Paying as little tax as possible, regardless of the social consequences, has for many become an acceptable way of doing business. This paper considers how financial systems allow practices such as ‘trade mispricing’ to continue
A report by Tax Justice Network: A brief explanation based on the work of tax expert Richard Murphy of why country-by-country (CbC) reporting could change the world.
Start Date: April 25, 2009 End Date: April 26, 2009 Location: Washington DC Organizer: IMF/World Bank
As we face up to the worst recession for decades, the OECD is working to help governments soften the impact of this crisis for those who will be worst hit and to lay the foundations of a stronger global economy for the generations to come.
Date: April 21, 2009 Location: World Bank, Washington, DC Description: Consultation Meeting on WB Policy on Disclosure of Information
Date: April 17, 2009 Location: World Bank, Washington, DC Description: Open Standards for Government Transformation: Enabling Transparency, Security and Interoperability (workshop)
A new report by the Task Force’s lead organization, Global Financial Integrity, entitled “Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2002-2006,” shows that the developing world is losing an increasing amount of money through illicit capital flight each year.
The OECD welcomes recent commitments to the internationally agreed tax standard on exchange of information made by Costa Rica, Malaysia, Philippines and Uruguay.
We face the greatest challenge to the world economy in modern times; a crisis which has deepened since we last met, which affects the lives of women, men, and children in every country, and which all countries must join together to resolve. A global crisis requires a global solution.
Issuing their first-ever communique at a G20 finance ministers’ meeting, Brazil, China, Russia and India have called for a bigger voice on international bodies -signalling their growing political resolve to influence global affairs.
We, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, met today to prepare for the Leaders’ London Summit. We agreed further action to restore global growth and support lending, and reforms to strengthen the global financial system.
A bill to ensure that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial owners of those corporations, in order to prevent wrongdoers from exploiting United States corporations for criminal gain, to assist law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, and other misconduct involving United States corporations, and for other purposes.
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