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31/12/2001 British Government Backs Down Over Ashcroft's Belizean Company
31/12/2001 German Finance Minister Backs Euro-Tax
31/12/2001 BVI Responds To OECD With Comprehensive Changes
28/12/2001 A Last Gasp From The Tobin Tax As 2001 Ends
28/12/2001 Bloated Credits Fuel UK 'Tax And Spend' Row
28/12/2001 Russian Economy Improving; New Tax Measures Planned
28/12/2001 China's Tax Collections Up 200bn Yuan In 2001
28/12/2001 IOM Receives Prestigious FT Award
28/12/2001 EU Court Ruling Helps Gibraltar
27/12/2001 Indian Industry Lobby Wants Reintroduction Of Investment Allowances
27/12/2001 Cypriot Leaders To Meet Again December 29th
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 Irish Government To Earn £100 Million From Tax On...Plastic Bags?
24/12/2001 Ashcroft's Tax Break Costs Belize Dear
24/12/2001 US Ambassador To Switzerland Praises Anti-Money Laundering Efforts
24/12/2001 US Liberals Welcome EU Savings Tax Disarray
24/12/2001 Luxembourg's Arbed To Become Part Of Steel Multinational
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 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 Swiss Ambassador Hits Back At FT Report
21/12/2001 CFP Attacks IRS Rules On Non-Resident Deposit Interest
21/12/2001 US Congress Fails To Pass Economic Stimulus Bill
21/12/2001 Swiss Cantonal Bank Troubled By Non-Performing Loans
20/12/2001 Israeli Finance Ministry Has Tax Contingency Plan, Says Report
20/12/2001 Chinese Tax Reform Discussions Continue Apace
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 British Envoy 'Hopeful' On Cyprus Negotiations
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 Panama To Start Canal Enlargement Studies
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 Maltese Chamber Of Commerce Gives Verdict On 2002 Budget
19/12/2001 Nigeria Gives Tax Holiday To Exporters
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 Kenyan Government Urged To Lower Taxes
18/12/2001 Guernsey Keen To Shed Tax Haven Image
18/12/2001 Swiss Economy May Not Avoid Recession, Say Experts
18/12/2001 Mexican Congress To Hold Emergency Sitting On Budget
18/12/2001 Indian Budget Teaser For Finance Minister
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 Antilles To Get 16m Guilders Tourism Boost
17/12/2001 Luxembourg And Austria Dig In Over Banking Secrecy
17/12/2001 China Stalls On Corporate Tax Harmonisation
17/12/2001 Australian Investors Seek UN Help Over Tax Scheme Treatment
17/12/2001 Barbados Government Reiterates Commitment To Fight Terrorism
17/12/2001 'Prudence' Brown Praised By IMF Over Tax Policies
17/12/2001 Isle Of Man Constructs International Pensions Framework
17/12/2001 Panama To Reduce Debt With Privatisation Receipts
14/12/2001 Hong Kong Liberal Party Presents Budget Proposals
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 German Companies Criticize Corporate Tax Hikes
14/12/2001 Bank Report Says Chinese Economic Growth Is Dependent On Tax Reforms
14/12/2001 Brazil To Grant Income Tax Exemptions
14/12/2001 House Of Lords Expresses Concern Over Sovereignty And Tax In Gibraltar
14/12/2001 Details Of The US/Cayman Information Disclosure Agreement
14/12/2001 EU Savings Directive Stumbling At Laeken
14/12/2001 Mauritius To Create CyberCity
13/12/2001 Hong Kong Ranked As 14th Most Expensive Place For Business
13/12/2001 Japanese Tax Commission To Scrap Tax Breaks For The Elderly
13/12/2001 Netherlands Antilles To Get 53 Million Dutch Guilder Cash Injection
13/12/2001 Mandelson Calls For EU-Wide Green Tax
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 US United Front Cracks Over Tax Cut
12/12/2001 Hong Kong Legco Chief Calls For Tax 'Flexibility'
12/12/2001 Canada Federal Budget Gives Modest Tax Breaks For Business
12/12/2001 Hong Kong Accounting Group Releases Tax Wish List
12/12/2001 Multinationals To Suffer As A Result Of Korean Tax Rulings
12/12/2001 Swiss Industry To Lower Greenhouse Gases Or Pay Out More Tax
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 Belizean PM Presents Revised Budget
11/12/2001 UK Broadband Tax Breaks Aid Teleworkers
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 Argentina Bows To IMF Pressure Over Tax Breaks
11/12/2001 Gordon Brown Challenged Over CGT Loophole
11/12/2001 Nauru Acts On Money Laundering Following FATF Threat
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 Families Of September 11th Victims Seek Tax Relief Soon
10/12/2001 Bahamian Official Vows To Rebut International Tax Pressure
10/12/2001 NAf 2 Million Turnover Tax Payment Not Enough For Struggling Netherlands Antilles Island
10/12/2001 Russia Predicts Revenue Collection Fall
10/12/2001 AmCham Warns Hong Kong Government Not To Raise Taxes
10/12/2001 Winds Of Change Blow Through Polish Finance Ministry
10/12/2001 Questions Over China/Hong Kong Free Trade Area
10/12/2001 Crossair Chief Forced Out In Swissair Restructure
07/12/2001 Commonwealth Tax Commissioner Gives Evidence In Petroulias Trial
07/12/2001 Kaspar Villiger Elected As Swiss President
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 Crossair Board Of Directors Resigns In EGM Shake-Up
07/12/2001 Italian Flight Capital Flying Home
06/12/2001 Jersey FSC Reports Modest Growth For Q3
06/12/2001 India Must Rethink E-Commerce Taxation Plans Say Experts
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 Shiokawa Says Japanese Public Should Settle Beer Tax Wrangle
06/12/2001 EU Talks On Savings Tax Directive Collapse
06/12/2001 Isle Of Man Gets New Chief Minister
06/12/2001 Gibraltar Fears 'Done Deal' Between The UK And Spain
06/12/2001 Cypriot Leaders Agree Resumption Of Talks
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 Israel's Revenue Collections Continue To Slump
05/12/2001 UK Government Rejects Broadband Tax Plans
05/12/2001 Liechtenstein And Austrian Ministers Meet To Discuss Money Laundering
05/12/2001 EU Commissioner Calls For Overhaul Of Taxes And Benefit Systems
05/12/2001 High(ish) Hopes For Betting Tax Changes In Irish Budget
05/12/2001 White House Seeks To Raise Nation's Debt Ceiling
05/12/2001 Last-Minute Advice Pours In For Irish Budget
05/12/2001 UK Government Spells Out R & D Tax Credit Options
04/12/2001 NZ Consumers Institute Calls For Tax Breaks On Insurance Premiums
04/12/2001 Japanese Finance Minister Forced Into Climbdown Over Consolidated Tax
04/12/2001 UK Employee-Owned Firms Call For End To Tax Discrimination
04/12/2001 Ireland's E-Commerce Aim In Jeopardy
04/12/2001 Gordon Brown Executes U-Turn Over Ring-Fenced Health Tax
04/12/2001 Australian Government Hints At Further Tax Changes
04/12/2001 Malta Opposition Slates Budget Measures
04/12/2001 Argentina Takes Drastic Foreign Exchange Action To Prevent Capital Flight
04/12/2001 Washington Group Lambasts OECD, EU
04/12/2001 New Internet Tax Moratorium Allows Some Internet Taxation
04/12/2001 Irish Business Awaiting Budget In Trepidation
03/12/2001 Government Survey Reveals Many Cypriots Unaware Of Tax Reform Plans
03/12/2001 Malta Labour Party Leader Pledges VAT Decision
03/12/2001 UK Tax Experts Say Brown Has Many Alternatives To Income Tax Hike
03/12/2001 Manhattan Institute Says Bloomberg Must Bite The Bullet Over New York Tax
03/12/2001 Tsang Defends Currency Peg
03/12/2001 Swiss Vote Against Abolition Of Army
03/12/2001 Hopes Rise For Cyprus Settlement As New Talks Begin
30/11/2001 Wealthy Property Investors Could Benefit Most From Stamp Duty Exemptions
30/11/2001 UK Labour Party Divided Over Health Tax Issue
30/11/2001 Chinese Tax Authorities Report 21% Rise In Revenue Collection
30/11/2001 Israel's Sharon Says No To Tax Hikes
30/11/2001 Fine Gael Spokesman Calls For Appointment Of E-Commerce Minister
30/11/2001 McCreevy Promises To Prosecute More Tax Evaders In The Future
30/11/2001 Japanese Finance Minister Favours Higher Consumption Taxes
29/11/2001 Japanese Brewers Up In Arms Over Proposed Tax Hike
29/11/2001 Seychelles Finance Minister Presents Budget
29/11/2001 US Republicans Propose Payroll Tax Holiday
29/11/2001 Tories Attack Brown's Pre-Budget NHS Pledges
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 Income Tax May Be On Bermuda Election Agenda
28/11/2001 Gordon Brown Criticised By Media Over Tax Track Record
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 Survey Urges Swiss Businesses To Consolidate
28/11/2001 US Group Rubbishes Tax Harmonization
28/11/2001 UK's Pre-Budget Statement Prefigures Tax Increases
27/11/2001 Tax Relief Expected In Intellectual Property Shake-Up
27/11/2001 Japanese Finance Minister Speaks Out On Tax Reform Delays
27/11/2001 St Vincent Suffers Setback In Anti-Money Laundering Campaign
27/11/2001 Caruana Hits Back At Money Laundering Allegations
27/11/2001 US Sales Tax Holiday Plans Still Stalled
27/11/2001 EU Report Says Cyprus's Growth Will Slow
27/11/2001 UK's Pre-Budget Statement Due Today
26/11/2001 Tories Switch Emphasis From Tax Cuts To Public Services
26/11/2001 Indonesia Confident About Plans To Double Tax Revenue
26/11/2001 Bush Spearheads Controversial AMT Repeal Plan
26/11/2001 NCB Stockbroker Research Says Irish Economy Not To Blame For Falling Tax Revenues
26/11/2001 Hong Kong Taxpayers Plead For More Time
26/11/2001 Spain Says Gibraltar's People Will Not Decide Over Sovereignty
26/11/2001 Indian Finance Minister Stresses Need For Rational Tax Laws
26/11/2001 Cypriot Civil Service Accused Of Wasting Taxpayers' Money
26/11/2001 Canadian Economist Recommends Higher GST
26/11/2001 Last Yugoslav Bank In Cyprus Folds
26/11/2001 Hong Kong Criticised For Stockpiling Cough Medicine
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 Hungarian Business Sector Praises Corporate Tax Regime, Slams Income Taxes
23/11/2001 Philippines Government Loses P242 Billion Yearly Through Tax Evasion
23/11/2001 Italy Suspends Withholding Tax On Treasury Bonds For Foreign Investors
23/11/2001 Japan Business Leaders Oppose Tax Reform Delay
23/11/2001 Malta Budget Steers Away From Tax Initiatives
23/11/2001 Hawaii To Quadruple Vacant Property Taxes
23/11/2001 Chinese Government To Abolish Preferential Tax Treatment
23/11/2001 Dubai And Other Emirates Agree Uniform Customs Tariff
23/11/2001 Saint Lucia Welcomes First International Bank
23/11/2001 Polish Coalition Disunited Over Tax Changes
23/11/2001 Latvia Reduces Corporate Tax To 19%
22/11/2001 France Ready To Adopt Tobin Tax If EU Does The Same
22/11/2001 Caribbean Nations Renew Calls For Level Playing Field Over Tax
22/11/2001 More Support For Proposed Japanese Tobacco Tax Hike
22/11/2001 EU Finally Approves Amendments To Anti-Money Laundering Directive
22/11/2001 Bosnian Finance Minister Announces Corporate Tax Evasion Crackdown
22/11/2001 UK Government Faces £4 Billion Corporate Tax Shortfall
22/11/2001 Swiss Bilateral EU Accords Near Implementation
21/11/2001 China's WTO Accession Will Pay Dividends For Hong Kong Business, Says Chief Secretary
