Harmful Tax Practices

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Vanuatu Makes Commitment and is Removed from OECD List of Unco-operative Tax Havens

20-May-2003

The OECD welcomes the commitment that Vanuatu has made to improve the transparency of its tax and regulatory systems and establish effective exchange of information for tax matters with OECD countries by 31 December 2005.

Time Magazine: Jeffrey Owens, Head of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration

03-Dec-2002

Article from Time Magazine, on Jeffrey Owens, Head fo the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, whom Time Magazine identified as one of the 10 most influential business people in Europe.

Communiqué from the OECD Global Forum Meeting of the Joint Ad Hoc Group on Accounts

28-Oct-2002

Strengthening the Offshore Defences against Economic Crime and Abuse

10-Sep-2002

Dr. William Witherell's remarks at the 20th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime focused on recent OECD activities aimed at strengthening the defences against international economic crime, particularly with respect to offshore financial centres.

The OECD List of Unco-operative Tax Havens - A statement by the Chair of the OECD's Committee on Fiscal Affairs

18-Apr-2002

The OECD has today published its list of uncooperative tax havens. The real success of the project so far is that we have received commitments from 31 jurisdictions to the OECD's principles of transparency and effective exchange of information.

Ending Tax Haven Abuse - Article by Seiichi Kondo, the Deputy Secretary General of the OECD

18-Apr-2002

Deputy Secretary General Kondo describes the OECD's efforts to end the abuse of tax havens through increased transparency and international co-operation.

Samoa Commits to Co-operate with OECD to Address Harmful Tax Practices

18-Apr-2002

The OECD is pleased to announce that Samoa has made a commitment to improve the transparency of its tax and regulatory systems and establish effective exchange of information for tax matters with OECD countries by 31 December 2005.

OECD Releases Model Agreement on Exchange of Information in Tax Matters

18-Apr-2002

The OECD releases model legal instrument that can be used to establish effective exchange of information in civil and criminal tax matters.

The OECD Issues The List of Unco-operative Tax Havens

18-Apr-2002

The OECD has issued the list of unco-operative tax havens that have not yet made commitments to the principles of effective exchange of information and transparency.

Panama Commits to Co-operate with OECD to Address Harmful Tax Practices

17-Apr-2002

The OECD is pleased to announce that Panama has made a commitment to improve the transparency of its tax and regulatory systems and establish effective exchange of information for tax matters with OECD countries by 31 December 2005.