At 12:22 PM 1/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
NY Times has a story today about the offshores being pressured by the big nations to curtail tax evasion and avoidance. The islands first resisted assaults on their sovereignty, but have agreed to do a study of the issue.
1 ) Tax Havens, Wealthy Nations Face Off By REUTERS BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) - The leader of Barbados, spearheading small nations´ fight against demands from developed countries to reform their offshore financial centers to thwart international tax evasion, proposed on Tuesday setting up a new working group to give all parties a voice in the contentious issue. Date: January 09, 2001 2 ) Parties Agree in Tax Haven Debate By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. MICHAEL, Barbados (AP) -- Leaders of a meeting between wealthy countries seeking to halt tax evasion and small countries with lucrative offshore banking industries said Tuesday that they had made headway toward resol ving their differences. Date: January 10, 2001 Source: AP | Section: World 3 ) Nations Agree to Task Force on ´Tax Havens´ By REUTERS Representatives of wealthy nations and of Caribbean and other small nations branded as "tax havens" agreed on Tuesday to set up a task force to devise ways to reform offshore financial centers used by criminals and tax dodgers. Date: January 10, 2001 Source: The New York Times | Section: World steve