21/11/2001 Liechtenstein To Take Action Over Anonymous Account Holders
21/11/2001 Russian Publishers May Face Retroactive Tax
21/11/2001 Green Party Urges Higher Taxes For Wealthy In Ireland
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 Gibraltar Talks Set Accelerated Deadline
20/11/2001 Swiss Non-Banking Sector Comes Under Scrutiny Over Money Laundering
20/11/2001 Japanese Government White Paper Proposes Tax Hike
20/11/2001 US Giants Ask Bush For Tax Break On Overseas Profits
20/11/2001 Irish Budget To Fall Back On Sin Taxes
20/11/2001 Irish Tax Evasion Sweep Yields £176 Million
20/11/2001 OECD Has Egg On Its Face, Says Lobbyist
20/11/2001 President Bush Will Sign Internet Moratorium Bill
20/11/2001 Gibraltar Talks Begin Today In Barcelona
19/11/2001 Chinese Premier Presses On 'Golden Tax Project'
19/11/2001 US Senate Approves Net Tax Ban
19/11/2001 Vietnam Drafts Asset Tax Law To Plug Revenue Gap
19/11/2001 Tax Revenue Drops Sharply In Pakistan
19/11/2001 Offshore Jurisdictions Worry About OECD Report
19/11/2001 Turkey Slashes Spending, Imposes New Taxes
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 OECD Extends Tax Haven Compliance Deadline
16/11/2001 Gordon Brown Pledges CGT Cuts For UK Business
16/11/2001 Canada Airline Bankruptcy Spells Catastrophe For Cook Islands
16/11/2001 Hubert Ingraham Considers Tax Break For Hurricane Michelle Victims
16/11/2001 Argentine Government Secures Tax Cut Deal
16/11/2001 US Treasury Defers Tax For Struggling Airlines
16/11/2001 Polish Businesses React To Tax Reforms
16/11/2001 Irish Spending Estimates Show McCreevy In Election Mode
16/11/2001 Lithuania Harmonises VAT Regime With EU
15/11/2001 US Economists Renew Calls For Payroll Tax Cuts
15/11/2001 French Insurers Warned To Be Vigilant In Fight Against Money Laundering
15/11/2001 Argentine Tax Talks Make Headway
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 Fine Gael Condemns Irish Government's Budget Record As 'Shameful'
15/11/2001 BVI Opposition Urges Draft Labour Code Withdrawal
15/11/2001 Study Begins Of US Sales Tax Collection Costs
14/11/2001 Fiji's New Government Delivers Tax Cuts
14/11/2001 Naming And Shaming Banks Is 'Useful', Says Swiss Bankers Association Chief
14/11/2001 Controversy Abounds Over BISX Rescue Plans
14/11/2001 Chilean Stock Tax Reforms Welcomed
14/11/2001 Indian Government Reaches Decision On Entertainment Tax
14/11/2001 Britain Reaffirms Support For Cyprus's EU Entry
14/11/2001 EU Enlargement Report Confirms Cyprus Accession Terms
14/11/2001 Congress Protests After Canadian Lumber Dispute Escalates
13/11/2001 Thai Finance Ministry Says Tax Departments To Join Forces
13/11/2001 Israel's Anti-Money Laundering Campaign Suffers Another Blow
13/11/2001 Armenia May Lose Out On Millions From World Bank
13/11/2001 Koreans Likely To Pay More Tax In 2002
13/11/2001 Germany Sees Massive Increase In Number Of Money Laundering Cases Reported
13/11/2001 Revised Norwegian Budget Sees More Tax Reductions
13/11/2001 China To Remove Foreign Tax Incentives
13/11/2001 UK Businesses To Benefit In Pre-Budget Report
12/11/2001 Polish Business Community Reluctantly Accepts Need For New Taxes
12/11/2001 Germany Reduces Tax Revenue Estimates By Billions
12/11/2001 Mexico's 2002 Budget Proposal Missing New Tax Reform Funds
12/11/2001 Aon, Zurich, Sponsor New $1.2bn Bermuda Underwriter
12/11/2001 Caruana Boycotts UK/Spanish Gibraltar Talks
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 Indian Government Reviews Import Tax On Crude Products
09/11/2001 Barbados Opposition Criticizes Anti-Money Laundering Initiative
09/11/2001 Irish Central Bank Chief Says Celtic Tiger Era Over
09/11/2001 Harney Crushes Hopes Of High Rate Income Tax Cut In Ireland
09/11/2001 US Finds Bin Laden Links Both Offshore And On
09/11/2001 UK Pre-Budget Report Date Set For November 27th
09/11/2001 Switzerland On The Side Of The Angels At Doha
08/11/2001 Tobin Tax Debate Continues As WTO Opens Ministerial Talks
08/11/2001 Cyprus Offshore Tax Confirmed At 10 Per Cent
08/11/2001 Korean Corporate Tax Revenue Set To Decline
08/11/2001 Liechtenstein Government To Shell Out 2 Million Francs For Online Portal
08/11/2001 Australian Travellers Suffering Under Increased Tax Burden
08/11/2001 Italian Parliament Approves PM's Tax Reforms
08/11/2001 Maltese MP Calls For Tax Offset
08/11/2001 Barbados Lawyers Warned Over Money Laundering
08/11/2001 India Tax Commissioner Faces Downfall In Bribery Scandal
08/11/2001 Argentina Tax Revenue-Sharing Deal Lifts Markets
07/11/2001 No New State Internet Taxes - Yet
07/11/2001 Mexico Debt Ranking Hangs On Tax Reform Results
07/11/2001 Vanuatu Raises Reservations Over WTO Membership
07/11/2001 Tax Downturn Could Force Irish Finance Minister To Borrow £2 Billion
07/11/2001 Paymaster General Reiterates UK Stance Against EU Tax Harmonisation
07/11/2001 European Commissioner Backs Germany's Resistance To Forward Tax Cuts
07/11/2001 Iceland Considers Becoming A Tax Haven
07/11/2001 Isle Of Man Wants Tabloids To Stop 'Tax-Haven Bashing'
06/11/2001 Hong Kong's Liberal Party Calls For Wage Cuts To Ward Off Tax Hike
06/11/2001 Russia Creates Anti-Money Laundering Agency
06/11/2001 Poland's Government Faces First Test With Tax Amendment Plans
06/11/2001 US Corporates Condemned For Tax Cut Lobbying
06/11/2001 NZ Serious Fraud Office Questions Former Vanuatu PM In Multi-Million Dollar Scandal
06/11/2001 Board Members Called To Resign Amid BISX Crisis
06/11/2001 Swiss Authorities Launch E-Government Initiative
06/11/2001 Owen Arthur Urged To Cut Income Tax
06/11/2001 Dubai Planning Massive Air Travel Expansion
05/11/2001 Sweden Supports Russian Tax Reform
05/11/2001 Bahamas Revenue Sees Severe Drop As Fewer IBCs Sign Up
05/11/2001 Japan Sees Tax Revenues Slump For September
05/11/2001 Quebec To Cut Capital Tax By Half By 2007
05/11/2001 Gordon Brown May Have To Introduce Deferred Taxes
05/11/2001 US Applauds FATF Action
05/11/2001 Retailers Say Sales Tax Holiday Will Boost US Economy
05/11/2001 Swiss Economy Minister Says EU Should Back Withholding Tax Proposal
05/11/2001 Turkey Threatens To Annexe Northern Cyprus
05/11/2001 Ireland May Face Fiscal Deficit In 2002
05/11/2001 New Zealand Investment Taxation To Remain Irrational?
02/11/2001 Bulgarian Budget Fails To Deliver On Promised Tax Cuts
02/11/2001 New Tax Credits Will Cost UK Government £2.8 Billion A Year, Says IFS Report
02/11/2001 Howard Promises 'No New Taxes'
02/11/2001 India's Finance Minister Confirms Priority For Tax Reforms
02/11/2001 Turkey Coalition Government Mulls Tax Cuts
02/11/2001 Maltese FOI Warns Government Not To Increase Taxes
02/11/2001 Special Hong Kong Investment Incentives Denied By Beijing Official
01/11/2001 BISX On Verge Of Collapse, Urges Government To Fulfil Pledge
01/11/2001 US Economists Cool Over Corporate Tax Cuts Plan
01/11/2001 Beazley Reassures Voters On Superannuation Taxes
01/11/2001 CIOT Suggests Tax Quick Fixes For UK Business
01/11/2001 Belize To Receive UK Funding After Hurricane Iris Disaster
01/11/2001 Switzerland Praised By US Politician Over Money Laundering Controls
01/11/2001 Pakistan Considers Revision Of Tax Collection Targets
01/11/2001 Irish Farmers Win £20 Million In Tax Relief
01/11/2001 Shanghai Poses Grave Threat To SAR Status, Says Official
01/11/2001 US Official Reiterates Opposition To OECD Tax Initiative
01/11/2001 Hong Kong Incurs Financial Deficit
31/10/2001 Vanuatu Finalises Negotiations On WTO Membership
31/10/2001 O'Neill Urges FATF To Adopt Global Money Laundering Standards
31/10/2001 Cyprus Tax Reform Package On Its Way To Brussels
31/10/2001 South African Budget Statement Details Income Tax Cuts
31/10/2001 Putin Hints At More Tax Cuts
31/10/2001 Barbados 'On Safe Ground' Says Owen Arthur
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 Taiwan Sending Out Mixed Messages To Foreign Businesses
30/10/2001 LOFSA Says Labuan Still Popular Despite Economic Climate
30/10/2001 Japan Eyes Business Tax Reforms
30/10/2001 UK, Spain Crank Up Gibraltar Talks
30/10/2001 Will Charlie McCreevy's Luck Survive A Tough Budget?
29/10/2001 Removal Of Ireland's PRSI Ceiling Draws Stern Opposition
29/10/2001 IRS Says It Can't Send Out Another Batch Of Checks Speedily
29/10/2001 Australian Businesses Welcome Beazley's GST Rollback Plan
29/10/2001 Malta's Labour Party Highlights Island's Fiscal Problems
29/10/2001 Swiss Government Dragged Into The Red By Swissair Bailout
29/10/2001 Washington Lobbyists Celebrate Tax Haven Victory
29/10/2001 UK Employers Group Urges Caution On Chancellor
26/10/2001 Cyprus Parliament Still Waiting For Tax Reform Proposals
26/10/2001 UK Government Criticised In Tax Evasion Crackdown
26/10/2001 Economist Sees Few Short Term Benefits In Beijing Incentive Package
26/10/2001 Fintrac To Receive One Time Budget Boost
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 Russia Creates Unified Social Insurance Tax And Benefit System
26/10/2001 Hong Kong Firms Rush To Take Up Beijing Offer
26/10/2001 Pressure Grows To Resolve Greek/Turkish Cyprus Problem
25/10/2001 France, Monaco Agree Anti-Money Laundering Measures
25/10/2001 McLeod Review Tax Proposals Ignored
25/10/2001 Tax Talks Delay Fiscal Reform Package In Argentina
25/10/2001 BVI Business Community Attacks New Labour Law
25/10/2001 ITIO Calls For Consistency From OECD
25/10/2001 Cayman Islands Implements Temporary Economic Stimulus
25/10/2001 Costello Mocks Labor's Tax Avoidance Crackdown Plans
25/10/2001 House Votes On Alternative Minimum Tax Refunds
25/10/2001 Hong Kong Monetary Chief Defends Currency Peg
25/10/2001 Australian Treasurers Face Off In Tax Debate
25/10/2001 EU Climbs Down Over Irish Budget
24/10/2001 Denmark's Local Authorities Raise Income Taxes
24/10/2001 Malta Opposition Calls For Tax Changes
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 Report Adds Weight To Calls For Corporate Tax Cuts In US
24/10/2001 Brussels Powerless To Stop Swissair Rescue Bailout
24/10/2001 South African Judge Says New Tax Regime Too Complicated
23/10/2001 New Yorkers Call For Tax Cuts
23/10/2001 Gordon Brown Under Increased Pressure To Raise Taxes
23/10/2001 Hard Times Ahead For Mexico If Tax Reforms Fail In Congress
23/10/2001 Australian Treasurer Says Superannuation Tax Remains
23/10/2001 German Finance Ministry Rejects Early Tax Cuts
23/10/2001 Pakistan To Enact New Money Laundering Law Soon
23/10/2001 PPF Pledges Put Irish Tax Cuts In Jeopardy
23/10/2001 Switzerland Rallies Round Stricken Airline
22/10/2001 Congress Fails To Extend Net Tax Ban In Time
22/10/2001 Israeli Finance Minister Criticised Over Tax Commissioner's Dismissal
22/10/2001 Mexico's Congress Deliberates Over Capital Gains Tax
22/10/2001 Japan Implements Extra Budget Measures
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 Nestle Joins Swissair Rescue Plan
19/10/2001 US To Offer Film Tax Credit?
