Resolution
10/05/2001 New Legislation Aims To End Offshore Insurance Loophole
10/05/2001 US President Continues Opposition To Internet Tax
10/05/2001 ITPA And The OECD Slug It Out In The FT
09/05/2001 Punishment of Money Laundering Seen As Important Preventive Factor In The Bahamas
09/05/2001 Australian Legislation May Drive Online Betting Firm To Malta
09/05/2001 IT Contractors Suffer Under New Tax Law In Australia
08/05/2001 PanEuroLife Executives Still In French Gaol Without Charges
08/05/2001 US Budget Process Should Reach Voting Stage This Week
08/05/2001 Gibraltar's Leader Says The Rock Will Remain A British Colony
07/05/2001 US Senator Grassley Seeks Answers In Internet Sales Tax Debate
07/05/2001 Antigua & Barbuda High Commissioner Discusses Advisories With UK and US Governments
04/05/2001 Eircom Ticked Off As Irish Telecoms Regulator Sets Prices For Local Loop Unbundling
04/05/2001 Cook Islands To Join Anti-Money Laundering Organisation
04/05/2001 Bermuda Commercial Bank Now Exempt From 60/40 Rule
04/05/2001 The Bahamas Awaits FATF Inspection On Anti-Money Laundering Initiatives
04/05/2001 Draft Law Proposes New Securities Commission For Barbados
04/05/2001 Isle Of Man Publishes International Pension Scheme Consultation
03/05/2001 Ireland: Central Bank To Supervise Insurance Intermediaries
03/05/2001 Luxembourg Insurer's American Owner Speaks Out On Money Laundering Debacle
03/05/2001 Ernst & Young Survey Reveals Australia's Business Sector Disillusioned With Tax Reforms
03/05/2001 Trial Of Pavarotti On Tax Charges Begins In Modena
02/05/2001 Americans For Tax Reform Call For An End To Tax On Talking
02/05/2001 New Swiss Law Makes Shares More Affordable For The Average Investor
02/05/2001 Joint Congressional Committee Agrees $1.35 Trillion Tax Cuts
02/05/2001 Cyprus Stock Exchange Off To The Races Again?
01/05/2001 New Laws Have Positive Effect On Bahamas' Banking Industry
01/05/2001 Luxembourg Insurance Firm Dumbfounded By French Money Laundering Inquiry
01/05/2001 Jersey's Gambling Control Committee To Push For Internet Gaming Again
01/05/2001 UK Tax Law On Recognised Stock Exchanges To Be Clarified
01/05/2001 Antigua Senate Passes New And Improved Anti-Money Laundering Law
01/05/2001 Hong Kong To Implement New Domain Name Registration
01/05/2001 IR35 Uncertainty Is Unresolved: No Guidance For Consultants
01/05/2001 Maltese Opposition Leader Continues To Carp At Accession Process
30/04/2001 Senators Allen And Burns Introduce Bill To Make US Internet Tax Moratorium Permanent
30/04/2001 St Vincent & Grenadines Government Appoints New Offshore Finance Authority Board
27/04/2001 US Position On OECD Offshore Crusade Is Becoming Clearer
26/04/2001 Malta's New Tax And Incentive Regime For Foreign Investment Pays Dividends
26/04/2001 Canada And Germany Sign Double Tax Treaty
25/04/2001 IT Association Hails US Government's Stance On Internet Tax Moratorium, R&D Tax Credit
25/04/2001 Hedge Fund Ruling Ignites Broker Duty Debate In Bermuda
25/04/2001 Congressman's Report Says Mutual Fund Investors Are Hit Hard By Capital Gains Tax Law
25/04/2001 IR35 Tax Battle Not Over Yet Says Professional Contractors Group
25/04/2001 No-One Is Checking Suspicious Activity At US Securities Firms
24/04/2001 Costa Rica: Banking Reform Bill Comes Under Fire From Ex-Central Bank Chief
24/04/2001 Bahamas Signs UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime
24/04/2001 Malta's Finance Minister Reassures Investors Over New UK Tax Laws
24/04/2001 Telecoms Minister Says South Africa's E-Commerce Law Is On Its Way
