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UN expert calls on new boss to abolish tax havens
(CNS Business): The new United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, is being asked by one of the body’s human rights experts to call a world conference on tax avoidance and evasion, with the goal of abolishing all tax havens. The UN’s independent expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, […]
UN calls for greater global tax coherence
(CNS Business): Statistics released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Tuesday revealed considerable volatility in foreign direct investment flows in 2015, with investment flows to offshore financial centres retreating from a high of $132 billion in 2013 to $75 billion, in line with previous years. But the report noted that there […]
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