19/10/2001 Fine Gael Official Says Jail Tax Evaders
19/10/2001 New Business Centre Opens In Dubai
19/10/2001 Guernsey Mulls Introduction Of VAT
19/10/2001 Insurance Giant Sets Up Asia Pacific Headquarters In Hong Kong
19/10/2001 Tax Cuts Highly Unlikely In Irish Budget
19/10/2001 Australian Tax Experts Call For More Discussion In Election Run-Up
19/10/2001 Malaysian Government Beseiged By Tax Cut Requests
19/10/2001 New Russian Plan For World Tax Proletariat
18/10/2001 Swiss Banking Secrecy 'Not Negotiable' Says Finance Minister Villiger
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 Irish Bookies Act On Threats To Relocate Over Betting Tax
18/10/2001 Congress Go-Slow Raises Fears Over Mexico's Budget Plans
18/10/2001 Howard's Tax Inspector Proposal Meets With Approval
18/10/2001 Japan Won't Cover Revenue Shortfall With Bond Issues
18/10/2001 House Votes For US Internet Tax Ban Extension
18/10/2001 OECD Launches Renewed Attack On Offshore Jurisdictions
18/10/2001 German Government To Back Off New Taxes?
18/10/2001 Australian Government Can't Afford Tax Cuts, Say Economists
17/10/2001 NCPA Supports Call For Abolition Of Alternative Minimum Tax
17/10/2001 FSA Chief Faces Money Laundering Probe
17/10/2001 Coalition Government Unveils Tax Breaks On Foreign Investment
17/10/2001 Swiss Business Comes To Swissair's Aid
17/10/2001 Leaked Document Suggests Tax Cuts On The Cards In Germany
17/10/2001 Japan Eyes New Group Taxation Rules
17/10/2001 EU Ministers Agree On Tax Talks With Non-EU Countries
17/10/2001 The Bahamas Closes Terrorist Suspect's $20m Account
16/10/2001 Japanese Tax Revenues Likely To Fall Short Of Target
16/10/2001 Berlusconi Marching To Different Drummer Over Money Laundering
16/10/2001 Transparency Of Cayman Government Called Into Question?
16/10/2001 US/Canadian Timber Spat Lumbers Along
16/10/2001 Gibraltar Dismisses French Allegations
15/10/2001 Brazil Tax Receipts May Fall In 2002
15/10/2001 Australian Government May Change CGT Rules
15/10/2001 NZ Economists Warn That Taxpayer Fund May Create 'Moral Hazard'
15/10/2001 Singapore's Second Off-Budget Package Contains Heavy Tax Cuts
15/10/2001 More Benefit Reforms Needed Says European Commission
15/10/2001 Shadow Paymaster General Committed To UK Business Tax Reform
15/10/2001 Hong Kong Chiefs Warn Of Deteriorating Economy
15/10/2001 Swissair Options Ever More Expensive
15/10/2001 Belize Hard Hit By 145 Mph Hurricane
12/10/2001 WA Government Scraps Controversial Luxury Land Tax
12/10/2001 Congress May Offer Tax Credits For Travel
12/10/2001 French Government May Speed Up Tax Cuts
12/10/2001 German Finance Ministry Says Banking Secrecy Laws Can Stay For The Moment
12/10/2001 Disappointment In Hong Kong Over Tung's $15 Billion Crisis Package
12/10/2001 Forget Tax Cuts Says British Chamber Of Commerce
12/10/2001 Italian Government Considers Tax Cuts To Counter Slowdown
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
12/10/2001 Nobel Laureate Says No To More US Tax Cuts
11/10/2001 IMF Warns Pakistan To Prioritise Tax Reforms
11/10/2001 UAE Approves Anti-Money Laundering Bill
11/10/2001 OECD Tax Report: Gibraltar Has Not 'Delayed Signing Anything'
11/10/2001 US To Appeal WTO Ruling
10/10/2001 Exempted Companies Continue To Form In Bermuda
10/10/2001 Maltese Government To Examine Tax On Independent Contractors
10/10/2001 India Aims To Increase Number Of Taxpayers Three-Fold
10/10/2001 Beazley Snaps Over Tax
10/10/2001 European Think-Tank Leader Warns Against Excessive Money-Laundering Regulation
10/10/2001 Aer Lingus Joins The Queue Of State Aid Supplicants
10/10/2001 New Polish Import Tax Still Up In The Air
09/10/2001 Eichel's Anti-Money Laundering Measures Come Under Attack
09/10/2001 Mexico's President Says Tax Reforms To Be Approved In Two Weeks
09/10/2001 Grenada Readies For Structural Adjustment
09/10/2001 Cyprus Finance Minister Gives Reassurance Over Tax Reform
09/10/2001 UK Tories Abandon Tax Cuts In Favour Of Public Services
09/10/2001 Accountancy Firms Under Pressure To Break Customer Confidence
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 Democrats Reject Bush Tax Plans Despite Bipartisan Promise
08/10/2001 New GDP Figures Reveal Isle Of Man Is Wealthier Than The UK
08/10/2001 Export Tax Not Discussed In US, Canada Lumber Peace Talks
08/10/2001 US Senate Banking Committee Approves Money Laundering Law
08/10/2001 Germany's Federal Tax Collection On Target
08/10/2001 India To Introduce VAT From April 2002
08/10/2001 Shrinking Irish Surplus Puts McCreevy Through The Wringer
08/10/2001 Congress Is Becoming Active Over Internet Tax Moratorium
05/10/2001 Ghanaian Finance Minister Takes Hard Line On Tax Evasion
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 Canada May Drop Film Tax Break
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
05/10/2001 Poland's New Coalition Agrees 2002 Budget Guidelines
04/10/2001 Chilean Government Takes Tax Reforms Slowly
04/10/2001 Japanese Tax Panel Finally Reaches Agreement Over Stock Tax Reforms
04/10/2001 Mexican Government Proposes Tax Package To Boost Tourism
04/10/2001 Slumping Tax Collection Means More Bad News For Irish Budget
04/10/2001 Western Australian Government Defends Luxury Land Tax
04/10/2001 Gibraltarians Furious At British Let-Down
04/10/2001 Congress Struggling To Fix Sales Tax Problem
04/10/2001 US Administration Will Add $75bn Boost To Economy
03/10/2001 Aruba Opposition Wins Landslide Victory
03/10/2001 Pakistan's Tax Authorities Admit Q1 Shortfall
03/10/2001 Bank Of China Merger Creates Hong Kong's Second Largest Bank
03/10/2001 NCPA Says America Needs Tax Cuts, Not War
03/10/2001 UK Chancellor May Raise Indirect Taxes To Fund Spending
03/10/2001 Ontario Premier Brings Forward Tax Cuts To Protect Economy
03/10/2001 Turkish Prime Minister Launches Vitriolic Attack On Cyprus
03/10/2001 Fears Over Blair's Planned Anti-Terrorism Measures Increase
03/10/2001 Is Hong Kong Losing Regional Pre-Eminence?
03/10/2001 EU Governments Ready To Help Airlines With Taxpayers' Money
03/10/2001 Jersey Senator Hits At Negative UK Journalism
02/10/2001 British Virgin Islands Opposition Leader Raises Concerns Over Economy
02/10/2001 Swissair Bankrupt; Sabena On A Knife-Edge
02/10/2001 South African Capital Gains Tax Targets Investors, Say Critics
02/10/2001 US Net Tax Moratorium Likely To Be Extended
02/10/2001 Germany To Introduce Tougher Anti-Money Laundering Measures
02/10/2001 Gordon Brown Rules Out Income Tax Hike
02/10/2001 Low Tax Collections In Argentina May Force Spending Cuts
02/10/2001 Irish Government Plans Tax Breaks For Older Workers As Tax Take Shrinks
02/10/2001 Czech Tax Collections On The Increase
02/10/2001 Hungarian Parties In Battle Of The Tax-Cuts
01/10/2001 Spain Brings Forward Tax Cuts To Bolster Economy
01/10/2001 Hungarian Election Partners Announce Voter-Friendly Tax Cuts
01/10/2001 Feldstein Says US Administration Should Pause On Tax Cuts
01/10/2001 Polish Budget Abandons VAT Increase, Introduces Import Tax
01/10/2001 Argentina Battles To Earn Further IMF Support
01/10/2001 Irish Research Institute Wants To Increase Corporation Tax
01/10/2001 Japan To Eliminate Business-Friendly Tax Incentives
01/10/2001 Swissair Struggles For Life In Major Cash Crisis
01/10/2001 Gibraltar Up In Arms At British EU Cave-In
28/09/2001 Hong Kong's Proposed Sales Tax Could Take Years To Implement
28/09/2001 Bahamas Responds To Bush's Executive Order
28/09/2001 SSTP Being Live-Tested In 4 States
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 China To Levy Environmental Tax
27/09/2001 Vanuatu Government Calls For Pacific Association Of Offshore Financial Regulators
27/09/2001 Swiss Parliament Debates Tax Cuts
27/09/2001 Australia's Treasurer Won't Spend Surplus On Tax Cuts
27/09/2001 President Bush Joins Congressional Push For Tax Cuts As Surplus Shrinks
26/09/2001 Centrist Democrats Warn Over Proposed Tax Cuts
26/09/2001 The Bahamas New Financial Services Laws Will Help Fight Terrorism
26/09/2001 Cyprus Government Urged To Close Stock Exchange To Gain Investor Confidence
26/09/2001 Vanuatu Finance Minister Reiterates Stance Against OECD
26/09/2001 Singapore Confirms Outline Of October Tax-Relief Package
26/09/2001 US Administration Returns To Tax Incentive Agenda
25/09/2001 EU Considers Alcohol Tax Reforms To Combat Smuggling
25/09/2001 Indian Finance Minister Rules Out New Taxes
25/09/2001 New US Ambassador To Switzerland To Pursue Terrorist Funds Issue
25/09/2001 Maltese Government Sheds Light On Proposed Anti-Money Laundering Measures
25/09/2001 New Polish Government Makes Promises On Tax
25/09/2001 US Proscribes 27 Terror-Linked Names, Demands World-Wide Co-Operation
24/09/2001 World Bank Tells Indonesia To Improve Tax Collection
24/09/2001 Peru's Mining Industry Boosted With Cut In Exploration Taxes
24/09/2001 Swedish Government Cuts Taxes To Stimulate Growth
24/09/2001 Small UK Firms Could Face 100% Tax Increase
24/09/2001 Indian Government May Bolster Tourist Industry With Tax Cuts
24/09/2001 Dispute Over Tax Delays Kazakhstan Oil Field Re-Opening
24/09/2001 Furore Over German Anti-Terrorist Tax Increases Continues
24/09/2001 Cyprus Cabinet Approves 2002 Budget
24/09/2001 Swiss Banks And Currency Stand Fast Amidst Business Damage
24/09/2001 EU Finance Ministers Are Lukewarm About Tobin Tax
21/09/2001 US Could See Up To $180 Billion In Tax Cuts And Spending
21/09/2001 Mexico Government To Ease Pemex Tax Burden
21/09/2001 Japan Expedites Decision On Tax Reforms
21/09/2001 China Offers Tax-Breaks To Spur Investment In West
21/09/2001 German Tax Increases Hit By Wall Of Opposition
20/09/2001 Thai Government Reveals Company Tax Reduction Plans
20/09/2001 Malta Completes Benchmarking Process To Combat Tax Evasion
20/09/2001 Inland Revenue Hands Out 'Wrong Kind Of Sweets'
20/09/2001 Hong Kong Government Announces 3G Licence Winners
20/09/2001 US Administration Wants Weaker Financial Privacy Rules
19/09/2001 Swiss Parliament Will Back UN Membership
19/09/2001 Dutch Budget Offers Token Corporate Tax Reduction
19/09/2001 Singapore Likely To Stimulate Demand With Tax Cuts
18/09/2001 Gibraltar Chief Minister Advocates Prudence On Company Tax
18/09/2001 Taiwan To Introduce Tax Breaks To Boost Economy
18/09/2001 McCreevy Rejects Tax Swap Proposal
18/09/2001 Brazil In Quandary Over Transaction Tax
18/09/2001 US Moves Towards Draconian Money-Laundering Powers
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 Western Australian Government Blasted Over Tax Turnaround
17/09/2001 Cook Islands Government Relaxes Freeze On Investment Board
17/09/2001 Is Cyprus Sacrificing Its Low-Tax Status In Vain?
