As Dot-Coms Go Bust in the U.S., Bermuda Hosts a Little Boomlet

Steve Schear schear at lvcm.com
Wed Jan 10 10:32:12 PST 2001


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
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