EU eyes cooperation with tax havens

László Kovács, EU Taxation Commissioner announced on the 28 April 2009 that the European Commission is seeking new talks with Switzerland, Monaco, Andorra, Liechenstein and San Marino in an effort to include them in tax information-sharing and anti-fraud cooperation.

European Commission: Press Release: IP/09/650: Taxation and Good governance: The European Commission proposes actions to improve transparency, exchange of information and fair tax competition http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/650&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: COM (2009)201 http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/resources/documents/common/whats_new/COM(2009)201_en.pdf

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