Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) issued the following statement on the settlement of the UBS John Doe summons.
The final documents from the US settlement with UBS.
The countries of Liechtenstein and the United Kingdom agreed to a tax information exchange treaty on August 11, 2009. Attached is the summary of the Agreement.
TREASURY DELIVERS UPDATED TAX GAP PLAN TO BAUCUS – Finance Chairman notes quick response, calls for greater attention to long?term.
On July 8, 2009 the US Treasury Department submitted a report to the US Senate Finance Committee on the issue of reducing the tax gap andimproving voluntary tax compliance.
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) released a new White Paper on International Development today entitled “Eliminating World Poverty: Building our Common Future.”
WASHINGTON — A former executive of Bennett Environmental Inc. (BEI), a Canadian-based company that treats and disposes of contaminated soil, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to pay kickbacks and commit fraud at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-designated Superfund site, Federal Creosote, located in Manville, N.J. The former executive also pleaded guilty to participating in a money laundering conspiracy and impeding a proceeding before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Justice announced today.
On June 30th, the US Department of Justice filed its legal brief in the UBS case in the Federal District Court in Miami. The filing came amid speculation that the Justice Department might be looking to settle the case with UBS, as a diplomatic gesture towards the Swiss.
The United Kingdom welcomes Jersey’s progress in signing Tax Information Exchange Agreements, which strengthen its reputation as a jurisdiction committed to good governance in tax matters. Noting that Jersey recently concluded its fourteenth agreement, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Timms, said:
Statement by Mr. Håkon Golbrandsen, the Norwegian State Secretary for International Development, at the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development in New York.
The UK Government has welcomed today’s announcement by the Isle of Man to improve the transparency of their tax regulations by announcing plans for the automatic exchange of information on savings interest with the UK and other EU Member States.
WASHINGTON–As part of the Obama Administration’s aggressive efforts to enforce U.S. tax laws and reduce offshore tax evasion, the U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the conclusion of negotiations with Switzerland to amend the U.S.-Switzerland income tax treaty to provide for increased tax information exchange. Official signing of the protocol is expected in the next few months.
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