21 Oct 2020 EU to Launch Legal Action Against Cyprus & Malta The European Commission will take legal action against Cyprus and Malta as a result of the problems faced by their citizenship by investment programs. Find out more! Read More
16 Oct 2020 Cyprus Suspends Its Citizenship by Investment Program Following the Al Jazeera documentary released earlier this week, the Cypriot government has decided to suspend its citizenship by investment scheme. Find out more here! Read More
07 Oct 2020 Latest Update to the EU’s Blacklist of Non-Cooperative Tax Jurisdictions Curious as to the latest changes to the EU's blacklist of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions? Some came as a shock to tax justice proponents. Find out more here! Read More
03 Jul 2020 11 Trillion Euros Disclosed as Part of OECD’s Automatic Exchange of Information in 2019 The OECD revealed earlier this week that its automatic exchange of information program or Common Reporting Standard disclosed in 2019 approximately 11 trillion Euros held in 84 million bank accounts in 100 participating nations. Find out more here! Read More
29 May 2020 EU Pushes Luxembourg to Strengthen Tax Evasion & AML Rules Luxembourg has been asked by the European Commission to look into its regulations on anti-money laundering and tax evasion. See what this is all about here! Read More
22 May 2020 DAC6 Reporting Deadlines to Be Deferred Due to COVID19 As a result of the ongoing pandemic, the European Commission will probably defer the reporting deadlines for the EU's DAC6 directive. Find out all the details here. Read More
20 Mar 2020 UK Bankers Slammed with Suspended Prison Sentences & Fines for German Cum-Ex Tax Scandal Two UK bankers were given suspended prison sentences with one receiving a 14 million Euro fine as a result of their roles in the cum-ex tax fraud scandal in Germany. Is this just the beginning? Find out more! Read More
04 Mar 2020 The UN Boosts Battle Against Tax Evasion, Money Laundering & Other Financial Crimes The UN launched this week its FACTI Panel, a project gathering world leaders to fight tax evasion, tax avoidance, money laundering & corruption. Learn all about this renewed effort here! Read More
28 Feb 2020 Automatic Exchange of Information, International Tax & Counter-Financial Terrorism: A Webinar Join us in late March for a webinar exploring automatic exchange of information, international taxation and counter-financial terrorism. Headlined by two academics at UWE Bristol, this should be a great introduction to this subject. Register here! Read More
19 Feb 2020 New Iteration of EU Blacklist Adds Cayman Islands, Panama & Others The latest iteration of the EU blacklist of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions is now out and a few countries have joined the fray. Find out who's been naughty here! Read More