Tax Haven
Best Practice | 11 Nov 16
Zero corporation tax does not ‘make’ a tax haven: EU ministers
Jurisdictions that offer zero rates of corporation tax, such as Jersey and Guernsey, may not automatically be considered tax havens, EU finance ministers have said.
Tax & Regulation | 8 Nov 16
UK fights to keep crown dependencies off EU tax haven blacklist
The UK government is fighting to keep Guernsey, Jersey and other British overseas territories off the EU’s planned blacklist of offshore tax havens.
French prosecutor pursues HSBC in €180bn tax fraud case
A French prosecutor has called for HSBC to stand trial for helping clients hide more than €180bn (£161.3bn, $199.8bn) in offshore tax havens from the country’s tax authorities, French news agency AFP has reported.
Isle of Man hits out at ‘political’ EU blacklist of tax havens
Isle of Man chief minister Allan Bell has questioned plans by the European Commission to create a blacklist of non-EU tax regimes, branding the move as more to do with the “internal politics of Brussels” than greater transparency.
Latin America | 8 Sep 16
Panama looks to draw a line under Mossack Fonseca data leak
Panama is planning to take action against those accusing it of being a tax haven, as the country continues its efforts to draw a line under the Panama Papers data leak that saw millions of documents stolen from law firm Mossack Fonseca.