24/04/2001 India Changes The Rules For Taxation Of Investments From Mauritius
24/04/2001 Bidding War In Prospect For Eircom
23/04/2001 Vanuatu's New Government Sworn In
23/04/2001 Anguilla's Financial Services Department Continues Overseas Marketing Efforts
23/04/2001 Government Officials Reassure Cyprus' Offshore Sector On Harmonisation Of Company Taxation
23/04/2001 Cavallo's Transaction Tax Takes Effect In Argentina
23/04/2001 US Internet Tax Moratorium Likely To Be Renewed
23/04/2001 UK And Jersey Resolve Row Over 'Designer' Taxation
20/04/2001 US Senate Finance Committee's Grassley Announces Hearing on Tax Simplification
20/04/2001 Gibraltar Government Consults Industry On Tax Changes
20/04/2001 Bermuda's Bank Of Butterfield Will Be Exempt From 60/40 Rule
20/04/2001 Cyprus: Parliament Votes For Return To Non-Prepaid Transactions On The Stock Exchange
20/04/2001 Crafty Hauliers Defeated On Toll VAT Reclaims
20/04/2001 EU Commission Launches Plan To Improve Taxation Of Cross-Border Pensions
19/04/2001 Peruvian Investigators Visit Panama To Track Down Ill-Gotten Gains Of Fujimori And Montesinos
19/04/2001 Australian Gambling Sites Looking Towards Gibraltar Says US Report
19/04/2001 Bahamas Supreme Court Judge Says Securities Commission Is Powerless To Liquidate IBCs
19/04/2001 Belgian Government To Announce Company Tax Reforms Before Summer Recess
19/04/2001 Offshore Writer Explains How To Get US Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
18/04/2001 New Director General Appointed At Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority
18/04/2001 Isle of Man Insurance and Financial Services Authorities Decide Against Merger
18/04/2001 The Bahamas: Small & Developing Economies Form New, Inclusive Group On Tax & Investment Issues
18/04/2001 Bermuda Meeting Examines Role Of Compliance Officer
18/04/2001 Bahamas Seminar Discusses OECD Blacklisting Impact
18/04/2001 Hong Kong: More Complaints Against Securities And Futures Commission's Investor Compensation Scheme
18/04/2001 China Considers Plans To Reform VAT System
18/04/2001 Ireland Gets Financial Services Regulatory Body
17/04/2001 IRS In Losing Battle Against Internet Tax Fraudsters
16/04/2001 Hong Kong Monetary Authority Executive Outlines Way Forward For Banking Sector
16/04/2001 Russia Buys Back Pavel Borodin From The Swiss
16/04/2001 British High Commissioner Supports Cyprus EU Entry
16/04/2001 Cammell Laird Gibraltar Subsidiary To Continue Trading
13/04/2001 Isle of Man To Host 2001 Compliance Conference In May
12/04/2001 Jersey Wins More Praise For Its Anti-Money Laundering Regime
12/04/2001 European Union Concerned Over Germany's Abolition Of Capital Gains Tax
12/04/2001 Hong Kong Will Reduce Full Takeover Trigger From 35% To 30%
11/04/2001 Cyprus Traces Two Accounts Linked To Milosevic's Alleged Money Laundering Activities
11/04/2001 Sunseekers Could Shun Balearics Over Tourist Tax
11/04/2001 New Dubai Law To Tackle Wide Range Of E-Commerce Issues
11/04/2001 Institute Of Chartered Accountants In Australia Campaigns For Introduction Of Enterprise Zones
11/04/2001 OECD Member States Tighten Up Their CFC Rules
10/04/2001 China Changes Sales Tax Policy As WTO Entry Approaches
10/04/2001 Isle Of Man Government Considers Concerns Of The Professional Sector
10/04/2001 Celtic League Presses Irish Public Accounts Committee For Inquiry Into Tax Evasion
10/04/2001 British Virgin Islands Looks Forward To New E-Commerce Laws
10/04/2001 Please Tell Us What You Think, Mr O'Neill!
