10th Anniversary Meeting of the Global Forum: “International community has achieved unprecedented success fighting offshore tax evasion”
On 26-27 November, the 10th Anniversary Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) in Paris brought together more than 500 delegates from 131 member jurisdictions for renewed discussions on efforts to advance the tax transparency agenda. This was announced in a press release on the website of the OECD. From the press release: Ten years since the G20 declared the end of banking ...
OECD launches new handbook to strengthen tax administrations’ capacity to support the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
The OECD is encouraging tax administrations around the globe to step up their efforts to support the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing with the launch of a handbook intended to raise the awareness of tax examiners, auditors, and investigators of the important role they can play in combatting these crimes. This was announced in a press release dated 13 June 2019 of the OECD on the launch of ...
OECD and World Bank call for whole-of-government approach to combating tax evasion and corruption
Countries must step up work to ensure that tax authorities and anti-corruption authorities can effectively co-operate in the fight against tax evasion, bribery, and other forms of corruption, according to a joint OECD/World Bank report. This was announced in a press release dated 22 October 2018 as published on the website of the OECD. Drawing on the experiences of 67 countries, this study focuses on the legal, strategic, operational, and ...
OECD addresses the misuse of residence/citizenship by investment schemes
The revelations on 19 April 2018 from the "Daphne Project" on the Maltese residence and citizenship by investment schemes underline the crucial importance of the OECD's work to ensure that the integrity of the OECD/G20 Common Reporting Standard (CRS) is preserved and that any circumvention is detected and addressed, according to the OECD in a press release of 19 April 2018. Over the last months, the OECD has been taking ...