Links Nov 11

First secrecy jurisdiction media coverage of the Financial Secrecy Index 2013 Financial Secrecy Media Monitor
See also: Where Financial Secrecy Reins? El País (In Spanish) Hat tip: Jorge Gaggero, and Banks, not tax havens, leading financial secrecy drive RT, and Combating money laundering à la UK: tax evaders differ The Voice of Russia

Public to weigh in on beneficial ownership registry cayCompass
Cayman floats proposal for public register of beneficial owners of Cayman entities. Interesting (though trusts aren't entities). See also: Cayman Islands consultation on beneficial ownership registry: a chance to influence policy in a secrecy jurisdiction? Financial Secrecy Media Monitor

Cayman Joins OECD Convention On Tax Assistance Tax-News

Details of Cayman-UK automatic reporting agreement STEP

Trinidad & Tobago looks to redefine itself as premier destination for financial services Shared Services

Tracked down by the tax authorities, kings of diamond trading seek refuge in Switzerland Le Monde (In French)
Hat tip: Bruno Gurtner

Cyprus faces heat over tax treaty Business Standard
"India's action is a significant step for compliance with international transparency standards on exchange of information."

NRI setting up business in India? Watch out for transfer pricing The Times of India

Fighting against transfer pricing will be a violent war Vietnamnet

Cover for what? Eurodad / Both Ends
Eurodad partner Both Ends launches new report showing how the state-backed export credit agency of the Netherlands – Atradius Dutch State Business – supports financial transactions which regularly involve parties registered in tax havens.

French Assembly Passes Tax Evasion Bill Tax-News

Danish bank exposed for advising clients to stash money offshore ICIJ

De Gucht vs. Belgium Highlights Tax Haven at Heart of Europe The Wall Street Journal

Gibraltar Clears EC Probe Of Tax Regime Tax-News

Offshore centres optimistic about AIFMD outcome Financial News
"Offshore jurisdictions could stand to benefit from the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, despite initial concerns that the regulation for private equity and hedge funds could lead to a wave of “onshoring” of fund administration services."

Big Oil keeps up fight against disclosure of foreign government payments fuel fix

Canada: Senators Get Big Tax Break on Stock Options Income Canadians for Tax Fairness

GE-Sponsored "Territorial" Study Promotes Agenda of Tax Avoidance Citizens for Tax Justice

As Twitter Goes Public, Taxpayers Stand To Lose Billions On Tech Stocks ThinkProgress
See also: Senators urge end to U.S. corporate stock-option tax break Reuters

GAO Points to Problems with Corporate Tax Deferral Accounting Today

How can KPMG be a fund manager and an auditor? Tax Research UK