10/04/2001 UK Finance Bill Begins Passage Through Parliament
09/04/2001 Japan Retains Tax Break For Foreign Workers
09/04/2001 Russia To Tax Controlled Foreign Companies
09/04/2001 Hong Kong's SFC Proposes New Rules To Regulate Automated Trading Services
09/04/2001 Dutch Expatriate Regime Improved From 2001
06/04/2001 Bank Of Bermuda Files SEC Registration
06/04/2001 Australia's New Multinational Tax Law Could Spell Disaster For Local Businesses
06/04/2001 US Senate Prepares To Extend Internet Tax Moratorium
06/04/2001 Republicans Struggle To Overturn Senate Tax Vote
05/04/2001 China Mulls New Laws On Investor Compensation
05/04/2001 Guernsey Financial Services Commission Publishes New Fiduciary Law Details
05/04/2001 Bahamas: Suisse Security Bank and Trust Claims New Bank And Trust Companies Act Is 'Unconstitutional'
05/04/2001 Netherlands Antilles: Bank Chief Calls For A Simplified Tax System
04/04/2001 UK's Inland Revenue Releases Double Taxation And Contribution Agreements Details
04/04/2001 European Think Tank Criticises OECD For 'Unfair Tax Competition' Initiative
03/04/2001 Nauru President's Downfall Linked To Money Laundering Claims
03/04/2001 Cayman Islands: British Residents To Get New Voting Forms
03/04/2001 IT Contractors Fail In IR35 Legal Challenge But Celebrate New Guidelines
03/04/2001 US Senators Introduce 'New Economy Tax Fairness Act' For Internet Sales
03/04/2001 Lawyers Want To Be Above Money-Laundering Laws
02/04/2001 IR35 Judgement Due Today
02/04/2001 New Deputy Treasury Secretary To Pursue America's Tax Cheats
02/04/2001 New Tax Law For Non-Profit Organisations In South Africa
02/04/2001 Short Pre-Election UK Finance Bill Published
02/04/2001 The President's Tax Cuts Progress Through Congress
30/03/2001 Bermuda's Bank Of Butterfield Disputes Moody's Report
30/03/2001 Hong Kong's SFC Seeks Ability To Fine Brokers
30/03/2001 Clothier Report Could See A New Government System In Jersey By 2002
30/03/2001 Japan Introduces Tax Reform Bill
30/03/2001 US Taxpayers Gird Up For An E-Filing Bonanza
29/03/2001 UAE's New Commercial Law Will Give Foreign Companies 70% Maximum Stake In Local Firms
29/03/2001 UK Law Society Raises Concerns Over New Anti-Money Laundering Bill
29/03/2001 US Group Attacks Qualified Intermediary Rules
29/03/2001 US Lower House Passes George Bush's Budget
28/03/2001 UK Parliament Considers Amendments To Double Taxation Regime
28/03/2001 Hong Kong's Legal Community Rejects Proposed Anti-Money Laundering Bill
28/03/2001 Mladjan Mines Missing Milosevic Millions
27/03/2001 Costa Rica Government Proposes New Bill Governing Private And State-Owned Banks
27/03/2001 HKMA Introduces New E-banking Bill
27/03/2001 Argentine Congress Approves Emergency Economic Plan
26/03/2001 EU Will Come To Decision On Taxing Digital Downloads By June
26/03/2001 Australian Government Delays Certain Business Tax Reforms Until 2002
26/03/2001 South Carolina Seeks Captive Insurers, Could Pose Threat To Bermuda
26/03/2001 Antigua & Barbuda: Prime Minister Unveils Budget For A Fiscally-Challenged Government
26/03/2001 Jersey FSC Issues 'Important Notice' To Track Down Delta Investors
26/03/2001 In Stockholm, Spain And The UK Agree To Re-Open Gibraltar Sovereignty Talks
23/03/2001 Australian Government Hunts Down Lawyers Using Bankruptcy To Avoid Paying Taxes
23/03/2001 Domingo Cavallo Announces Proposals To Save Argentine Economy
22/03/2001 Soros Suspends US$1.5m In Russian Aid Over Ambiguous Social Contributions Tax
22/03/2001 Vietnam Hopes To Lure Foreign Investors With New Tax Rules
