Offshore Finance [Paperback]

A detailed analysis of the global offshore environment.There is a perception that secrecy about offshore is encouraged to obfuscate tax evasion and money laundering. McCann provides a detailed analysis of the global offshore environment, outlining the extent of the information available and how it might be used in assessing the quality of individual jurisdictions.There is a perception that secrecy about offshore is encouraged to obfuscate tax evasion and money laundering. McCann provides a detailed analysis of the global offshore environment, outlining the extent of the information available and how it might be used in assessing the quality of individual jurisdictions.It is estimated that up to sixty percent of the world's money may be located offshore, where half of all financial transactions are said to take place; however, there is a perception that secrecy about offshore is encouraged to obfuscate tax evasion and money laundering. McCann provides a detailed analysis of the global offshore environment, outlining the extent of the information available and how that information might be used in assessing the quality of individual jurisdictions, as well as examining whether some of the perceptions about 'offshore' are valid. He analyses the ongoing work of the Financial Stability Forum, the Financial Action Task Force, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The book also offers some suggestions as to what the future might hold for offshore finance.1. Linkages; 2. The 'offshore' environment; 3. The service providers and the consumer (1); 4. The service providers and the consumer (2); 5. The significance of taxation; 6. A description of regulatory and supervisory processes; 7. The regulator and the regulatory authority; 8. Money laundering; 9. Some international organisations; 10. Supranational focus (1) - FSF and IMF; 11. Supranational focus (2) - FATF; 12. Supranational focus (3) - OECD; 13. Sol£”