14/09/2001 Owen Arthur Warns Of Turbulence Ahead For Barbados Economy
14/09/2001 Howard Reaches Double Tax Deal With US
14/09/2001 Unions Urge Thousands To Take To Mexico's Streets In Tax Protest
14/09/2001 Koizumi Standing Firm In Auto Tax Revenue Debate
14/09/2001 UK Chancellor Likely To Resist EU Fuel Tax Plan
14/09/2001 Latvia To Slash Corporate Tax Rate
14/09/2001 Argentinian Provinces Battle For Share Of Transactions Tax
13/09/2001 IBEC Says Continued Public Spending May Spark 'Financial Disaster' For Ireland
13/09/2001 IMF Urges Aruba To Consider 'Broad-Based Consumption Tax'
13/09/2001 ACOSS Warns Australian Election Campaign Should Not Descend Into 'Tax Cut Auction'
12/09/2001 Bermudian Finance Minister Giving Island Economy 'False Sense Of Security', Says Opposition
12/09/2001 Swiss Economics Minister Confirms Government's Intention To Join EU
12/09/2001 New Survey Finds US Public Wary Over Bush Tax Cuts
12/09/2001 European Commission Knocks Germany's Tax Reform
12/09/2001 Surprise, Surprise! Tax Is Biggest Issue For Australian Business
12/09/2001 Putin's Tax Reforms Paying Off In More Ways Than One
12/09/2001 Immediate Tax Reforms Needed To Save Japanese Market
11/09/2001 Gibraltar Government Proposes Zero Corporate Tax And Payroll Tax To Fend Off EU Threats
11/09/2001 Canadian Finance Minister Will Not Follow 'Reckless' US Tax Lead
11/09/2001 Norwegian Voters Look Set To Reject High Tax Burden
11/09/2001 Irish Employers Want Tax Cuts To Reduce Wage Costs
11/09/2001 States Of Guernsey To Debate ICT Review
11/09/2001 One Man And His Tax: The Tobin Debate Widens
11/09/2001 US Congress In New Attack On Bermuda Insurance Industry
10/09/2001 Chinese Bank In Talks Over Hong Kong Joint Investment Bank Venture
10/09/2001 Fears Raised Over Cayman Economy
10/09/2001 Tax Cuts Should Save Canada From Recession Says PM
10/09/2001 Poor Professor Tobin Helps UN In World Taxation Plan
10/09/2001 US Capital Gains Tax Cut More Likely
07/09/2001 Irish Union Leaders Warn Of Chaos If Budget Tax Pledges Are Not Kept
07/09/2001 US Treasury Secretary Says That Tax Rebates Are Taking Effect
06/09/2001 Bermuda's Economy Avoids Slowdown
06/09/2001 £1 Billion Blow To Irish Government's Budget Plans
06/09/2001 President Rene Remains In Power After Seychelles Elections; Opposition Complains
06/09/2001 Government Readies New Companies Act In Mauritius
06/09/2001 China Will Use Higher Tax Revenue To Bolster Economy
06/09/2001 Taiwan Premier Visits Eastern Caribbean States
06/09/2001 Schroder Discusses Tax Rejected By German Economists
05/09/2001 Gibraltar's Chief Minister Confirms Fear Of Exodus Remains
05/09/2001 Netherlands Antilles Senator Laments New Tax Measures
05/09/2001 Bush Scorns 'Second Guessers' Over Tax Cut
05/09/2001 Finland's Budget Proposals Unveiled, Income Tax To Be Reduced
05/09/2001 OECD Answers 17 Questions From Low-Tax Jurisdictions
05/09/2001 Wanna Lotta Tax Cuts?
05/09/2001 Canada's Mining Companies Under Tax Threat From Finance Ministry
04/09/2001 Conservative Leadership Candidate Reopens Tax Debate
04/09/2001 Grenada Borrows More As Economy Shows No Sign Of Improvement
04/09/2001 Indian Minister In Tokyo Expects Withholding Tax Breakthrough
04/09/2001 Shell Heads Singapore Talks On East Timor Hydrocarbon Tax Wrangle
03/09/2001 Gibraltar Opposition Criticises Government Over Late Consultation With Qualifying Companies
03/09/2001 Russian Press Says It Faces Extinction From Tax Increases
03/09/2001 Hungary Bans Anonymous Accounts In response To FATF Listing
31/08/2001 UK MPs Fail Self-Assessment Test
31/08/2001 South African Treasury Says Income Tax Surcharge 'Not Feasible'
31/08/2001 Swiss Government Rejects Calls For Tax Cuts
31/08/2001 Cook Islands Politician Hits Out At Expats
31/08/2001 Taiwan Cabinet Agrees To Halve Land Transactions Tax
31/08/2001 Eastern Caribbean States Plan Political Union
31/08/2001 Disney Denies Rumours About Beijing Theme Park
31/08/2001 Spanish Scam Sent 100m Euros Offshore - But Where?
30/08/2001 Gibraltar Government Reveals Extent Of Planned Company Tax Cuts
30/08/2001 South African Government Criticised Over Capital Gains Tax
30/08/2001 Research Report Slams European Governments On E-Filing Progress
30/08/2001 Nobody Believes In The Tobin Tax, Not Even Prof. Tobin
30/08/2001 Japanese Investment Taxation Reform Becoming Urgent
29/08/2001 Greek Government Sheds Light On Proposed Business Tax Incentives
29/08/2001 Russian President May Be Implicated In Money Laundering Investigation
29/08/2001 Antigua And Barbuda Forges Ahead In Money Laundering Fight
29/08/2001 Slovakian Coalition May Collapse Over Tax Reduction Plan
29/08/2001 Cyprus Resigned To Losing Offshore Tax Status
28/08/2001 Laurent Fabius Spends August Dreaming About New Taxes
28/08/2001 Senior Australian Tax Adviser Wants Better International Regime
28/08/2001 Hong Kong Politician Attacks Executive Leadership
28/08/2001 Europe Starts To Bicker Over The Stability Pact
28/08/2001 Financial Secretary Predicts Hong Kong Rebound Next Year
28/08/2001 UN Draft Of Cyprus Settlement Comes To Light
28/08/2001 UK's IT Professionals Will Appeal IR35 Ruling
27/08/2001 Australian PM Defends Ministers In Tax Scam Affair
24/08/2001 Thailand To Impose New Taxes By 2006
24/08/2001 Goodbye, Offshore Cyprus!
24/08/2001 Malta Opposition Condemns Government's Fiscal Performance
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 UK Abandons Gibraltar By Not Opposing EU In Finance Centre Crisis
23/08/2001 Philippine Government Undecided Over Shift To Gross Income Taxation
23/08/2001 Tax Hike Earns New Zealand Government $270 Million
23/08/2001 Russian Government Predicts Budget Surplus For 2002
23/08/2001 China May Enhance Export Tax Incentive Regime
23/08/2001 Another 200 Irish High-Tech Jobs Lost
22/08/2001 Gibraltar Government Initiates Legal Action Against European Commission
22/08/2001 Irish Economic Outlook Report Prompts Budget Adjustments
22/08/2001 Malaysian PM Steps Up Calls For World Tax To Help Poor Countries
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 Japan Proposes Group Relief System, Modernises Tax Collection
22/08/2001 Row Erupts In Slovak Cabinet Over Tax Reductions
21/08/2001 Hong Kong Remains Premier Location For Multinationals In Asia
21/08/2001 Lord Ashcroft May Sell Belize Bank
21/08/2001 WTO Panel Confirms FSC Ruling Against US
21/08/2001 Don't Cry For Argentina - Have A Big Mac Instead
20/08/2001 Institute For Economic Freedom To Challenge Qualified Intermediary Programme
20/08/2001 Nauru Launches Surprise Attack On OECD Proposals
20/08/2001 St Vincent Withdraws Banking Licence
20/08/2001 Jersey Telecom Cuts Phone Charges
20/08/2001 China Still Trying To Drive Stock Markets Down
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 Jordan To Introduce Tax Breaks To Encourage Investment
17/08/2001 Georgia's Parliament Chairman Blames Tax Minister's Departure On 'Infighting'
17/08/2001 Hong Kong Securities Regulator Considering Radical Trade Shake-Up
17/08/2001 St Vincent Announces Measures To Conform With FATF Rules
17/08/2001 Cyprus Tops The League Of EU Applicants
17/08/2001 UK Tries To Soften Gibraltar's Attitude To Spain
17/08/2001 Bahamas Bank Opens London Marketing Office
17/08/2001 Canadian Savers Are Forced To Invest In Poorly-Run Companies
16/08/2001 Australian Government May Lift Tax Free Threshold
16/08/2001 40 US States Ask Congress Not To Extend Internet Tax Ban
16/08/2001 Georgian Tax Minister Resigns Over Budget Spat
16/08/2001 Guatemalan Court Refuses To Suspend Controversial VAT Increase
15/08/2001 IMF Urges Moderation For McCreevy Budget
15/08/2001 Chinese Government To Raise Revenue By Targeting High Income Groups
15/08/2001 Canary Islands Slap Tax On Tobacco Imports
15/08/2001 Cyprus Currency Move Annoys Business Leaders
15/08/2001 Australian Tax Reforms Hit City Farmers, Couriers
15/08/2001 Isle Of Man Repays 60% To BCCI Depositors
14/08/2001 UK Treasury Made Secret Tax Pledge To Oil Companies
14/08/2001 Brown Will Have To Increase Taxes To Fund Public Spending, Report Warns
14/08/2001 Washington Lawyer Calls On Bush To Honour Father's Privacy Pledges
14/08/2001 Government Asked To Intervene As Eircom Battle Hangs In The Balance
14/08/2001 Japanese PM Meets Tax Panel To Push Securities Reform
13/08/2001 Standard And Poor's Give Malta A Stable Outlook
13/08/2001 Downturn In Irish IT Sector Could Force Review Of Work Permit Policy
13/08/2001 Schroeder Extends Tax Cuts To SMEs
13/08/2001 Dallas - Eat Your Heart Out!
10/08/2001 US Attorney General Calls For Money Laundering Crackdown
10/08/2001 Owen Arthur Urged To Cut Domestic Taxation In Barbados
10/08/2001 Andorra Faces Border Dispute With French Neighbours
10/08/2001 German Finance Minister Stands Firm On Tax Reform Timetable
10/08/2001 VAT Across Indian States Will Widen Tax Base, Boost Economic Growth
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 Australian Small Business Group Responds To Leaked Tax Document
09/08/2001 Hong Kong Tax Plans Open Up Sales Tax Controversy
09/08/2001 Manx ISP Appoints Government Telecoms Commissioner As Director
09/08/2001 Orphaned TBI Seeks New, Rich Daddy
09/08/2001 900 Jobs May Go In Dublin PC Closure
08/08/2001 US Senate Finance Committee Releases Tax Shelter Bill
08/08/2001 Germany's Company Tax Cut Imminent
07/08/2001 Mixed Comments By IMF On Malta's Economy
07/08/2001 Prominent Senators Push Money Laundering Laws
07/08/2001 Hong Kong Advisory Committee Proposes Broad-Based Taxes, Calls For Public Consultation
07/08/2001 Australian Opposition Warned Over Tax War With Government
07/08/2001 HSBC Does Well In Tight Hong Kong Market
07/08/2001 Is Thailand Foot-Dragging On US Double Tax Treaty?