22/03/2001 US Senators Call For New Government Powers Over Banks
22/03/2001 Congress Continues Tax Planning But No Resolution In Sight
21/03/2001 Report Urges Manx Government To Seek 'Specialist Advice' On International Law When Tackling Multilaterals' Initiatives
21/03/2001 PM Confident The Bahamas Will Be Removed From OECD And FATF Blacklists
21/03/2001 Antigua's Plans To Introduce VAT Meet With Hostility
21/03/2001 Republicans Hope To Secure Reduction Of America's Tiny Tax On Share Trading
21/03/2001 Sweden Improves Tax Regime For Expatriates (A Little)
21/03/2001 Netherlands Signs Double Tax Treaty With Taiwan
20/03/2001 Netherlands Antilles: Governor Saleh Warns Money Laundering Could Sully Reputation
20/03/2001 ICAEW Slams Proposed Amendments To UK VAT Registration Forms
20/03/2001 UK's Inland Revenue Continues To Get The Worst Of IR35 Hearing
19/03/2001 Montesinos Affair Moves To Cayman Islands As Court Freezes US$33m In Suspect Money
19/03/2001 Legislation To Repeal America's Alternative Minimum Tax Is Introduced
19/03/2001 Fears For Vanuatu's Anti-Money Laundering Efforts As Influential Lawyer Is Axed
19/03/2001 Isle Of Man FSC Stages Financial Fraud Seminar
19/03/2001 Monopoly Regulations In UAE Should Be Reformed To Allow IT Growth
19/03/2001 Cayman Islands Trust Firm Opposes Ansbacher's Request To Reveal Depositors' Identities
19/03/2001 House Majority Leader Writes Again To Paul O'Neill Against OECD
19/03/2001 Horse-Trading Starts In Senate Over Tax-Cutting Bill
16/03/2001 Lithuania Could Face Criticism As It Prepares To Repeal Tax On Corporate Income
16/03/2001 Jersey Financial Services Commission Launches Investigation Into Financial Institutions' Dealings With Public Figures
16/03/2001 European Court Of Justice Sets Precedent For Multinationals' Advance Corporate Tax Claims
16/03/2001 IR35 Hearing Will Continue Next Week; PCG Still Ahead On Points
15/03/2001 Nauru Considers Anti-Money Laundering Measures
15/03/2001 Gibraltar's Telecoms Delay Forces Companies To Operate Unlicensed
15/03/2001 Economic Development Director Says Dubai Needs To Reform Its Business Laws
15/03/2001 EU Paves The Way For Unified Investment Fund Regime
15/03/2001 Perversely, The OECD Continues Destroying Its Hard-Won Reputation
14/03/2001 Dubai Internet City Prepares Cyber Law
14/03/2001 Cyprus MPs Voice Discontent Over Stock Exchange Regulations
14/03/2001 South Africa's Finance Minister To Close Banks' Tax Loophole
14/03/2001 EU Takes Court Action Against Luxembourg Over Telecoms Rules
14/03/2001 American Tax Protesters Plan Washington March On April 9th
14/03/2001 London IR35 Hearing Probably Won't Finish This Week
13/03/2001 US Tax Groups Urge Treasury Secretary O'Neill To Simplify Tax Laws
13/03/2001 New Bill To Extend US Internet Tax Moratorium Goes Before the Senate
13/03/2001 Hong Kong's Proposed New Investor Compensation Fund Comes Under Fire
13/03/2001 Ansbacher (Caymans) Could Reveal Identities Of Further Irish Investors In Tax Scam
13/03/2001 Manx-Based Website With 'Specialized Services' For Offshore Financial Institutions Is Put On Hold
13/03/2001 Liechtenstein's LGT Bank Reports Record Profits
13/03/2001 Three More US Congressional Voices Raised Against The OECD
13/03/2001 Judicial Review Of UK's Hated IR35 Begins Today
12/03/2001 EU And US Trade Chiefs Discuss Foreign Sales Corporations In Washington
12/03/2001 Gibraltar Enacts Electronic Commerce Ordinance 2001
12/03/2001 Suisse Security Bank Takes Bahamas Central Bank To Court In Suspended Licence Row
