Time to abolish the tax havens

The Cyprus crisis has shone a spotlight on the special tax status of the island in the eurozone. That status, though, is not very different from that of other European countries, like Luxembourg or the Channel Islands: aberrations that should, pure and simply, be abolished.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Clamping down on tax evasion and avoidance: Commission presents the way forward http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-clamping-down-on-tax-evasion-and-avoidance-commission-presents-the-way-forward/

ESO: Background information: EU lawmakers divided on compulsory bail-ins for savers http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-lawmakers-divided-on-compulsory-bail-ins-for-savers/

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