Tax Justice http://www.alliancesud.ch This section offers analysis and commentary on both international tax policy and Switzerland's international tax policy. daily 1 2009-07-24T13:27:49Z Rearming tax haven Switzerland? http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/tax_justice/rearming-tax-haven-switzerland A parliamentary motion is obliging the Swiss Government to look for new loopholes for foreign tax dodgers. Introducing trusts and front companies like those available in the UK and the USA should open up new opportunities for the Swiss financial centre. Home 2012-01-04T15:51:13Z Page Financial Secrecy Index 2011 http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/tax_justice/financial-secrecy-index-2011 Switzerland contributes more than any other country to international tax evasion and the concealment of other illicit financial transactions. That much emerges from the new Financial Secrecy Index put out by the international Tax Justice Network. The USA and the UK too come off rather badly. 2011-11-07T15:50:57Z Page Double taxation agreements: support for tax dodgers http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/tax_justice/support-for-tax-dodgers The new Swiss double taxation agreements with developing countries provide for international administrative assistance against tax evasion by individuals. They simultaneously limit the scope for partner countries to tax financial transfers by multinational corporations. 2011-10-20T12:49:54Z Page Tax dodging by multinationals: Zug tricks Ghana http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/tax_justice/tax-dodging-sabmiller Multinational corporations use accounting tricks to deprive developing countries of billions in tax revenues every year. Using the example of the beverage manufacturer SABMiller, a new report from the British NGO ActionAid shows how these tricks work and the ugly role played by Switzerland in the process – and how it undermines a Seco programme in Ghana. 2011-04-18T09:37:58Z Page Final withholding tax – a model for the South? http://www.alliancesud.ch/en/policy/tax_justice/final-withholding-tax-2013-a-model-for-the-south To circumvent the automatic exchange of information Switzerland plans to negotiate a final withholding tax with various industrialized countries. Could this also be a model for developing countries? Interview with Mark Herkenrath, a financial expert at Alliance Sud. 2011-04-18T09:37:45Z Page