12/03/2001 Japan Proposes Tax-Cutting Package As Mori Prepares To Resign
12/03/2001 US Politics Returns To Normal As President Welcomes Tax Package Victory
09/03/2001 ICAEW Raises Concerns Over Criminal Justice and Police Bill
09/03/2001 US House of Representatives Passes Tax-Cutting Bill
09/03/2001 Netherlands Antilles Introduces Tax Incentives For E-Commerce Businesses
09/03/2001 UK Spread Betting Firms May Lose Out On New Tax Regime
09/03/2001 Fifteen UK Banks Censured Over Abacha Money
09/03/2001 Hong Kong SFC Proposes New Improved Compensation Fund For Investors
09/03/2001 Bank Negara Reveals Masterplan For Labuan International Offshore Financial Centre
09/03/2001 US Treasury Will Not Act On Shell Banks In Immediate Future
09/03/2001 UK Budget Closes CFC Loophole
08/03/2001 UK Chancellor Presents Pre-Election Budget
08/03/2001 IRS Launches Largest Crackdown To Date On Illegal Offshore Trusts
08/03/2001 Bahamas And Grenada Suspend Banking Licenses
08/03/2001 Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Unveils His Final Budget
07/03/2001 EU Urges Swiss To Consider More Bilateral Agreements
07/03/2001 OECD Faced With United Front By Offshore Jurisdictions
07/03/2001 FBI Praises Isle Of Man And The Channel Islands
07/03/2001 EU Exempts Eurobond 'Tap' Issues From Savings Tax Directive Until March 2002
07/03/2001 Julius Baer's Future E-Bank Faces New Rule On Account Opening
07/03/2001 KPMG Holds Conference On Malta's New Business Promotion Act
07/03/2001 Attempt To Sue Analyst Could Spur More Retail Investors To Follow Suit
06/03/2001 UK's Proceeds Of Crime Bill Will Create National Confiscation Agency
06/03/2001 Hong Kong Monetary Authority Grants Banking Licence To HSBC Bank (Suisse)
06/03/2001 Jersey Lawyers Highlight New Strategy For Technological Innovation And Expertise
06/03/2001 Bahamas' Finance Minister Confirms Securities Compliance
06/03/2001 Secretary-General Defends OECD Against Accusations Of Offshore Bullying
05/03/2001 Cyprus Stock Exchange Will Go Private According To New Report's Advice
05/03/2001 Victor Chandler Rubbishes UK Budget Betting Tax Plans
05/03/2001 Congressional Committee Approves Key Part of Bush Tax Cut Plan
05/03/2001 Indian Finance Minister Attacks Sacred Cows On The Road To Reform
05/03/2001 Hong Kong's Legco Faces Demand For More Shareholder Power
05/03/2001 Marshall Islands Defends Itself In Face Of OECD Sanctions
02/03/2001 UK Chancellor Confirms £1bn Tax Break For Disadvantaged Areas
02/03/2001 Netherlands Antilles Steps Up Efforts To Clean Up Offshore/Onshore Registry
02/03/2001 Mauritius To Establish Financial Services Commission
02/03/2001 Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Issues Ultimatum To Shell Banks
01/03/2001 PwC To Investigate Offshore Scandal At Grenada's First International Bank
01/03/2001 US Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearings On Role of Correspondent Banking In Money Laundering
01/03/2001 Bahrain Tackles Money Laundering
28/02/2001 New Book Accuses Luxembourg Clearing House Of Money Laundering
28/02/2001 Hong Kong Seminar Reaffirms SAR's Anti-Money Laundering Commitment
28/02/2001 Russia's New Tax Code Opens Up Legal Loophole
27/02/2001 'Harmful Tax Competition' Task Force To Meet In Paris
27/02/2001 FATF Praises Cayman's Counter-Money Laundering Reforms
26/02/2001 Chris Patten Annoys The Swiss By Linking Information-Sharing To Bilateral Agreements
26/02/2001 Is The US Treasury Department Poised To Distance Itself From OECD Blacklist?
