The German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, will propose a plan “ten points” intended to fight against tax havens, including by establishing a “blacklist” single tax havens, reported on Sunday the German media.
the plan unveiled by the Handelsblatt business daily and the newspaper Die Welt, Mr Schäuble calls for each country introduce a register showing behind each front company, without wanting to ban them.
This type of measure is already decided within countries of the European Union, said Handelsblatt, but Schäuble hopes that “these national registries are systematically networked worldwide,” according the text of the plan called “Fight with determination tax evasion, tax evasion and money laundering.”
It also proposes to establish a “black list” which included unique international on countries that do not respect the rules on taxation.
It also proposes that NGOs and journalists have access to these registers, as well as the tax authorities.
German level, the plan envisages a near elimination of the requirement in cases of tax fraud “fraudsters should not be able to take refuge in the prescription,” the text
It also provides for penalties more. important for companies and banks at fault, “the sanctions imposed by the supervisory authorities (in Germany) will play soon a more important role,” warns the text, which envisages a much larger financial penalties
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“We need full transparency,” wrote Wolfgang Schäuble also in the Sunday edition of Bild.
Unveiled by the International Consortium of investigative journalists (ICIJ), which analyzed 11.5 million documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, the tax evasion scandal known as the “Panama papers” has caused shockwaves around the world.
He led several countries to launch investigations to identify the identity of the alleged fraud and the charges against them.
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