DOI: 10.7256/2454-0765.2015.4.17054

Abstract: The author proves that the global crisis, on the one hand, hit government revenues of the EU and, on the other hand, pushed the business to work towards minimization of tax, which increased critics of offshore zones. The author describes examples and motives of supporters and opponents of offshore zones. The measures of the EU to strengthen control over countries with offshore jurisdiction are provided. The author also predicts trends in the development of tax policy of the European Union as a result of undertaken measures and innovations. In her research Idrisova has used general scientific and private-scientific researh methods (analysis, synthesis, deduction, analogy, generalization, dialectical, formal-logical, formal and legal methods). The author concludes that along with the international pressure, there is a significant tightening of national policy conducted by anti-offshore countries. The author describes the two main objectives of such policy, the desire of member states to reduce the use of schemes to minimize taxation using offshore financial schemes; and expansion of international cooperation in obtaining financial information, including the real beneficiaries of offshore companies.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0765.2015.3.16235

Abstract: The research subject of this article is the anti-crisis measures proposed at the G20 summit to combat offshore zones and their negative impact on the stability of the global economy. The author of the article has shared his opinion regarding the fundamental decisions on reforming the global tax policy and analyzed regulations that were designed to make international business more transparent and to limit the outflow of national capital as well as international experience in combating offshore including the experience of Russia, the United States and the European Union. In her research the author has applied general research methods (comparison, analysis, synthesis, abstraction and generalization) and specific research methods (formal dogmatic method, comparative law method, etc.). It is concluded that the global economic and financial crisis, which revealed and exacerbated a number of problems of the modern financial system, has attracted special attention to the phenomenon of the offshore. The main emphasis of the international anti-offshore policy is made on the transparency of the offshore jurisdictions from the point of view of availability of information to detect violations of national laws.