Will the UK backtrack on offshore public registers?

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Will the UK backtrack on offshore public registers?

Josh White
February 26 2020
Financial secrecy isn't what it used to be

Now that the UK has made its long-awaited exit from the EU, the Conservative government has the opportunity to reverse its commitment to public registers of beneficial ownership in crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Josh covers transfer pricing, BEPS, tax disputes and other direct tax matters for ITR’s audience. He covers a range of tax issues in these areas and how companies are dealing with them, as well as the influence of politics on tax developments.
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