International Issues

**NCCT and FATF Typologies Report** The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has issued a release from its headquarters in Paris concerning its next Plenary, scheduled to be held on February … Read More

John W. Snow Secretary of the Treasury Treasury Secretary John Snow hosted a meeting of the G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on Friday, Feb. 6 and Saturday, Feb. … Read More

Dr. Daniel J. Mitchell of the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation will be the featured Guest Speaker at an upcoming conference in London on *”Tax Harmonisation Versus Tax Competition: Which Promotes … Read More

The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions has issued a warning about recent emails purportedly sent from U.S. government agencies. These email attempt to con the user into … Read More

The Corporation of London plans to open a Brussels office to lobby the EU directly on the development of legislation to create a single market in financial services – i.e. … Read More

A United Nations Ad Hoc Group of “Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters” supports the call for a new body covering international tax. At a recent meeting the group … Read More

The Bush Administration today announced that it will propose a 12.7% increase in the budget of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to further strengthen its hand in the financial … Read More

The Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) Act has been passed in The Bahamas Parliament, giving statutory effect to the TIEA signed with the United States in 2002. During debate in … Read More

**Final CIP Rule Guidance on Customer Identification Regulations** The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury has joined with the staff of the Board of … Read More

Horst Köhler, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, addressed the Special Summit of the Americas today in Monterrey, Mexico. The heads of state and government of the 34 democratic … Read More