26/02/2001 French Report On Money Laundering Provokes Fiery Response From Swiss Bankers Association
23/02/2001 Guernsey To Develop Legal Resources Website
23/02/2001 Australian Government Gives In On Hated Business Activity Statement
23/02/2001 Bahamas Finance Minister Says Government Will Shut More Offshore Banks To Protect Reputation
22/02/2001 Swiss React Angrily To French Money-Laundering Report
22/02/2001 UK Companies Have 92 Days To Place A Bet On Their Share Option NIC Liability
22/02/2001 Isle of Man: Financial Services Chief Says Abuse Of Corporate Services Is More Difficult
21/02/2001 Ireland Reforms Its Financial Regulation - Or Does It?
21/02/2001 Dominican Government Revokes Bank's Licence
21/02/2001 EU Adopts Directive On Standardised VAT Electronic Invoicing
20/02/2001 Major Changes Expected For Bermuda's Trust Companies Act
20/02/2001 China Plans To Liberalise B-Share Market
20/02/2001 One Clever Russian, But In New York
20/02/2001 Bahamas Suspends Two Offshore Banks Following US Senate Report On Correspondent Banking
19/02/2001 American Right Intensifies Its Campaign Against The OECD
19/02/2001 Luciano Pavarotti In Shtuck With The Tax Police Again
19/02/2001 Australian Government Confirms Simplification Of Tax Reporting System
16/02/2001 Congressional Leaders Spend The Day Grandstanding On Tax-Cut Issues
16/02/2001 Irish Finance Minister Unveils Finance Bill - Mr Solbes Not Invited
16/02/2001 Cook Islands Fears Possible Sanctions A La Niue
16/02/2001 IRS Commissioner Admits That Chance Of Tax Audit Is Shrinking
15/02/2001 Jersey: E-Commerce Development Hinges On Improved Telecoms Regime
14/02/2001 The US Tax-Cutting Battle Starts In Congress
14/02/2001 Streamlined Sales Tax Project Under Attack From Lobbyists
13/02/2001 Anguilla Comments On Its Response To The UK Government's Offshore Territories Report
13/02/2001 FATF Delivers Another Blow To The Bahamas
12/02/2001 Cayman Islands Government Is Confident Of FATF Blacklist Removal
12/02/2001 Isle Of Man To Become 'World Class Leader' In Online Gambling Regulation
12/02/2001 Ernst & Young Launches Isle Of Man Business And Financial Portal
12/02/2001 Hong Kong Official Calls For More Efficient Anti-Money Laundering Laws To Avoid FATF Blacklist
12/02/2001 Netherlands And Netherlands Antilles Reportedly Reach Final Agreement On New Fiscal Framework
09/02/2001 SPV's Allowed To Operate As Protected Cell Companies In Guernsey
09/02/2001 IRS Wants US Banks To Report Interest Paid To Foreigners
09/02/2001 Russian Minister Lays Down The Law On Taxes
08/02/2001 Yesterday Was Tax-Cutting Day For The US Administration
08/02/2001 Ireland's Finance Bill Will Reduce Tax On Share Option Work Schemes By 20%
08/02/2001 Never On Sundays - But On Weekdays You Can Read Italian Tax Laws On-Line
08/02/2001 The Bahamas Braces Itself As International Business Companies Pull Out
08/02/2001 Cyprus: Proposal To Fine Investment Companies On Excessive Liquid Funds Gets Thumbs Down
07/02/2001 US IRS Makes Pre-Filing Agreement Program Permanent
06/02/2001 UK-Based Offshore Group Imperial Consolidated Has Its Audit Rejected
06/02/2001 Ireland Could Get New Financial Regulatory Body
06/02/2001 The New French Word Game: Elf, Dumas, Offshore, Embezzlement, Scandal, Sirven, . . . . . . . .?
