Real Estate Sector - Tax Fraud And Money Laundering Vulnerabilities

Real estate has long been the preferred choice of criminals for hiding ill-gotten gains, and manipulating property prices is one of the oldest known ways to transfer proceeds illegally between parties to a deal. Tax fraud schemes are often closely linked with these activities. The OECD surveyed 18 countries in mid-2006 to look at how widespread these illegal practices are within the real estate sector and explore possible ways to

Enabling Effective Exchange of Information: Availability and Reliability Standard ('JAHGA' report)

Exchange of information for tax purposes is effective when reliable and relevant information is available, and legal mechanisms enable the information to be obtained and exchanged. This paper concentrates on ensuring access to, and the availability of, reliable and foreseeably relevant information.

OECD Committees and Groups Database

This database presents the bodies (Committees, sub-committees, working parties, etc.) established by the Council. Some 40,000 senior officials from national administrations come to OECD committee meetings each year to request, review and contribute to work undertaken by the OECD secretariat.

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• Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Agreement between the Isle of Man and Australia for the exchange of information relating to tax matters

Agreement between the isle of man and australia for the exchange of information relating to tax matters

Guernsey signs tax information exchange agreement with the United Kingdom

Guernsey and the United Kingdom have today signed a bilateral agreement for exchange of information for tax purposes bringing to 10 the number of such agreements entered into by Guernsey.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND GUERNSEY FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO TAX MATTERS

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND GUERNSEY FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO TAX MATTERS

Tax and development

Why tax is important for development. Article by Jeffrey Owens, Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. Tax Justice Focus, Volume 4 no 4, January 2009.

Taxation: Vital to meeting today’s development challenges

On the face of it, taxation and domestic resource mobilisation might be low on the list of today’s priorities. Yet even in these difficult times, there are compelling reasons for putting tax at the top of the development agenda.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND LIECHTENSTEIN ON TAX

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND LIECHTENSTEIN ON TAX

About International Tax Dialogue (pdf)

The International Tax Dialogue (ITD) is an initiative to facilitate increased cooperation on tax matters among governments, international organisations and other key stakeholders. The ITD aims to facilitate dialogue to share good practices and pursue common objectives in improving the functioning of national tax systems. The European Commission (EC), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), International Monetary Fund (IMF),