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Ataque a la soberanía fiscal

By Andrew Quinlan

October 21, 2013

The United States and other members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have engaged for years in a hypocritical campaign to punish low-tax jurisdictions for adopting policies designed to attract capital and boost their economies. Often […]

(English) FATCA: Exposing the IGA Bait-and-Switch

Treasury is acting without legitimate authority in pursuit of these IGA’s. So not only is it foolish for foreign governments to sign up, it is undermining the domestic political process. To add insult to injury, all of this international pain is resulting from Congressional aim at raising a pittance in tax revenues, a […]

La industria de banca offshore de Estados Unidos contraataca los AIG de FATCA

July 3, 2013, Representative Bill Posey (R-Florida) wrote a strongly worded letter to the new Treasury Secretary Jack Lew insisting that Treasury was exceeding its authority in negotiating IGAs. The letter goes on to say that the need for the IGA reflects deep flaws in FATCA itself and that the law “must be either substantially […]

Departamento del Tesoro de EE.UU.: Entra en vigencia el Acuerdo de Intercambio de Información Tributaria entre Estados Unidos y Panamá

4/18/2011 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the entry into force of a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with Panama. Signed November 30, 2010, and effective as of today, the TIEA represents implementation by both governments of their shared policy to improve their tax information exchange transparency networks globally.

The TIEA […]

La agenda radical de la OCDE

By Andrew Quinlan Brian Garst Published on Harbour Times May 9, 2013

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has tried numerous strategies to compel low-tax nations to raise tax rates and eliminate financial privacy, or to otherwise make their tax systems less attractive. Countries like Hong Kong have been bombarded with threats of […]

(English) Secrecy – Is it dead?

Por Derek Sambrook

The late British novelist Roald Dahl wrote: “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places”. He goes on to say that: “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find […]

El foro global de la OCDE

By Carlos Ernesto González Ramírez

Pubished on La Prensa

29/04/2013

NOTICES OF ILLEGALITY

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) consists of a group of developed nations, -other countries have no access unless they […]

(English) Jason Sharman replies to criticism on his paper “Panama’s Corporation System and Bearer Shares in Comparative Perspective”

Jason Sharman

The comments below respond to and seek to rebut criticisms made of my above-mentioned paper. Unfortunately the criticisms strongly give the impression that the reviewer has no interest in genuinely engaging with the argument and evidence presented (and hence the willful misinterpretations and evasions), but only wants to present the impression of having […]

(English) FATCA Must GO! And Here’s WHY…

By Andrew Quinlan, December 17, 2012

From CF&P’s Market Center Blog…

In the most comprehensive and detailed take-down I’ve yet seen of the Obama administration’s destructive FATCA law, Herman Bouma offers “11 Reasons Why FATCA Must Be Repealed.” Bouma is a Senior Tax Counsel at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, and an international […]

(English) Global Shell Games: Testing Money Launderers’ and Terrorist Financiers’ Access to Shell Companies

Centre for Governance and Public Policy

by Michael Findley, Daniel Nielson and Jason Sharman

For criminals moving large sums of dirty money internationally, there is no better device than an untraceable shell company. This paper reports the results of an experiment soliciting offers for these prohibited anonymous shell corporations. Our research team impersonated a variety […]