NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES DO TAX HAVENS FLOURISH? James R. Hines Jr. Working Paper 10936 http://www.nber.org/papers/w10936 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 November 2004 I am indebted to Claudia Martinez for excellent research assistance‚ to her and to Rosanne Altshuler‚ Reuven Avi-Yonah‚ Daniel Mitchell‚ Joel Slemrod‚ and particularly James Poterba‚ for helpful comments on previous drafts of this paper.The views expressed herein are those of
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Swiss bank revealed India has more money than rest of the world This is so shocking.. ..If black money deposits was an Olympics event.. India would have won a gold medal hands down. The second best Russia has 4 times lesser deposit. U.S. is not even there in the counting in top five! India has more money in Swiss banks than all the other countries combined! Recently‚ due to international pressure‚ the Swiss government agreed to disclose the names of the account holders only if the respective
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and need to tackle the black money menace‚ and other related aspects What does the term Black Money mean? Black money means‚the money or income not declared for tax to the govt or relevant authorities‚ and hence the tax for which is not paid to the government. Thus‚ in simple words -black money is income on which tax is not paid and deliberately evaded.How black money is generated? Let us take the following two cases for example. 1. A person purchases a property or residential house.
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problems created by tax havens and non-cooperative jurisdiction for the United Kingdom (UK) experienced by Her Magistrate Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The discussion will also underpin the framework of tax evasion and avoidance analysing how companies and individual manipulate tax regimes for their own benefits. The discussions will then peer-review on the measures that have been taken by UK in cooperation with other countries to eradicate such activities. TASK 1 Tax havens and non-cooperate jurisdiction
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CORRUPTION IN INDIA Corruption is one of the biggest problems in India. In simple meaning corruption is to get a work done in a wrong way. Vary often we heard or read in newspaper about the subject. One by one new scandals come out. People in the business‚ politics‚ education‚ government employer everyone are taking bribe. They are not satisfied with the salary. They are of greedy kind of people. Recently‚ the government increased the salary of M.P.’s from rs.16‚000 to rs.50‚000‚that is 300% increase
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Indian Black Money Abroad In Secret Banks and Tax Havens Second Report Of The Task Force on the steps to be taken by India Members Shri Gurumurthy‚ Chartered Accountant‚ Chennai Shri Ajit Doval‚ former Director Intelligence Bureau‚ Delhi Prof R.Vaidyanathan‚ Professor of Finance Indian Institute of Management‚ Bangalore Shri Mahesh Jethmalani‚ Senior Advocate‚ Mumbai Submitted to BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 1 I. The First Interim Report The first Interim Report of the Task Force appointed
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and fabricated‚ and the total amount held in all Swiss banks by citizens of India is about US$2 billion.[2][3] In February 2012‚ the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation said that Indians have $500 billion of illegal funds in foreign tax havens‚ more than any other country.[4][5] In March 2012‚ the Government of India clarified in its parliament that the CBI Director’s statement on $500 billion of illegal money was an estimate based on a statement made to India’s Supreme Court in July
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Differences between Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion Tax avoidance is generally the legal exploitation of the tax regime to one’s own advantage‚ to attempt to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law whilst making a full disclosure of the material information to the tax authorities. Examples of tax avoidance involve using tax deductions‚ changing one’s business structure through incorporation or establishing an offshore company in a tax haven. By contrast tax evasion is the
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Transfer Pricing in Developing Countries An Introduction Topics 1. Abstract 2. International tax law & its sources 3. Brief history of International Tax Law 4. Who gets the pie? 5. Arm ’s length principle : Cornerstone of International Tax Law 6. Transfer pricing methods 7. Problems with of source taxation of MNE ’s 8. Internet & e-commerce : Achilles heel of current International taxation regime? 9. Formulary Apportionment (FA) 10. Existing uses of Formulary Apportionment systems in the world
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predecessors. The consistent theme of these regimes was to offer the carrot of contemporaneous documentation of transfer pricing methodologies (TPMs) to avoid the grasp of nondeductible penalties. These regimes spread extensively as tax authorities sought to protect their domestic tax base from erosion by MNEs. The cost of transfer pricing documentation‚ of course‚ increased with the additional requirements‚ whether done internally or externally. Congress reacted to the financial scandals
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