06/08/2001 Tax Row Threatens East Timor Gas Pipeline Deal
06/08/2001 Cayman Islands Government Quashes Income Tax Rumours
06/08/2001 Ireland's Energy Industry Criticised As Epower Is Forced To Shut Down
06/08/2001 BVI Prime Minister Warns OECD Not To Exclude Offshore Jurisdictions
06/08/2001 United Nations Suggests All Citizens Should Become Slaves
06/08/2001 UN Steps Up Efforts To Re-Start Cyprus Proximity Talks
03/08/2001 Argentina's July Revenue Declines Sharply
03/08/2001 Fox Pushes Mexico's Tax Reform, Puts Pressure On State Governors
03/08/2001 Hong Kong Appoints Revenue Commissioner After Multiple Disasters
03/08/2001 Tom-com Wins Chinese Basketball Rights
02/08/2001 Bermuda Stock Exchange Declared World's Top Performing Market 2000
02/08/2001 Allied Irish Bank Defies Economic Slowdown
02/08/2001 Inconclusive US Senate Hearing On Internet Tax Moratorium
01/08/2001 IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation With Belize
01/08/2001 Australian Tree Farm Companies Deny Financial Problems
01/08/2001 Private Swiss Banks Are Ripe For Picking
31/07/2001 Ontario's Finance Minister Challenges Federal Government On Tax For Low-Income Earners
31/07/2001 Malta Furthers Plans For Establishing World Trade Centre
31/07/2001 Gibraltar Liberalises Telecoms Sector
31/07/2001 Oxfam Anti-Offshore Report Shown Up As Bogus
30/07/2001 Cayman Islands Government Considers Introduction Of Income Tax
30/07/2001 Howard Promises Income Tax Cuts If Re-Elected
30/07/2001 US Treasury Department Cracks Down On Abusive Tax Shelter
30/07/2001 Gibraltar: More Talks About Talks
27/07/2001 Pacific Countries Say OECD Changes Not Enough
27/07/2001 Regulators Say Offshore And Onshore Must Co-Operate Against Crime
27/07/2001 US Taxpayers Flood IRS With Tax Rebate Calls
27/07/2001 Cyprus Strengthens Ties With Luxembourg And Hong Kong
27/07/2001 UK Lib Dems Spearhead Backlash Against Council Tax Changes
26/07/2001 UK Property Owners Could Face Tax Threat
26/07/2001 Australian Government Moves In Wake Of Hardie Departure
26/07/2001 New US/UK Tax Treaty Includes Information Exchange Wording
25/07/2001 Isle Of Man Chooses First Financial To Promote Island As Premier Offshore E-Commerce Platform
25/07/2001 Next US Tax Reform Package To Focus On Business
25/07/2001 US Estate Tax Set To Rise From The Dead In 2011
25/07/2001 IMF Praises Grenada's Economy, But Urges Tax Reforms
25/07/2001 Australian Multinational Moves To Netherlands
23/07/2001 Companies Agree To Pre-Pay Tax To Argentine Government
23/07/2001 Malta Could Be Regional Centre For Financial Services
23/07/2001 Prominent Liechtenstein Officials Meet To Discuss Money Laundering Fight
23/07/2001 Seychelles International Business Authority Confirms Further Developments Ahead For Offshore Industry
23/07/2001 Security For Technological And Business Assets In The Caymans
23/07/2001 Institute Of Directors Responds To UK Business Tax Paper
23/07/2001 PCCW Pulls Mega Debt Issue As Bond Markets Waver
23/07/2001 Hong Kong Court Rulings Strengthen SAR's Autonomy
23/07/2001 US Surplus Down: Democrats Prophesy Doom; Republicans Chipper
20/07/2001 CFP Says Senate Hearing Was Stacked By Democrats
19/07/2001 US Treasury Secretary Questioned By Senate Panel Over Tax Havens
19/07/2001 Australian Tax Office Attacked Over 'Private Rulings' System
19/07/2001 UK Government Tries To Cover Up £2bn Customs Tax Failure
18/07/2001 Korea To Introduce Tax Rules On Offshore Portfolio Investment Funds
18/07/2001 Bank Of Bermuda Considers Singapore As Location For Fund Incubator
18/07/2001 Hungarian Finance Minister Says No Big Tax Changes On The Horizon
18/07/2001 3G Licence Squabble Must End, Says Irish Business And Employers Confederation
18/07/2001 New Zealand Housing Tax Row Continues
18/07/2001 Swiss Authorities Agree To Release Kohl Evidence
18/07/2001 US Government Sends Incorrect Refund Notices To Taxpayers
17/07/2001 Gibraltar Telco Said To Be In 'Dominant Position'
17/07/2001 Grenada Opposition Leader Concerned Over Economy
17/07/2001 UK Lifts Financial Advisory On Antigua & Barbuda
17/07/2001 Isle Of Man Treasury Considers Venture Capital Scheme
17/07/2001 Australia: National Accountancy Body Calls For Task Force To Compensate GST Bankruptcy Victims
17/07/2001 New Washington-Based Task Force To Study Information Exchange
17/07/2001 Hong Kong Expensive, Dublin Cheap, But Both Successful
16/07/2001 Cook Islands Commended For Reform-Driven Economic Recovery
16/07/2001 Schroeder Rejects Calls To Speed Up Tax Cuts
16/07/2001 UK Betting Tax To Be Scrapped Ahead Of Schedule
16/07/2001 Russian PM Confident About New Money Laundering Law
16/07/2001 Eircom Board Recommends Higher E-Island Offer
16/07/2001 Clearstream Confirms Andre Roelants As Chief Executive
13/07/2001 Australian Opposition Leader Denies Costello's Tax Allegations
12/07/2001 EU Will Not Repeat Irish Budget Mistake
12/07/2001 Manx And UK E-Envoys Discuss E-Commerce Strategies
12/07/2001 Brussels Attacks Co-ordination Centres In Member States
12/07/2001 Will President Bush's Tax Cut Be A Stimulus Or Not?
11/07/2001 Jersey FSC Celebrates Anniversary With Summit On International Financial Crime
11/07/2001 Australian Government Defends Contractor Tax Turnaround
11/07/2001 UK Treasury To Offer Tax Credits To Boost Deprived Areas
11/07/2001 Gordon Brown Threatens EU Colleagues With Beheading
10/07/2001 EU Experts Inspect Cyprus's Finance Laws
10/07/2001 Bank Of Bermuda Settles Cash 4 Titles Ponzi Scheme
10/07/2001 Direct EU Tax Will Be Given A Thrashing Today In Brussels
09/07/2001 UK Says It's Staying Out Of Gibraltar-Spain OECD Dispute
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
09/07/2001 Belgian Presidency Aims To Progress EU Tax Package (Surprise, Surprise!)
06/07/2001 Australian Contractors Hit By Taxation As Employees
06/07/2001 Pakistan's Finance Minister Sticks To Tough Tax Line
06/07/2001 Bahamas PM Responds To Blacklist Removal At CARICOM Meeting
06/07/2001 CFP Warns Offshore Jurisdictions To Keep Up Pressure On OECD
06/07/2001 Belgium Wants To Reduce Taxes - But Not Yet!
05/07/2001 Cook Islands PM To Stand Firm Against OECD
05/07/2001 Barbados, Costa Rica Meeting Strengthens Links
05/07/2001 South Africa's Finance Minister Silent Over Future Tax Cuts
05/07/2001 Ukraine Says No Trade War With Russia On The Horizon
05/07/2001 Spain Uses Gibraltar Card To Wreck OECD Compromise
05/07/2001 Switzerland And The EU To Begin New Bilateral Talks
04/07/2001 Aruba Co-Operates With OECD On Eliminating Harmful Tax Practices
04/07/2001 Hong Kong's New IT Director Boosts Digital Strategy Initiatives
04/07/2001 Tory Hopeful Davis Calls For Lower Taxes
04/07/2001 German Authorities Crack Down On Tax Evasion
04/07/2001 Luxembourg Socialists To Oppose Nationality Law Changes
04/07/2001 French Savers Can Now Buy Tax-Free Equity Europe-Wide
04/07/2001 PCCW Announces Internet Job Cuts
04/07/2001 Confusion Reigns Over German Tax Reforms
03/07/2001 Spain Blocks OECD Offshore Centre Deal Over Gibraltar Row
03/07/2001 CBI Seeks Extension Of R&D Tax Credits In The UK
03/07/2001 Caribbean Havens Give Muted Response To Reprieve
03/07/2001 US Treasury To Review Proposed Information Exchange Rules
03/07/2001 Australian Opposition Will Target Tax Cuts At Select Industries
03/07/2001 House Leader Dick Armey Attacks Reinsurance Tax Bill
02/07/2001 Reports Of Reduction In Offshore Bank Numbers Are Exaggerated Says Cayman Islands
02/07/2001 Malaysian Leading Bank Launches Online Income Tax Payment Facility
02/07/2001 French Authorities Under Pressure To End Tax Free 'Bonuses'
02/07/2001 China and Japan Prepare For Talks in Export Duties Battle
02/07/2001 Singapore's Tax Revenue Doubles In A Decade
02/07/2001 Eircom Refuses EIsland's Higher Offer, Stays With Valentia
02/07/2001 18 Foreign Investigators Arrested In Dubai, Abu Dhabi
29/06/2001 Duma Delays Crucial Money Laundering Bill
29/06/2001 Cook Islands To Join IMF And World Bank
29/06/2001 OECD Agreement Given Cautious Welcome By US Lobbyists
29/06/2001 Berlusconi Unveils Tax-Cutting Package
29/06/2001 Hong Kong Continues To Drown In Money
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 Silence In Paris As OECD Plans Changes To Tax Initiative
28/06/2001 EU Gives Malta 7-Year Foreign Labour Concession
27/06/2001 Liechtenstein Expresses Relief At Removal From Blacklist
27/06/2001 Israeli Government's Tax Collection Could Fall By NIS 4 Billion This Year
27/06/2001 Irish Central Bank Warns Government Over Economy
27/06/2001 Australian Tax Office Under Fire Over Avoidance Schemes
26/06/2001 US Treasury Commends FATF
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 British Virgin Islands' Economic Performance Robust, Says Caribbean Development Bank Annual Report
25/06/2001 Cyprus Stock Exchange To Impose Additional Charges
25/06/2001 FATF Removes Four Countries From Its List
22/06/2001 Fed Chief Not Worried About Effect Of Tax Cut
22/06/2001 Chinese Banks Warned Over WTO Entry
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 Tax Proposals Released
21/06/2001 European Commission Proposes Crackdown On VAT Fraud
21/06/2001 HKMA Chief Calls For Better Protection Of Consumer Banking
21/06/2001 Tax Reforms Have Led The Australian Government To Produce A Monster
21/06/2001 Grenada Fears Inclusion On Second FATF List
21/06/2001 Michael Ashcroft Launches Public Attack On UK Minister Clare Short
21/06/2001 EU Heads Visit Divided Ireland To Push Euro, Enlargement
20/06/2001 UK Demands On Passporting Are 'Obscene' And 'Perverse' Says Chief Minister
20/06/2001 Tourism Dispute Leads To Collapse Of Aruba's Coalition Government
20/06/2001 Russia Duma Set To Approve Corporate Tax Reductions
19/06/2001 Mumbai Proposed As New Asian Financial Centre
19/06/2001 South Africa's Financial And Fiscal Commission Issues Recommendations For Next Year's Budget
19/06/2001 Gibraltar Budget Measures Reduce Burden Of Taxation
19/06/2001 Hong Kong Finds Itself At The Centre Of An Aviation Dispute
19/06/2001 Lobbyists Work To Limit Offshore Information Exchange
19/06/2001 European Union Enlargement To Take Place By June 2004
19/06/2001 Brown Announces 'Mini Budget' For Business
18/06/2001 Portillo Will Keep Low Tax Agenda If Elected As Party Leader
18/06/2001 The Bahamas Accepted As Member Of Financial Intelligence Units Forum
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 FATF To Publish Follow-Up Report On 15 Non-Cooperative Countries
15/06/2001 Lord Chancellor Takes Over Responsibility For Constitutional Representation Of Channel Islands And Isle Of Man
15/06/2001 Another EU Minister Wants Brussels To Tax (And Spend)
15/06/2001 Kazakhstan Offers Amnesty To Tax-Dodgers
14/06/2001 OECD May Delay Sanctions
14/06/2001 Futher Delays Ahead Over Decision On VAT Moratorium As EU Waits For New President To Take The Helm
14/06/2001 Tax Organisation Says The Check Is Not In The Mail For 51 Million American Taxpayers
14/06/2001 Cyprus Parliament Assembles Agenda After Elections
14/06/2001 If You Want To Stay Free, Don't Go To France!
