On Thursday, August 9, from 4 to 6 pm, at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill Hotel at 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, CFP President Andrew Quinlan will participate in an international roundtable on Tax Competition, Financial Privacy and the EU, UN and OECD Tax Agendas.  The discussion is part of the 170th Anniversary Meeting of the International Platform Association (IPA).  The IPA was founded in 1831 by Daniel Webster and is the oldest free-speech organization in the country.

The Tax Competition Roundtable is open to the public and I encourage you to attend if you are in the Washington, DC area.  Even though “RSVP’s” are not required, if you do call ahead, they will have a nametag prepared for you.  Please call 410-871-2408 to attend the roundtable or to join the Conference, which starts on Wednesday August 8.

Roundtable Speakers

Carlos Gonzalez Ramirez, Morgan & Morgan, Panama
Anton Keller, Secretary, Swiss Investors Protection Association
Gilbert Morris, Security Policy Group International
Andrew Quinlan, President, Center for Freedom & Prosperity
Richard Rahn, Discovery Institute
Fred Smith, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Bruce Zagaris, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe

International Platform Association (IPA) Web page: http://www.internationalplatform.com/
Conference Agenda: http://www.internationalplatform.com/website_schedule_version.htm.

Global Free Markets vs. Global Regulatory Regimes:
The role of small countries for the U.S. economy

     1. What legitimate interest does the international community have in tracking the flow of capital across international boundaries?
     2. Why should the sources of capital for banks in smaller countries be subjected to higher levels of scrutiny than the banking systems of developed nations?
     3. Do small countries have a right to compete for capital by offering more attractive pro-business and low-regulation environments than developed countries can offer?  Is that competition fair or unfair?  Does that competition hurt or benefit customers all over the world?
     4. What are the terms of reference of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in fiscal and banking matters, and what role should it play in promoting related standards?

"The Saint Louis Declaration" on "the fundamental human right for individuals" "to flee political and economic oppression ... and ... to move themselves and their property to nations of other political jurisdictions with levels of taxation and public services compatible with their individual tastes and preferences", World Taxpayers Association, National Taxpayers Union & 31 US and foreign taxpayer organizations, June 2001, http://www.ntu.org

other useful links:

John Berlau, "Tax Collector for the World", InsightMag.com, http://www.insightmag.com/archive/200107308.shtml
Stephen J. Entin, "Treasury's Qualified Intermediary Regulations and the OECD Tax Haven Initiative: Threats to International Capital Mobility and Investment", IRET Congressional Advisory, #116, 28 June 2001 ftp://ftp.iret.org/pub/ADVS-116.PDF
Mike Godfrey, "US Treasury To Review Proposed Information Exchange Rules", Tax-News.com, 3 July 2001, http://www.tax-news.com/asp/story/story.asp?storyname=4289
Marshal Langer, “Who are the Real Tax Havens?”, http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/Articles/tni12-18-00.pdf
Lawrence B. Lindsey, "The Money-Laundering Conundrum: Mugging Privacy in the Assault on Crime?", in "The Future of Financial Privacy", Competitive Enterprise Institute, September 2000, http://www.cei.org/PDFs/lindsey.pdf
Ulrika Lomas, "European Think Tank Recommends International Tax Privacy Code", Tax-News.com, Brussels, 15 May 2001,  http://www.tax-news.com/asp/story/story_print.asp?storyname=3550
Daniel J. Mitchell, "Proposed IRS Regulation Flouts Congress and Would Harm the Economy", Heritage Foundation Study #757, 5 July 2001,  http://www.heritage.org/library/execmemo/em757.html
Daniel J. Mitchell, "United Nations Seeks Global Tax Authority", CFP Foundations Study Prosperitas Vol. I, Issue II, August 2001, http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/Papers/un-report/un-report.shtml
Gilbert Morris, "Kalorama Letter Concerning the Bahamas, the Blacklist & Creative Diplomacy", Security Policy Group International, http://www.spgi.org, http://www.Bahamasb2b.com
Richard W. Rahn, "The Future of Money and Financial Privacy", in: "The Future of Financial Privacy", Competitive Enterprise Institute, September 2000, http://www.cei.org/PDFs/rahn.pdf
Richard W. Rahn, "WHY THE WAR ON MONEY LAUNDERING IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE", Discovery Institute, February 2001, http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/Papers/rahn01-30-01/rahn01-30-01.shtml
Fred Smith, et al., "The Future of Financial Privacy", Competitive Enterprise Institute, September 2000, http://www.cei.org/books/FinanPriv.html
Lawrence R. Uhlick, "Urgent Need for Transitional Relief Regarding Implementation of New Withholding and Reportung Rules for Payments to Non-US Persons", Institute of International Bankers, November 2000, http://www.IIB.org
Bruce Zagaris, "Application of OECD Harmful Tax Practices Criteria to the OECD Countries Shows Potential Danger for the US Sovereignty", Berliner Corcoran & Rowe, 25 April 2001, "EXCHANGE OF TAX INFORMATION POLICIES AT THE MILLENNIUM: BALANCING ENFORCEMENT WITH DUE PROCESS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS", Roundtable, International Platform Association, Washington 9 August 2001

Americans for Tax Reform -- Grover Norquist      webpage:   www.atr.org
http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/Articles/atr.pdf
CapitolWatch -- Robb Watters     webpage:   www.capitolwatch.org
http://www.capitolwatch.org/letters/04-12-01.pdf
Citizens Against Government Waste -- Tom Schatz       webpage:  www.cagw.org
http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/Articles/cagw.PDF
Club For Growth -- Steve Moore      webpage:  www.clubforgrowth.org
http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/Articles/clubforgrowth.pdf
Competitive Enterprise Institute – F. Smith & R. Rahn   webpage: www.cei.org
http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/Articles/cei.PDF
Empower America -- Jack Kemp       webpage:  www.empoweramerica.org
http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/Articles/kemp.PDF
Free Congress Foundation -- Paul Weyrich      webpage:  www.freecongress.org
http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/Articles/freecongress.PDF
National Taxpayers Union -- Eric Schlecht      webpage:  www.ntu.org
http://www.freedomandprosperity.org/Articles/ntu.PDF
Good Offices Group of European Lawmakers -- Anton Keller    webpages:  http://www.solami.com/signatories.htm, http://www.solami.com/ORWELL.htm, http://www.solami.com/OECDhijack.htm, http://www.solami.com/Berlinwall.htm, http://www.solami.com/brad.htm, http://www.solami.com/comments3.htm, http://www.solami.com/Washington.htm, http://www.solami.com/RR2.htm, etc.