Today’s Top Stories from GFI: U.S. government shutdown delays automatic tax information sharing

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

    Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Video: French Finance Minister Pierre Mosvovici on Public Registries, Transparency Agenda Getting the Regulations Right: Oil in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo #FTCDar2013: Not in Dar? Here’s How You Can Still Participate #FTCDar2013 Preview: Why We’re Here  Why Are Extractive Industries Prone …

Today’s Top Stories from GFI: Russia’s offshore cash switches seas in search of a new tax haven

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  Wednesday, August 21, 2013 Interactions between Small- and Large-Scale Corruption in China Increasing [Amicable] Cooperation on Offshore Tax Evasion Income Inequality, Wealth, and Illicit Financial Flows in Asia Taxcast Episode 19: July 2013 Looking Forward: Poverty in 2015 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Communique Released Clips Tax …

Other News: Edward Snowden and Financial Speculation Taxes

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

     Edward Snowden and Financial Speculation Taxes   Dean Baker* – The Huffington Post   In the last few weeks Edward Snowden has been holed in Moscow’s airport trying to negotiate terms of asylum with various countries around the world. Thus far it doesn’t seem that Snowden has been …

Today’s Top Stories from GFI: How Canada’s banks help money move in and out of tax havens

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Why Developing Countries Should Care About The G8 Summit Taxcast Edition 17: May ’13 Statement From The Financial Transparency Coalition: G8 Leaders Fail To Reach Financial Transparency Agreement Tax Wars: EU Playing Catch-Up With US New EU Anti-Corruption Standards Increase Demands For Greater Transparency To …

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

  Friday, June 14, 2013 G8 Leaders Tackle Tax Havens And Global Inequality G8 Preview: Momentum Toward Public Registries For Beneficial Owners It’s Time Corporations Flew Old Glory Instead Of The Jolly Roger Tom Cardamone In The Huffington Post Canada: The Trouble With Tax Havens G8: It’s Time For Action …

Today’s Top Stories from GFI: GFI Calls on Obama, G8 to Require Public Registries of Corporate Owners, Curtail Illicit Flows

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

  Friday, June 14, 2013 G8 Leaders Tackle Tax Havens And Global Inequality G8 Preview: Momentum Toward Public Registries For Beneficial Owners It’s Time Corporations Flew Old Glory Instead Of The Jolly Roger Tom Cardamone In The Huffington Post Canada: The Trouble With Tax Havens G8: It’s Time For Action …

Today’s Top Stories from GFI: Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act Introduced in the US

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

What ICIJ’s Offshore investigation Can Teach the IRS We’re Not Broke Video: How Do Billion Dollar Corporations Cheat America Out of Tax Revenue? Just How Difficult and Costly is it to Set Up an Offshore Company? Video: Understanding Offshore Secrecy ICIJ’s Massive Investigation of Offshore Tax Havens, Shell Companies, and …

A scheme designed to net trillions from global tax havens is being scuppered

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance

Nicholas Shaxson – The Guardian Switzerland and other offshore specialists are doing their best to frustrate international transparency in taxation The world is seeing the first stirrings of an emerging new architecture of global transparency in taxation which could, if pushed forwards, help governments for the first time raise serious …

GFI Calls on G8 to Tackle Illicit Financial Flows at Camp David Summit

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance

Click for full press release Curtailing Illegal Capital Flight Will Ensure Food Security in Developing World; Make Good on L’Aquila Commitment May 17, 2012 WASHINGTON, DC – Global Financial Integrity (GFI) today called on leaders of the G8 to concretely tackle the issue of illicit financial flows and end tax haven …

G20 Commits to Addressing Illicit Financial Flows, Links Tax Haven Secrecy to Poverty

kristyReforming Global Finance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2011 G20 Commits to Addressing Illicit Financial Flows, Links Tax Haven Secrecy to Poverty More Needs to Be Done to Implement Automatic Exchange of Tax Information-GFI Summit Declaration Calls for More Work to Prevent Abuse of Corporate Vehicles WASHINGTON, DC – Global Financial Integrity (GFI) …