This paper examines the views of men and women in 82 countries on the ethics of tax evasion. Other demographic variables such as age, marital status, religion and religiosity are also examined. The study also includes a bibliography providing links to more than 80 other empirical and theoretical...

This paper summarizes the results of an empirical study soliciting the opinions of philosophy professors on the ethics of tax evasion. Participants were asked to provide the extent of their agreement with 18 reasons that have been given in the philosophical and religious literature to justify...

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) represents a powerful response by the United States to flagrant offshore tax evasion. Although the new reporting regime has been criticized as unilateral and extraterritorial, this short article, prepared for a symposium hosted by Pepperdine Law...

Paper prepared for the 2015 European Association of Tax Law Professors (EATLP) congress. This paper will be included in R. Seer, Surcharges and Penalties in Tax Law, IBFD (expected publication in 2016). The paper discusses tax penalties and surcharges in the Netherlands. It gives an overview of...

Private property income can only be reported by letter and not on a Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) T1 form. Only income deemed by law to be Canada's “public money” is filed on a T1. CRA uses the SIN two ways: as a Social Insurance Number and also as a “social insurance number” to...

This article reviews academic and government studies that assess the magnitude of Canadian offshore tax evasion, as well as what tax-haven data leaks such as the Panama Papers have told us. This evidence, along with Canada's historically poor performance in auditing, investigating, and...

This Essay proposes a conceptual framework for the regulation of transactions involving cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies offer tremendous opportunities for innovation and development but are also uniquely suited to facilitate illicit behavior. The regulatory framework suggested herein is...

This paper discusses different means of regulation, taking the example of post-crisis financial markets regulation. It is remarkable that the general discussion about reforming financial regulation centres on the substantive standards of the new rules and neglects the problem of choosing the...