TORONTO STAR: Proposed G7 tax rules are short-sighted and ill-conceived
The G7’s move to “standardise” corporate tax rates across the globe is short-sighted and may well have long term, detrimental (and unintended) side effects.
Transparency battles: It’s the UK and EU’s turn for a bloody nose
The UK may see itself as one of the self-appointed global anti-corruption, anti-money laundering aficionados, but to many, especially its own Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, it is nothing more than the playground bully and a champion of hypocrisy.
The EU’s blacklisting threat against smaller territories is undemocratic and brutal
The EU’s blacklisting threat against smaller countries or territories for not adhering to its unclear standards in the area of tax avoidance is undemocratic and brutal.