Luxembourg and Switzerland indignant "gray" list "of tax havens."

KommentariiNet Bay korablyu13.03.2009 "tax haven" in the world was menshePremer Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Junker (Jean-Claude Juncker) criticized the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) the inclusion of countries in the "gray" list of tax havens. Reported AFP. According to Juncker, the inclusion of some countries in the list is "a little confusing." The position of the Luxembourg prime minister has supported the Ministry of Finance of Switzerland, which announced that the criterion on which were inscribed on the list, it is not clear.
According to officials Lyuksmeburga and Switzerland, countries agreed to bring banking laws into conformity with the standards of the OECD. In doing so, argues that countries are not "tax havens" and were always ready for dialogue with tax authorities regarding the investigation of cases of tax evasion. In particular, 22 February, the Swiss bank UBS transferred U.S. Department of Justice data on the accounts of 250 American Bank's customers suspected of evading taxes.
The list was published on the OECD pm 2 April 2009. It was divided into three parts: the "white", "gray" and "black" lists, with a full version which can be found here. In the "white" list of states were included, with the OECD concluded a cooperation agreement and amending the Banking transparency in its laws. Among them are Argentina, Barbados, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Iceland, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden and several others. All "white" have been recognized by 40 countries.
"Gray" roster consists of the countries had agreed to cooperate with the OECD on tax, but legislation has not yet been revised. He has suspended the division into two parts: a "tax haven" and other financial centers. " The "tax haven" among 32 OECD countries, including Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, San Marino, Panama, and some others. The second part came eight countries: Austria, Belgium, Chile, Luxembourg, Singapore, Switzerland, Brunei, and Guatemala.
The "blacklist" was included state, refused to cooperate. He is the shortest and consists of four countries: Costa Rica, Malaysia, Philippines and Uruguay. At the summit of "Big twenty" (G20), where the OECD presented its roster, discussed the possible introduction of stringent economic sanctions against countries black list.
Recall that in early March 2009, some European nations have decided to avoid falling into the list of OECD countries. Their government within two days from 12 to 13 March, 2009 declared its readiness to cooperate with the organization, as well as to review its banking legislation towards greater transparency. These States were Luxembourg, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Belgium. The government of Austria on March 13 stated that they would not revise the laws, but judging by the fact that the country was hit in the "gray" list, and later still went to the assignment.