Swiss counters impact of tax haven listing

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Series Details 4.4.09
Publication Date 04/04/2009
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An attack by Switzerland on the list that forms the basis of the Group of 20 summit’s (London, 2 April 2009) crackdown on tax evasion was batted away on the 3 April 2009 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which insisted Switzerland had not been stigmatised as a tax haven.

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OECD: Progress Report on the jurisdictions surveyed by the OECD Global Forum in Implementing the Internationally Agreed Tax Standard, April 2009 http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/38/14/42497950.pdf
BBC News, 3.4.09: OECD names and shames tax havens http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7980848.stm
Deutsche Welle, 3.4.09: Switzerland, Luxembourg criticize inclusion on tax haven list http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4149381,00.html
France24, 3.4.09: Switzerland rejects inclusion in OECD tax havens list http://www.france24.com/en/20090403-switzerland-oecd-tax-havens-list-grey-founding-member-g20

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