14/06/2001 Is Bill Clinton A Comic Or A Statesman?
13/06/2001 Jersey Reports Confirm Continued Growth Of Financial Services Industry
13/06/2001 OECS Members Praised For Trade Policies
13/06/2001 Mauritius Keen To Become E-commerce Hub
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 Barbados Launches New E-Commerce Web Site
12/06/2001 Canada's Money Laundering Initiative 'Doomed'
12/06/2001 Commission Recommends Cut In Dutch Corporate Tax
12/06/2001 As Labour Government Wins General Election, The UK Speculates On Future Taxation Issues
12/06/2001 The US Makes Tortuous Progress Towards Sales Tax Simplification
12/06/2001 EU Plans To Ignore Irish Referendum Vote!
11/06/2001 Bermuda's Realtors Expect To Attract Wealthy Foreigners
11/06/2001 Senate Tries To Stop Administration's Review Of Money Laundering Rules
11/06/2001 Isle Of Man Government Releases Details Of E-Commerce/E-Society Strategy
11/06/2001 Survey Points To Rising Tax Evasion And Corruption In Greece
11/06/2001 Australian PM Could Woo Voters With More Tax Cut Promises
11/06/2001 Swiss Government Rejects Capital Gains Tax Proposal
11/06/2001 EU Agrees Common Position On Extension Of UCITS Directive
11/06/2001 Eircom Board Vacillates Over Competing Bids
08/06/2001 Disappointed US Business Wants Promised Tax Cuts
08/06/2001 Abacha Family Permitted Judicial Review
08/06/2001 Swiss Bankers Embark On Damage Limitation Exercise In United States
08/06/2001 President Bush Signs Tax-Cutting Law - At Last!
08/06/2001 Liechtenstein Polishes Its Image Before FATF Meeting
07/06/2001 Gibraltar Needs Action, Not Words, On E-Commerce, Opposition Tells Government
07/06/2001 Brown Makes Flying Visit To Ecofin Meeting
07/06/2001 Close Relationship Between Liechtenstein and Switzerland Continues
07/06/2001 New Zealand's Finance Minister Fights Back On Criticisms Over Refusal To Cut Company Taxes
07/06/2001 Offshore Jurisdictions Push OECD To Respond To Questions
07/06/2001 200 Anti Tax Haven Protesters Due In Jersey This Saturday
06/06/2001 IMF To Review Bahamas' Offshore Financial Services Sector
06/06/2001 EU Commission Endorses Labour In British Election
06/06/2001 European Rush To Launder Black Cash Accelerates
06/06/2001 British Labour Party Attacks Belize In Election Ploy
05/06/2001 Cook Islands: Victory For Fiscal Sovereignty But Debate Not Yet Over
05/06/2001 ECSE Launch Planned For August
05/06/2001 Milton Friedman Asks President Bush To Dump OECD
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 British Virgin Islands' Finances Looking Healthy Says Chief Minister
04/06/2001 Alternative Tax Law Causes Controversy In The US
04/06/2001 Internet Bill Multiply Like Rabbits In Congress
01/06/2001 'Father' Of Cayman's Financial Sector Pens Autobiography
01/06/2001 Guernsey Financial Services Commission Releases First Quarter 2001 Banking Sector Activity
01/06/2001 Japan To Tackle Tax Evasion With Taxpayer Numbering System
01/06/2001 US Ponders The Future For FATF, OECD Campaigns
31/05/2001 Midi Malta Development Project Launches New, Informative Website
31/05/2001 Cyprus Parties Fight It Out To Dominate House Of Representatives
30/05/2001 Monaco Takes Tough Stance On Currency Converters
30/05/2001 Gibraltar An Ideal Location For Business Says Newcastle United
30/05/2001 Australian Treasurer Pledges No More Tax Hikes But GST Remains
30/05/2001 EU Commission President Wants Taxation Power For Brussels
29/05/2001 New Zealand Budget Fails To Deliver On Company Tax Cuts
29/05/2001 Cyprus Election Result Requires Coalition Government
29/05/2001 Panamanian Statistics Give Hope For Future
29/05/2001 Hong Kong Telcos Promise Profits - Next Year!
28/05/2001 US Congress Finally Agrees Tax-Cutting Compromise
28/05/2001 Malta: Finance Minister Says Union's Call For Higher Wages Will Result In Higher Taxes
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 The British Treasury Is Right (For Once) In Opposing The EU's VAT Proposals
25/05/2001 Jersey Raises The Drawbridge Against Anti-Globalisation Protesters
24/05/2001 Ireland's Minister For Public Enterprise Announces New Communications And E-Commerce Action Plan
24/05/2001 Bermuda Government Gives Business 'Cause For Concern'
24/05/2001 IMF Praises Mauritius For 'Remedial Fiscal Actions'
24/05/2001 International Awards Instituted In OECD/Offshore Imbroglio
24/05/2001 Hague's Tax Ogre Unmasked As His Only Friend In Brussels
23/05/2001 Bahamas Positioned To Become Market Leader In Global Financial Services
23/05/2001 Policy Reversal For Denmark As Government Forced To Consider Income Tax Rate Cuts
23/05/2001 IMF Praises Swiss Economic Management, Moots Further Rate Cuts
23/05/2001 Monaco Growing Despite Attacks By France And The OECD
22/05/2001 Gibraltar Plans Referendum On Self-Determination
22/05/2001 Gibraltar Leader Compliments Crown Resources
22/05/2001 Israeli Government's Tax Plans Under Fire
22/05/2001 Euro Could Be In Trouble Under Berlusconi's Planned Tax Reforms
22/05/2001 Ireland's Tánaiste Unveils Continued Investment In High-Tech Companies
22/05/2001 OECD Report On Ireland Contradicts EU's Critical Assessment
22/05/2001 The WTO Defers Ruling On FSC Dispute
21/05/2001 Small Business Lobby Repeats Call For End To America's Death Tax
21/05/2001 Luxembourg Premier Outlines Tax Reform, Underlines Commitment To Banking Secrecy
21/05/2001 Barbados Government Approves Small Business Support Measures
21/05/2001 Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill Wants To Abolish Corporation Tax
21/05/2001 O'Neill v the OECD: It's Only Round One
21/05/2001 Hong Kong Send Major Trade Delegation To Western China
18/05/2001 French Get Agitated Over US 'Re-Evaluation' Of OECD Campaign
18/05/2001 No Assets Frozen In Bermuda Say Pinochet Lawyers
18/05/2001 South African Government Has Capital Gains Tax In Sight
18/05/2001 Congress May Stop IRS Taxing Employees' Private Use Of Internet
18/05/2001 Ireland's Ambassador To Japan Explains Irish Success
18/05/2001 Jordan's King Abdullah Inaugurates Aqaba Free Zone
17/05/2001 Bermuda Freezes Dictator Augusto Pinochet's Assets
17/05/2001 Turks And Caicos Mulls Immigration Issues
17/05/2001 Financial Secretary Says Hong Kong Will Be Top International Financial Centre
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 The Bahamas Will Preserve Its No-Tax Regime
16/05/2001 CFP Encourages Offshore Jurisdictions To Fight On Against OECD
16/05/2001 Cyprus External Investment Rose In 2000
15/05/2001 Australian Treasurer Vows A$5bn Tax Cuts In Next Week's Budget
15/05/2001 South African Companies Continue To Favour Isle Of Man For Foreign Investment
15/05/2001 Swiss Banking Secrecy Rules Hang In The Balance As EU Negotiations Loom
15/05/2001 Slovak Government Announces Major Tax Cuts
15/05/2001 European Think Tank Recommends International Tax Privacy Code
14/05/2001 Greece's NovaBank Mulls Cyprus Entry
14/05/2001 Costa Rican Government Launches Manual To Assist Potential Businesses
14/05/2001 New Global Dragon Brand For Hong Kong
14/05/2001 Diplomatic Relations Officially Established Between Barbados And Ireland
14/05/2001 UK Investment Managers' Association Urges UK Parties To Meet Investors' Needs
14/05/2001 Tax Cuts Will Lift Argentine Industries
14/05/2001 German Pension Reforms Are Too Feeble by Half
14/05/2001 Offshore Jurisdictions Respond Warmly To O'Neill Statement on OECD
11/05/2001 Cyprus: Societe Generale To Run Local Bank Alongside Offshore Operations
11/05/2001 UK's Political Parties Battle Over Tax As Election Campaign Gets Underway
11/05/2001 Portugal Faces Up To Fiscal Woes
11/05/2001 Isle Of Man Government Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
11/05/2001 Corporate Tax Payers Fare Well In Ontario's Budget
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 Bermuda Is One Of Richest Countries In The World Says World Bank
09/05/2001 Commissioner For Insurance Outlines Hong Kong's Advantages For Insurance Business
09/05/2001 Bermuda Forum To Examine Trends In Offshore Business
09/05/2001 Russia's New Tax Regime Tested As Disappointing Declarations Trickle In
09/05/2001 UK Opposition Leader Puts Tax Cuts At Fore Of Election Campaign
09/05/2001 Greece Would Veto EU Enlargement Without Cyprus
09/05/2001 Chinese President Confirms Support For Separate Hong Kong
08/05/2001 Aruba's Businesses To Benefit From New Commerce and Finance Park
08/05/2001 Cyprus President Lauds New Distribution Centre
08/05/2001 Frits Bolkestein Won't Let The Belgians Increase EU Taxation
08/05/2001 No Support For Global Protesters In Hong Kong
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 Standard Bank Extends Into Asia, Acquires Jardine Fleming's Hong Kong Operation
07/05/2001 Belgian Finance Minister Wants European Union To Levy Direct Taxes
07/05/2001 Hong Kong Monetary Authority Will Maintain Currency Peg To The US Dollar
07/05/2001 US Senator Grassley Seeks Answers In Internet Sales Tax Debate
07/05/2001 Costa Rica And Panama Are Prime Markets For E-Business
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 Hong Kong's New Financial Secretary Pledges To Restructure Economy But There Will Be Few Tax Cuts
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 New Zealand Government Rejects Calls For Cuts In Company Tax Rate
03/05/2001 Guernsey Sacks Financial Services Commission As PR Agency
02/05/2001 Americans For Tax Reform Call For An End To Tax On Talking
02/05/2001 Bermuda: Bank Of Butterfield At Centre Of Investigation On New Business Charges
02/05/2001 8m Euros Of EU Funds Available To Gibraltar Businesses
02/05/2001 Joint Congressional Committee Agrees $1.35 Trillion Tax Cuts
01/05/2001 New Laws Have Positive Effect On Bahamas' Banking Industry
01/05/2001 Antigua Senate Passes New And Improved Anti-Money Laundering Law
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 FATF To Visit Cayman Islands
30/04/2001 UK's Conservatives Criticise Clare Short's Taste In Tax
30/04/2001 International Monetary Fund Visits Antigua For Tax Talks
30/04/2001 St Vincent & Grenadines Government Appoints New Offshore Finance Authority Board
30/04/2001 US Fails To Support OECD At G7 Summit
27/04/2001 Cyprus Survey Shows Astounding Lack Of Faith In Politicians On Stock Exchange Issues
27/04/2001 EU Commissioner Warns Against Complacency In Developing Irish Telecoms Infrastructure
27/04/2001 Costa Rican President In Silicon Valley, Touts For IT Investment Opportunities
27/04/2001 Britain's Higher Taxes Rack Up Giant Treasury Surplus
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 Ratings Firm A M Best Names Bermuda As Top Captives Domicile
26/04/2001 UK Government Decides To Scrap Extra Tax On Businesses
26/04/2001 US Treasury Lists Beneficiaries Of Bush Tax Cuts
26/04/2001 Is Ireland In The EU Or The Americas?
