International Tax Evasion in the Global Information Age

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) war on offshore tax evasion. The authors explain the new emerging regulatory regimes on the global exchange of information to combat offshore tax evasion and analyse why Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) is not a magic bullet solution. Chapters include coverage of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), AEOI and the Common Reporting Standards (CRS), and the unprecedented extra-territorial enforcement by the United States of its tax and reporting laws, including the FBAR provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act. These new legal regimes directly impact nearly all financial institutions and financial service providers in the U.S., U.K., EU, Canada, and each of the 132 member jurisdictions of the OECD's Global Forum, as well as 8 million U.S. expats. In light of The Panama Papers, this book offers a timely and valuable contribution on the prevalence and costs of international tax evasion for the global financial community, policy-makers, and practitioners alike.

Offers up-to-date legal and institutional overview of international tax cooperation in light of The Panama Papers

Explores whether TIEAs inhibit offshore tax evasion and other global financial crimes

Provides policy strategies for governments to deal a blow to international terrorism by cutting off their financial ties to secret bank accounts in tax havens

Contributes to both policy and academic debate surrounding cross-border tax information exchanges

Autorentext

David Kerzner, LL.M. (Tax) (NYU, USA), Ph.D. (Queen's University, Canada) practices international tax law in Toronto and New York. He is admitted to the bar in New York, Ontario, and as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales. His co-authored books include: The Tax Advisor's Guide to the Canada-U.S. Tax Treaty and The Manager's Guide to International Tax.

David W. Chodikoff is the National Tax Litigation Lead of Miller Thomson LLP, Canada. He has conducted more than 550 cases before the courts in Canada and has over 100 reported decisions. David is the editor and contributing author to six tax books. David is the recipient of numerous national and international awards.

Inhalt

Chapter 1) Introduction and the Problem of Offshore Tax Evasion.- Chapter 2) International Tax and the Roles of International Tax Policy and Tax Treaties.- Chapter 3) The OECD's War on Offshore Tax Evasion 19962014.- Chapter 4) International Tax Enforcement in Canada.- Chapter 5) International Tax Enforcement in the United States.- Chapter 6) The Role of Canada's Tax Information Exchange Agreements in the Fight against Offshore Tax Evasion.- Chapter 7) Article 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital.- Chapter 8) Automatic Exchange of Information.- Chapter 9) Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.- Chapter 10) International Collections Enforcement and Voluntary Disclosures.- Chapter 11: Conclusions and Recommendations.