05/02/2001 FATF Says Worst Offending Tax Havens Must Remain On Money Laundering Blacklist
05/02/2001 US Senate Report Accuses Banks Of Helping Money Launderers With Correspondent Accounts
05/02/2001 OECD Working Group Reports On Characterisation Of E-Commerce Payments
05/02/2001 Swiss Bankers Favour Integration Of Banking And Insurance Supervision
02/02/2001 Cyprus: Good News For Foreign Investors As Central Bank Relaxes Repatriation Of Funds Rules
02/02/2001 OECD Believes That Bush Administration Supports Its Anti-Offshore Initiative
02/02/2001 Netherlands Antilles Continues To Put E-Commerce Infrastructure In Place
02/02/2001 Hong Kong: Tax Breaks Would Spur E-Commerce Growth Say Experts
02/02/2001 Niue Fears For Offshore Industry As US Imposes Sanctions On Banking
01/02/2001 Californian Internet Tax Bill Gets Another Airing
01/02/2001 Russia's Regional Lawmakers In Spotlight Over Sales Tax
31/01/2001 Netherlands Antilles Cleans Up Registry For Offshore And Onshore Companies
31/01/2001 IBM Chooses Mauritius For Regional Headquarters
31/01/2001 The Bahamas E-Commerce Strategy Is Underway
30/01/2001 Kuwait May Cut Taxes On Foreign Firms By 30 Per Cent
30/01/2001 Swiss Banking Commission Investigates Five Banks In Montesinos Affair
29/01/2001 Australian Government To Tackle Complex Tax Forms
26/01/2001 The Financial Services Authority Reveals Its New Money-Laundering Role
25/01/2001 EU Tax Experts Review Progress Towards VAT On E-Commerce
25/01/2001 Offshore Jurisdictions Warned In Advance Of London OECD Task Force Meeting
25/01/2001 Cyprus: New Investment Companies Bill Due For Completion
24/01/2001 Ukraine Liberalises Withholding Tax Rules
24/01/2001 Netherlands Antilles Discusses Double Tax Treaty With Barbados
23/01/2001 IR35 Starts To Drive British Consultants Abroad
23/01/2001 Isle Of Man: New Regulations Improve Companies Act
22/01/2001 Outgoing US Administration Issues Money-Laundering Guidance
22/01/2001 Switzerland's Private Bankers Defy European Union Over Secrecy Rules
19/01/2001 Switzerland: Government Debates Making E-Signatures Valid
19/01/2001 Mauritius Sells Rights To Internet Domain Name
19/01/2001 UK Inland Revenue's Tax Rewrite Project To Be Monitored By New Joint Committee
19/01/2001 US Congress May Oppose OECD Action Against 'Harmful Tax Competition'
18/01/2001 Michael Ashcroft In Trouble Again Over Belizean Threats
18/01/2001 Antigua's Turnover Tax Now In Operation
18/01/2001 Russia Announces Reforms To Anti-Advertising Tax Laws
18/01/2001 Central Bank Governor Says Bahamas Can Reassert Itself As Premier Financial Services Centre
17/01/2001 Rupert Murdoch, Or, How To Confuse The Taxman Into Leaving You Alone
17/01/2001 Erosion Of Banking Secrecy In The Bahamas
17/01/2001 Cyprus: New SEC Bill Continues To Provoke Opposition
17/01/2001 Money-Laundering Proposals In Response To KMPG Report Delayed Until Month End