25/04/2001 8th Malaysia Plan Heralds Major Tax Reform Programme
25/04/2001 Bermuda's Bank Of Butterfield Reports Quarterly Net Income Up 50%
25/04/2001 No-One Is Checking Suspicious Activity At US Securities Firms
25/04/2001 Anguilla's Financial Services Industry Body Announces New Management Line-Up
24/04/2001 Costa Rica: Banking Reform Bill Comes Under Fire From Ex-Central Bank Chief
24/04/2001 Gibraltar's BMI Group Launches New Property Website
24/04/2001 Caribbean Leaders Urge Bush To Withdraw OECD Support
24/04/2001 Bidding War In Prospect For Eircom
23/04/2001 Vanuatu's New Government Sworn In
23/04/2001 Good Financial News For The Cayman Islands
23/04/2001 Asian Development Bank Forecasts Two-Year Outlook For Hong Kong Economy
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 Cook Islands' PM Commends Bank Of Bermuda
20/04/2001 Gibraltar Government Consults Industry On Tax Changes
20/04/2001 Seychelles Announces New Association Of Offshore Practitioners And Registered Agents
20/04/2001 Bermuda's Bank Of Butterfield Will Be Exempt From 60/40 Rule
20/04/2001 US Vice President Promotes R&D, Proposes Permanent Ban On Internet Access Taxes
20/04/2001 As DBS Acquires Dao Heng Bank, Hong Kong Speculates On The Future Of Its Banking Sector
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 Bahamas Supreme Court Judge Says Securities Commission Is Powerless To Liquidate IBCs
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 Technical Glitch Delays Labuan Financial Exchange's First Listing
18/04/2001 Bahamas Seminar Discusses OECD Blacklisting Impact
18/04/2001 Ireland Gets Financial Services Regulatory Body
17/04/2001 IRS In Losing Battle Against Internet Tax Fraudsters
17/04/2001 Lib Dems Attack Tories' Election Tax Plans
16/04/2001 US Pressure Mounts On O'Neill To Dump OECD
16/04/2001 Russia Buys Back Pavel Borodin From The Swiss
16/04/2001 British High Commissioner Supports Cyprus EU Entry
16/04/2001 Maltese Central Bank Report Highlights Trade Deficit
16/04/2001 Cammell Laird Gibraltar Subsidiary To Continue Trading
16/04/2001 Hong Kong Monetary Authority Executive Outlines Way Forward For Banking Sector
13/04/2001 Keith Vaz Faces Criticism Over Failure To Address Gibraltar Issues
13/04/2001 Australian Tax Office Cracks Down On Tax Minimisation Schemes
13/04/2001 Future Of Vanuatu PM Still Hangs In The Balance
13/04/2001 Cook Islands PM Delivers Budget Policy Statement
12/04/2001 Panama Conference To Focus On Increased Foreign Trade As A Means Of Lifting The Economy
12/04/2001 Gibraltar, Guernsey And Jersey To Meet On OECD Tax Threat
12/04/2001 Dubai Calls On Human Resource Group To Bring In Much-Needed Skilled Workers
11/04/2001 Liechtenstein Swears In New Government
11/04/2001 New Economic Sector Proposed In The Bahamas
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 Costa Rica: Central Bank Chief Outlines Plans For Attracting Foreign Investment
10/04/2001 British Government Acknowledges And Praises Bahamas' New Financial Architecture
10/04/2001 Non-OECD Solidarity Encouraging Says Cook Islands' PM But Raises Concerns Over Media Confusion
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 Russia To Tax Controlled Foreign Companies
09/04/2001 Cayman Island Task Force Debates Local Business License Legislation
06/04/2001 Hong Kong's Corporate Environment Attracts UK Software Company
06/04/2001 Australia's New Multinational Tax Law Could Spell Disaster For Local Businesses
06/04/2001 UAE's Free Zones Expected To Play Key Role in Diversification Of The Economy
06/04/2001 US Senate Prepares To Extend Internet Tax Moratorium
06/04/2001 Republicans Struggle To Overturn Senate Tax Vote
05/04/2001 UK Chancellor's Faux Pas Over Abolition Of Homebuyers' Stamp Duty
05/04/2001 Controversial Goods And Services Tax Could Be Responsible For Australia's Economic Decline
04/04/2001 New Energy Tax Is Bad News For UK's Smaller Companies
04/04/2001 Bermuda To Host Captives Conference
04/04/2001 Bahamas Banking Sector Moves Away From Shell Banks
04/04/2001 European Think Tank Criticises OECD For 'Unfair Tax Competition' Initiative
04/04/2001 Labuan's Banks Doubled Their Profits In 2000
03/04/2001 Nauru President's Downfall Linked To Money Laundering Claims
03/04/2001 Maltese Government Proceeds With Plans For World Trade Centre
03/04/2001 Citibank Launches New Global Corporate And Investment Banking Office In The Bahamas
03/04/2001 US Senators Introduce 'New Economy Tax Fairness Act' For Internet Sales
02/04/2001 IR35 Judgement Due Today
02/04/2001 New Deputy Treasury Secretary To Pursue America's Tax Cheats
02/04/2001 Foreign Direct Investment In Hong Kong Topped $64bn In 2000
02/04/2001 Bahamas Minister Speaks Of WTO Ambitions
02/04/2001 Iranian Government Decides Not To Give Up On Free Trade Zones
02/04/2001 Short Pre-Election UK Finance Bill Published
02/04/2001 The President's Tax Cuts Progress Through Congress
30/03/2001 Antigua Ambassador Calls For Measures To Offset OECD Demands
30/03/2001 Cook Islands Considers Threat Of OECD Sanctions
30/03/2001 Clothier Report Could See A New Government System In Jersey By 2002
29/03/2001 Attorneys General Convene In Cayman Islands
29/03/2001 UAE's New Commercial Law Will Give Foreign Companies 70% Maximum Stake In Local Firms
29/03/2001 British Chambers Of Commerce Unveils Manifesto
29/03/2001 European Banking Federation Rejects Tax Proposal On Foreign Exchange Transactions
29/03/2001 US Group Attacks Qualified Intermediary Rules
29/03/2001 US Lower House Passes George Bush's Budget
29/03/2001 Ukrainian Finance Minister Announces Tax Collections Over Budget
28/03/2001 Bermuda's Businesses Install Anti-Money Laundering Programmes
28/03/2001 UK Parliament Considers Amendments To Double Taxation Regime
28/03/2001 Six Alpine Countries Agree On Enhanced Cross Border Cooperation To Fight Money Laundering
28/03/2001 US Pressure On OECD Intensifies
28/03/2001 Mladjan Mines Missing Milosevic Millions
27/03/2001 IMF Reviews Grenada Economy
27/03/2001 Isle Of Man Continues To Promote E-Commerce Opportunities To International Community
27/03/2001 The ICAEW Presents Its First Manifesto For The General Election'
27/03/2001 Switzerland: From Heidi-Land To High-Tech Land
27/03/2001 Argentine Congress Approves Emergency Economic Plan
26/03/2001 US Telecoms Firm Terayon Sets Up Regional HQ In Hong Kong
26/03/2001 Australian Government Delays Certain Business Tax Reforms Until 2002
26/03/2001 Malta Calls For Strategic Partner For E-Government
26/03/2001 Antigua & Barbuda: Prime Minister Unveils Budget For A Fiscally-Challenged Government
26/03/2001 In Stockholm, Spain And The UK Agree To Re-Open Gibraltar Sovereignty Talks
23/03/2001 Tories Would Seal Election Victory With Tax Cuts For UK's Middle-Income Earners.....Eventually
23/03/2001 Irish Internet Penetration Rate Half That Of Sweden
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 UK's Banks Could Face Tax On Small Business Profits
22/03/2001 Why Don't More Of The French Rebel Against High Taxes?
22/03/2001 Congress Continues Tax Planning But No Resolution In Sight
21/03/2001 UK Government Set To Scrap Plans For Additional Tax On Businesses
21/03/2001 Report Urges Manx Government To Seek 'Specialist Advice' On International Law When Tackling Multilaterals' Initiatives
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 Bermuda Team Attends Largest Ever Captive Insurance Conference
20/03/2001 New Cook Islands Bank Ignores Asian Development Bank's Recommendation
19/03/2001 Fears For Vanuatu's Anti-Money Laundering Efforts As Influential Lawyer Is Axed
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 Cayman's Economic Slide Prompts Expat Departures
16/03/2001 Belgium Proposes Tax On Savings To Finance European Union
15/03/2001 Former US Speaker Gingrich Backs Ireland In Fiscal Dispute With Brussels
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 Hong Kong Monetary Authority Refuses To Cap Bank Fees And Charges
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 South Africa's Finance Minister To Close Banks' Tax Loophole
14/03/2001 American Tax Protesters Plan Washington March On April 9th
13/03/2001 US Tax Groups Urge Treasury Secretary O'Neill To Simplify Tax Laws
13/03/2001 US Senate Report Ties Bermuda Banks To Drug And Terrorist Money
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 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 US House of Representatives Passes Tax-Cutting Bill
09/03/2001 US Treasury Will Not Act On Shell Banks In Immediate Future
09/03/2001 Bermuda: Six-Year Work Permit Limits Set
08/03/2001 UK Chancellor Presents Pre-Election Budget
08/03/2001 Manx Budget Prompts Jersey To Consider Tax Review
08/03/2001 Ireland's Corporate Attractions Lure Another US Company
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 EU Exempts Eurobond 'Tap' Issues From Savings Tax Directive Until March 2002
06/03/2001 UK's Proceeds Of Crime Bill Will Create National Confiscation Agency
06/03/2001 Will The UK Budget Reverse The Trend To Increased Corporate Taxation?
06/03/2001 Swiss Say Non! and Nein! To Europe
06/03/2001 Secretary-General Defends OECD Against Accusations Of Offshore Bullying
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 Dubai Internet Forum Emphasises Importance Of Globalisation
05/03/2001 Hong Kong's New Financial Secretary Dismisses Fears Over Competition From Shanghai
02/03/2001 Opposition Confirms Gibraltar Is Excluded From OECD Meeting In March 2001
02/03/2001 UK Chancellor Confirms £1bn Tax Break For Disadvantaged Areas
02/03/2001 BAT Threatens To Leave The UK If Brown Maintains Tax Attack
02/03/2001 Swiss President Responds To EU As Possible Savings Tax Solution Is Mooted
01/03/2001 Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Expected To Unveil Cautious Last Budget
01/03/2001 President Bush Sends His Budget Proposals To Congress
01/03/2001 As EU Presidency Looms Belgium Will Press For More Tax Harmonisation
01/03/2001 US Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearings On Role of Correspondent Banking In Money Laundering
01/03/2001 Taxing Rich Nations Will Lessen Global Poverty Gap Says Malaysia Leader
01/03/2001 Bahrain Tackles Money Laundering
28/02/2001 President Bush's Pre-Budget Address To Congress
28/02/2001 Swiss Finance Minister Plans Tax Amnesty
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
28/02/2001 Gibraltar: Blanket Of Silence Over OECD Plans
27/02/2001 Ladbrokes May Write Off £5 Million To Leave Gibraltar And Return To The UK
27/02/2001 'Harmful Tax Competition' Task Force To Meet In Paris
27/02/2001 Singapore's Generous Budget Cuts Corporate And Income Tax
27/02/2001 India's IT Companies Plead For Tax Cuts As Budget Looms
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 Cayman Islands Economy Under Review
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
23/02/2001 A Tale Of Two Revenues
23/02/2001 Government Defends Hong Kong In Face Of Poor Business Ranking
22/02/2001 Swiss Bankers Association Issues Statement Against Joining the EU
22/02/2001 Swiss React Angrily To French Money-Laundering Report
22/02/2001 Isle of Man Treasury Minister Slashes Personal And Corporate Income Tax Rates
21/02/2001 Democrat Rep. Major Robert Owens Argues For Caribbean Against OECD
21/02/2001 Ireland Reforms Its Financial Regulation - Or Does It?
