Same in Canada. And Italy, although apparently the Min. of Finance released all of the tax records one year in a Rambo move towards openness which cause a lot of furore, although I am not sure what happened.
Toby ___________________________________ Toby Mendel Executive Director Centre for Law and Democracy t...@law-democracy.org Tel: +1 902 431-3688 Fax: +1 902 431-3689 www.law-democracy.org On 13 Dec 2012, at 03:53, Alexander Kashumov wrote: > Hi Zahid, > > In Bulgaria tax data of both citizens and officials (including > parliamentarians) are not public. Only data of income and assets of high > ranking officials are public, but tax data definitely not. > > As far as I know, though I might be wrong, everywhere in Europe is the same > with the exception of Sweden and Norway (Denmark left that small community on > that matter few years ago). In Norway I heard there is debate to stop this > openness as well. > > But let other countries speak about their situation themselves! I am also > curious to know whether there are new/other developments. > > Best regards, > > Alexander > > Alexander Kashumov, attorney-at-law > Head of Legal Team > Access to Information Programme > 76 Vassil Levski Blvd. Apt.3 > 1142 Sofia, Bulgaria > + 3592 9885062; 9867709 > E-mail: kashu...@aip-bg.org > > > На 2012-12-13 22:01, Zahid Abdullah написа: > >> Hi, >> >> I wonder in how many countries tax data is regarded as public data? In >> Pakistan, tax data is not regarded as public data. CPDI and CRIP jointly >> carried out studied titled ‘Representation without Taxation’ which was >> launched yesterday and which has been largely carried out by local and >> international newspapers. It was also topic of different evening television >> talk shows here. Following is the link of the story >> Minister, Lawmakers evading tax: Study >> http://dawn.com/2012/12/13/ministers-lawmakers-evading-tax-study/ >> >> >> >> Zahid Abdullah >> Program Manager >> Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) >> House No. 409-B, Main Nazim-ud-Din Road, F-11/1, Islamabad, Pakistan >> Phone:+92 51 2108287 (Ext.102), Fax:+92 51 2101594, Cell:+92 333 5214748 >> email: za...@cpdi-pakistan.org, website: www.cpdi-pakistan.org; skype: >> zahidisd > >
