As Dot-Coms Go Bust in the U.S., Bermuda Hosts a Little Boomlet
Steve Schear
schear at lvcm.com
Wed Jan 10 10:32:12 PST 2001
At 12:22 PM 1/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
>NY Times has a story today about the offshores being pressured
>by the big nations to curtail tax evasion and avoidance. The islands
>first resisted assaults on their sovereignty, but have agreed to
>do a study of the issue.
1 ) Tax Havens, Wealthy Nations Face Off
By REUTERS
BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) - The leader of Barbados, spearheading small nations´
fight against demands from developed countries to reform their offshore
financial centers to thwart international tax evasion, proposed on Tuesday
setting up a new working group to give all parties a voice in the
contentious issue.
Date: January 09, 2001
2 ) Parties Agree in Tax Haven Debate
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. MICHAEL, Barbados (AP) -- Leaders of a meeting between wealthy
countries seeking to halt tax evasion and small countries with lucrative
offshore banking industries said Tuesday that they had made headway toward
resol ving their differences.
Date: January 10, 2001
Source: AP | Section: World
3 ) Nations Agree to Task Force on ´Tax Havens´
By REUTERS
Representatives of wealthy nations and of Caribbean and other small nations
branded as "tax havens" agreed on Tuesday to set up a task force to devise
ways to reform offshore financial centers used by criminals and tax dodgers.
Date: January 10, 2001
Source: The New York Times | Section: World
steve
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