OECD & G-20 Seek to Establish a Global Tax Avoidance Plan by 2017

As concerns about prevalence of artificial corporate practices designed to shift profits to a low-tax or no-tax jurisdiction, the Secretary-General of the OECD announced a global plan aimed at cracking down on such aggressive tax avoidance practices by corporate organizations. Forty countries will work together to ensure the framework to discourage companies from resorting to…