Tag: Common Reporting Standard

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Penguins hold millions in Australian banks: revealing trends from Australian and German banking statistics

By Andres Knobel ■ 14 December 2021 ■ 6 min READ
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Statistics on automatic exchange of banking information and the right to hold authorities (and banks) to account

By Andres Knobel ■ 21 June 2019 ■ 12 min READ
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The use of banking information to tackle corruption and money laundering: a low-hanging fruit the OECD refuses to harvest

By Andres Knobel ■ 30 April 2019 ■ 8 min READ
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The US can be blacklisted under the OECD’s new rules due to a forgotten commitment

By Andres Knobel ■ 12 December 2018 ■ 5 min READ
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Tax justice pushes forward at OECD’s Global Forum

By Andres Knobel ■ 5 December 2018 ■ 7 min READ
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The European Union, tax evasion and closing loopholes: new report

By Naomi Fowler ■ 15 October 2018 ■ 2 min READ
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Blacklist, whitewashed: How the OECD bent its rules to help tax haven USA

By Andres Knobel ■ 27 July 2018 ■ 6 min READ ■ 1 comments
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It’s time for countries to start publishing the data they’re collecting under OECD’s Common Reporting Standard

By Andres Knobel ■ 11 July 2018 ■ 5 min READ
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OECD rules vs CRS avoidance strategies: not bad, but short of teeth and too dependent on good faith

By Andres Knobel ■ 27 March 2018 ■ 5 min READ
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Now you see me, now you don’t: using citizenship and residency by investment to avoid automatic exchange of banking information

By Andres Knobel ■ 12 March 2018 ■ 3 min READ
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The great escape: how tax havens continue to undermine new transparency measures: guest post

By Naomi Fowler ■ 26 September 2017 ■ 4 min READ ■ 1 comments
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Worst fears realised? Jersey shares ‘old’ records of trusts and foundations

By Naomi Fowler ■ 28 June 2017 ■ 3 min READ
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Double-Layer Secrecy: add Lawyer Confidentiality to Banking Secrecy

By Andres Knobel ■ 12 June 2017 ■ 4 min READ
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Do Anti-Money Laundering requirements solve ‘fake residency’ concerns?

By Andres Knobel ■ 30 May 2017 ■ 5 min READ
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Faking residency: OECD’s Common Reporting Standard leaves the door wide open for fraud

By Andres Knobel ■ 23 May 2017 ■ 5 min READ ■ 4 comments
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New Report – Delivering a level playing field for offshore bank accounts

By George Turner ■ 10 March 2017 ■ 2 min READ
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Information exchange needs to go beyond tax

By George Turner ■ 20 January 2017 ■ 3 min READ
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Tax justice and public contracts, Brexit threats, criminal dodges and crackdowns in our January 2017 podcast

By Naomi Fowler ■ 19 January 2017 ■ 2 min READ
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Switzerland and information exchange: tweak, tweak and something will always remain

By Andres Knobel ■ 28 November 2016 ■ 4 min READ ■ 3 comments
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The OECD information exchange ‘dating game’

By Andres Knobel ■ 25 October 2016 ■ 4 min READ
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Switzerland seen backing down on supporting tax haven USA

By Nick Shaxson ■ 7 October 2016 ■ 2 min READ
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OECD threatens Bahamas with blacklisting, Bahamas wilts

By Nick Shaxson ■ 29 September 2016 ■ 4 min READ