16/01/2001 Server Location Is An Absurd Basis For Tax'
15/01/2001 UK Inland Revenue Rewrites Capital Allowances Law
15/01/2001 Hong Kong Government Plans To Merge Investor Compensation Schemes
15/01/2001 Australian Government Slow To Legislate For New Corporate Tax Regime
15/01/2001 Switzerland Issues New Ordinance On Expatriate Taxation, Meets Tax Harmonization Deadline
15/01/2001 Philippines Tax Collectors Push For Changes To E-Commerce Law
12/01/2001 The Bahamas Achieves Qualified Jurisdiction Status
12/01/2001 Government On Netherlands Antilles Passes E-Commerce Legislation
12/01/2001 US Treasury Announces Plans To Close Tax Shelter Loopholes
12/01/2001 Suspicious Transaction Guidelines Unveiled In The Bahamas
11/01/2001 Centre For Freedom And Prosperity Reports On Barbados Triumph
10/01/2001 Barbados OECD Meeting Ends With Creation Of A Joint Task-Force To Discuss Reforms
10/01/2001 Bahamas' Raft Of New Financial Services Laws Now In Force
10/01/2001 Gibraltar: Offshore Bookies And Taxmen To Discuss Repatriation To Britain Of Gaming Firms
09/01/2001 Cyprus: OECD Document Details To Be Agreed Soon
09/01/2001 Isle Of Man: New Regulations Lead To Pannell Kerr Forster Restructuring
08/01/2001 New Labour Eats Forbidden Fruit While OECD Crusades
08/01/2001 Cyprus Finance Committee To Review Tax Reforms
05/01/2001 US Team Visits Panama To Discuss Anti-Money Laundering Measures
05/01/2001 US Income Tax Agreement With Luxembourg Now In Effect
04/01/2001 Isle of Man Appoints Legal Firm To Further Its E-Commerce Strategy
04/01/2001 Anti-Money Laundering Law Enforced In British Virgin Islands
04/01/2001 Dominican State Bank To Provide Offshore Services
04/01/2001 Maltese Business Angry At New Tax On Air Tickets
03/01/2001 Dominica Looks To Antigua's Model Laws
03/01/2001 US Treasury Issues Proposals For Revised CFC Rules
03/01/2001 UK's Inland Revenue Lauded With Faint Criticism
03/01/2001 Irish Police To Get New Powers To Fight Money Laundering
03/01/2001 Russia Marks New Year With Single Tax Rate For All
03/01/2001 Hong Kong: UK's HSBC Bank Granted Licence
03/01/2001 Barbados Considers Tax Convergence Scheme For Offshore And Local Businesses
02/01/2001 US Administration Labels Cyprus A 'Centre Of Money Laundering And Drug Trafficking'
02/01/2001 Hong Kong: Securities And Futures Commission Calls For Speedy Reforms
01/01/2001 The European Union and Offshore: A Review of the Year 2000
01/01/2001 The Multilaterals' Campaign Against Offshore In 2000
01/01/2001 Offshore Business: Review of the Year 2000
01/01/2001 The Tax-News History of Offshore 2001 or The Winter Dreams of an Offshore Finance Minister
01/01/2001 The Price of Citizenship is Taxation: Discuss!
01/01/2001 G7 Declaraton Threatens Offshore Banking Secrecy

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