Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

The significant influence or control of the beneficial owner in the UK

The concept of beneficial ownership is confusing, e.g. because it is not only applying to owners. Beneficialownerology is a legal specialism practiced primarily by tax lawyers. That is not without reason, as the first beneficial owners have popped up in … Lees verder

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Is the UN doing something for the victims of FATCA? | Tax Report 2023

The OECD’s competitor on recommendations for taxation systems and exchange of tax information is the United Nations [1]. This organisation has a tax committee [2]. The latest UN tax document is the Tax Report 2023 [3] that is supposed to … Lees verder

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Extraterritorial Taxation: Is It All Our Fault? | FATCA

Michel wrote the article Extraterritorial Taxation: Is It All Our Fault? critisizing US policies, e.g.: Beyond U.S. funding for the OECD’s misguided initiatives, its proposals often build on the United States’ worst tax ideas (…) Historically, unilateral U.S. expansions of … Lees verder

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Data protection risks of international exchange of tax information between governments | CRS, FATCA

Though there were many major tax information data leaks, there is no discussion on the data protection aspects of international exchange of of tax information between governments, based on the Common Reporting Standard (‘CRS’). An example is the large Bulgarian … Lees verder

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Sharing of transaction monitoring information by PSPs in the PSR proposal | financial data access and payments package EU

Earlier, I wrote about the European financial data access and payments package. Part of that proposal is to allow payment service providers (PSPs), including banks, to share fraud-related information. The press release states: Combat and mitigate payment fraud, by enabling … Lees verder

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Challenging Public Private Surveillance Partnerships – Privacy International | AML, CFT

Privacy International (PI) wrote about a phenomenon also visible in crime fighting: the privatisation of public responsibilities. PI focuses on the use of private technology companies (nowadays banks also qualify as technology companies) through public-private partnerships (‘PPPs’) and announced: As … Lees verder

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Annullment of the Travel Rule Regulation | Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 (Wtr3)

Simon Lelieveldt announced [1] he is underway in the work of setting up a coordinated action to challenge the newest version of the European Travel Rule Regulation [2], also referred to as ‘Wire Transfer Regulation’ (Wtr). His focus will  be … Lees verder

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Debanking in the UK | AML, CFT

The UK sets a bad example on many human rights issues. Among other things, the UK leads the way in excluding people and organisations from the financial system, which is often based on so-called crime-fighting arguments. They call it ‘debanking’ … Lees verder

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Dual citizenship is dull misery for many people, but apparently not for investors | investment treaties

Many victims of FATCA, the US tax information collection law that requires international financial institutions to serve the US, have had negative experiences with the consequences of dual citizenship. Apparently, it can be different (for those who are rich). In … Lees verder

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Europe persists with ‘open finance’ despite criticism from citizens and despite major cybersecurity risks | European financial data access and payments package

Though there was criticism from citizens and NGOs, Europe is proceeding with its ‘open finance‘ plans, promising citizens they will get a “wider range of better and cheaper financial products and services“. In reality, the proposals are only in the … Lees verder

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