20/02/2001 Cyprus Interest Rates Unlikely To Fall
20/02/2001 Indian Think Tank Backs 10% Corporate Tax Cut
19/02/2001 American Right Intensifies Its Campaign Against The OECD
19/02/2001 Caribbean Telecoms Future Unclear As Cable & Wireless Pulls Out Of St Lucia
16/02/2001 Congressional Leaders Spend The Day Grandstanding On Tax-Cut Issues
16/02/2001 Malta's Banks Must Compete With Foreign Players, Says Bank of Valletta Chief
15/02/2001 Barbados Telecoms Sector On Its Way To Liberalisation
15/02/2001 Bookmakers Set To Abandon Offshore For The UK If The (Tax) Price Is Right
15/02/2001 Russian President Vows To Keep 13% Tax Rate
15/02/2001 Letter In OECD Row Not Written By Hilary Clinton
15/02/2001 Swiss Will Not Budge On Banking Secrecy Says Economics Minister
15/02/2001 Slowdown In China's Export Growth Due To Tax Fraud
14/02/2001 OECD To Remove Isle Of Man From Blacklist
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 Overseas Territories Respond To UK Government's Report
13/02/2001 Anguilla Comments On Its Response To The UK Government's Offshore Territories Report
13/02/2001 Ireland Receives Expected EU Reprimand
13/02/2001 FATF Delivers Another Blow To The Bahamas
13/02/2001 Invest Hong Kong's New Information Centre Now Online
12/02/2001 Cayman Islands Government Is Confident Of FATF Blacklist Removal
12/02/2001 Hong Kong Official Calls For More Efficient Anti-Money Laundering Laws To Avoid FATF Blacklist
12/02/2001 OCC Head Outlines Need For Close Supervision In Electronic Banking Sector
12/02/2001 Former US First Lady Backs Caribbean In OECD Fight
12/02/2001 Residency For 1000 Permit Holders In Cayman Islands Could Create Billion In Spending
09/02/2001 Hong Kong Could Say Goodbye To US Dollar And Peg Currency With China
09/02/2001 Bank Of New York Wins Custody Of Bermuda Funds
09/02/2001 Bermuda Monetary Authority Says Island Will Not Be Cowed By International Bodies
08/02/2001 Yesterday Was Tax-Cutting Day For The US Administration
08/02/2001 Panama: New AMCHAM President Upbeat On Economy
08/02/2001 The Bahamas Braces Itself As International Business Companies Pull Out
08/02/2001 Eircom, Innovatia Team Up To Get Irish Government Services Online
08/02/2001 Bermuda: Work Permits On The Rise
07/02/2001 President Bush Says Retroactive US Tax Plans Will Boost Economy
07/02/2001 China's E-Commerce Tax Remains A Distant Prospect
07/02/2001 UK Parliamentary Committee And Professional Contractors Group Attack Treasury Over IR35
07/02/2001 UK's Tories Pledge To Abolish Tax On Savings And Dividends For 90% of Britons
07/02/2001 Niue Appeals To George W Bush Over Banking Embargo
07/02/2001 Government Is Going Ahead With 'Radical Tax Changes' To Help Gibraltar Finance Centre
06/02/2001 Poor Performance Standards Sees ING Barings Dropped By Bank Of Bermuda
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 Hong Kong Companies Registry Goes Online
05/02/2001 OECD Working Group Reports On Characterisation Of E-Commerce Payments
05/02/2001 China: Foreigners Boost Revenue's Coffers
05/02/2001 Irish Finance Minister Faces Renewed Pressure From EU and European Central Bank Over Tax Cuts
02/02/2001 Economists Predict UK Surplus Of £16bn For This Year
02/02/2001 OECD Believes That Bush Administration Supports Its Anti-Offshore Initiative
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 OECD And Offshore Task Force Members Failed To Agree In London Talks
01/02/2001 Isle Of Man: Private Sector E-Commerce Committee Meets For The First Time
01/02/2001 Antigua & Barbuda Is Cleaning-Up Its Offshore Sector
01/02/2001 US Internet Hosting Giant Expands Dublin Headquarters
01/02/2001 Cyprus: Number Of IBCs Reaches All Time High
31/01/2001 Gibraltar Minister Heads Delegation To OECD Paris Meeting
30/01/2001 Cook Islands: Offshore Industry Hopes Pinned On London Forum
30/01/2001 New IASB Under Sir David Tweedie May Harmonise International Standards
29/01/2001 Jersey Financial Services Commission Urges Due Diligence Over 'Public Figure' Account Holders
29/01/2001 Frits Bolkestein Regrets EU Failure To Agree On Environmental Tax Exemptions
29/01/2001 Australian Government To Tackle Complex Tax Forms
29/01/2001 Study Says Ireland Ahead In 'New Economy' In Europe
29/01/2001 IMF Backs Up South African Government's Capital Gains Tax Plans
26/01/2001 Alan Greenspan Gives Measured Support To Tax Cuts
26/01/2001 Bahamas' Banks To Get On-Site Inspections
26/01/2001 The Financial Services Authority Reveals Its New Money-Laundering Role
26/01/2001 FATF To Discuss Latest Report On Money Laundering
26/01/2001 Bermuda: Number Of Exempt Firms Incorporated Soars By 40 Percent
26/01/2001 Unisys And AGEC Team To Fight Money Laundering
25/01/2001 EU Tax Experts Review Progress Towards VAT On E-Commerce
25/01/2001 EU Commission Recommends Changes To Irish Budget
25/01/2001 Offshore Jurisdictions Warned In Advance Of London OECD Task Force Meeting
25/01/2001 Cook Islands Offshore Banking Industry Gives Prime Minister Full Support In OECD Stance
25/01/2001 EIU Reports On Mauritius Government's Economic Strategy
25/01/2001 Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Advises Banks Against Promoting Confidentiality
25/01/2001 Cook Islands Gets New Banking Institution
24/01/2001 Bermuda Trust Company Launches Online Guide
24/01/2001 Bush Administration's Tax Plans Go Before Congress, Supported By Democrat Senator
24/01/2001 Hong Kong Monetary Authority Grants Licence To Royal Bank Of Scotland
24/01/2001 The Future Of The Finance Centre
23/01/2001 Bermuda London Presentation Focuses On New Financial Instruments
23/01/2001 IR35 Starts To Drive British Consultants Abroad
23/01/2001 Bermuda's Financial Planning Association Joins International CFP Council
23/01/2001 Billionaire Marc Rich Is Off The Hook For Tax Evasion And Racketeering After 15 Years
23/01/2001 Reinsurance Company Sees Bermuda As Potential Base
22/01/2001 Outgoing US Administration Issues Money-Laundering Guidance
22/01/2001 Switzerland's Private Bankers Defy European Union Over Secrecy Rules
22/01/2001 Cook Islands Condemns OECD Tactics, Takes Up Seat On International Taxation Task Force
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'
19/01/2001 Pavel Borodin Arrested In US On Swiss Extradition Warrant
18/01/2001 Paul O'Neill, Treasury-Secretary Designate, Says Tax Cuts Won't Give Immediate Help To Economy
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 Cyprus: Politicians Mull Delay To Tax Reforms
17/01/2001 Mauritian PM Commences India Trip To Strengthen IT and Business Links
17/01/2001 Erosion Of Banking Secrecy In The Bahamas
17/01/2001 Cyprus: New SEC Bill Continues To Provoke Opposition
17/01/2001 US Republican Leader Calls For Capital Gains Tax Rate Cut
17/01/2001 £30 Million Price Tag For Gibraltar Betting Licence
16/01/2001 Sweden To Focus On Swiss Reluctance To Embrace EU Tax Plans
16/01/2001 New Zealand Employers And Manufacturers Favour Tax Cuts
16/01/2001 UK Denies Rumours Of Tax On Betting Profits As Offshore Bookmakers Mull Forthcoming Budget
16/01/2001 Bermuda Investment Advisory Service Approved By IRS
16/01/2001 Cayman Islands Urge Tax Havens To Stick Together
15/01/2001 Australian Government Slow To Legislate For New Corporate Tax Regime
15/01/2001 Bermuda: Chamber Of Commerce Head To Clarify Payroll Tax Comments
12/01/2001 The Bahamas Achieves Qualified Jurisdiction Status
12/01/2001 Anson Chan Resigns From Hong Kong Administration
12/01/2001 Royal Bank Of Canada To Leave Isle Of Man
11/01/2001 Russia's Changing Tax Scene
11/01/2001 The Inland Revenue To Pension Off Its Lovable Hector
11/01/2001 Bank of China Bids For Top Position In SAR
11/01/2001 National Irish Bank Gets Into Hot Water Over 'Tax-Free' Investment Polices
11/01/2001 Centre For Freedom And Prosperity Reports On Barbados Triumph
11/01/2001 South Africa Chamber Of Business Calls For Capital Gains Tax Abolition
11/01/2001 Cyprus' Tax Reform Plans Provoke Initial Response
11/01/2001 Cayman Islands: Local Banks - Licensed In Whose Best Interest?
11/01/2001 Bermuda MP Opposes Payroll Tax Reduction Plans
10/01/2001 Barbados OECD Meeting Ends With Creation Of A Joint Task-Force To Discuss Reforms
10/01/2001 Foreign Investment In Russia Up In 2000
10/01/2001 Isle of Man: Chief Minister Rubbishes Nationalist Attack On 'Excellent' Jurisdiction
10/01/2001 New Cyprus Tax Reforms May Discard Defence Levy But VAT Could Be Up By 3 Per Cent
10/01/2001 Gibraltar: Offshore Bookies And Taxmen To Discuss Repatriation To Britain Of Gaming Firms
10/01/2001 Gibraltar To Ask Britain For Constitutional Change This Year
09/01/2001 OECD Barbados Meeting Begins After Weekend Of Lobbying
09/01/2001 Irish Prime Minister Makes Official Visit To Malta
08/01/2001 New Labour Eats Forbidden Fruit While OECD Crusades
08/01/2001 Antigua And Barbuda's Prime Minister Named "Man Of The Year"
08/01/2001 Gibraltar: Chief Minister Outlines Plan To Save Finance Centre
05/01/2001 US Team Visits Panama To Discuss Anti-Money Laundering Measures
05/01/2001 EU Commission Calls On Member States To Exercise 'Fiscal Discipline'
05/01/2001 Bahamas: Central Bank Governor Predicts Strong Economy In 2001
05/01/2001 Liechtenstein's Head Of State Says "Quite A Few Storms Swept Across Our Location For Financial Services" In 2000
05/01/2001 Mauritius To Become Free Trade Zone For IT Businesses
04/01/2001 Antigua Government Mulls Tax Changes To Combat
04/01/2001 Anti-Money Laundering Law Enforced In British Virgin Islands
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 Cayman Islands Likely To Be Removed From FATF Blacklist In June
02/01/2001 US Administration Labels Cyprus A 'Centre Of Money Laundering And Drug Trafficking'
01/01/2001 G7 Declaraton Threatens Offshore Banking Secrecy
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!

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