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| − | A '''Tax haven''' is a place to avoid paying normal rates of [[tax]]. These are used by very wealthy individuals and large [[corporation]]s. In addition they serve to obfuscate or hide ownership. | + | A '''Tax haven''' is a place to avoid paying normal rates of [[tax]]. These are used by very wealthy individuals and large [[corporation]]s. In addition they serve to obfuscate or hide ownership.<ref>https://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/31/exhaustive_study_finds_global_elite_hiding saved at [http://web.archive.org/web/20200119080722/https://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/31/exhaustive_study_finds_global_elite_hiding Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/OAM5v Archive.is]</ref><ref>https://blog.ted.com/further-reading-and-citations-on-global-corruptions-hidden-leaders/ saved at [https://web.archive.org/web/20160227020319/http://blog.ted.com/further-reading-and-citations-on-global-corruptions-hidden-leaders Archive.org] saved at [http://archive.is/zfAZs Archive.is]</ref> |
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| Interest of | • Charmian Gooch • Lucy Komisar • Ali Bongo Ondimba • Alan Riley • Tax Justice Network |
A Tax haven is a place to avoid paying normal rates of tax. These are used by very wealthy individuals and large corporations. In addition they serve to obfuscate or hide ownership.[1][2]
Examples
| Page name | Description |
|---|---|
| Bermuda | British overseas territory. Tax haven famous for the Bermuda Triangle. |
| British Virgin Islands | Tax haven in the Caribbean |
| Cayman Islands | Tax haven in the Caribbean. |
| Delaware | Traditionally in the pocket of the Du Pont family; now also a general corporate tax haven. Home state of Joe Biden. |
| Freeport | |
| Mauritius | Island nation in the Indian Ocean. Now a tax haven. |
| Special economic zone | |
| The Bahamas |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:THE PRICE OF OFFSHORE REVISITED.pdf | paper | July 2012 | James S. Henry | Study on the "offshore" private banking market. |
| File:The Network of Global Corporate Control.pdf | paper | 26 October 2011 | Stefania Vitali James B. Glattfelder Stefano Battiston | Network analysis of the structure of global corporate interleaved ownerships and revenues. |
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