The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, in her article entitled "13.4 million documents; documents for companies off; shore, "stresses that" overwhelming athletes and businesses and politicians are taking advantage of the opportunities offered by tax havens to hide their incomes and tax evasion. "
The documents refer to the names of 120 politicians from around 50 countries, especially wealthy citizens, athletes and businesses, according to FAZ.
What is noted is that this practice is not forbidden, but it is offered as a vehicle in the event that some people want to develop dark activities such as tax evasion or money laundering that has come from illegal activities. The article also reports on the release of about 13.4 million documents containing the relevant data.
German Finance Minister Petter Almayer, referring to these documents, noted that the German government would "see them precisely and look clearly," adding that they are mainly about "legal arrangements aimed at tax evasion". Furthermore, he pointed out that for this reason there would probably have to be a change in the relevant EU legal framework.
Speaking on the subject and European Commissioner for Tax Questions Pierre Moscovici, he referred to a number of relevant legislative proposals submitted by the services he heads and which have not yet been decided by the States; members of the EU.
On the same issue, Austrian Finance Minister Hannah Jeling Keling asked all listed countries to automatically put themselves in the "black list" of non-EU countries to fight tax evasion. According to the report, the Commission intends to present this list by the end of the year.
The Federal Finance Ministry spokesman said that "we would welcome the fact that this information was made available to financial services", while the federal state of Hesse offered to assess the documents properly. At the same time, it was noted that the federal intelligence agency had bought Panama Papers' relevant information in cooperation with the relevant departments of the Ministry of Finance, which, according to a spokesman for the German interior ministry, led to "a series of successful exploratory results."
In addition, the report also states that the German government spokesman, Stefan Zeibert, has welcomed this new disclosure of the data, noting that the disclosure of agents operating in parallel tax worlds is under pressure. As Mr Weber emphasized, progress has been made in the fight against tax evasion, but he stressed that work needs to be stepped up. He added that "transparency is the wreck of all tax havens", while referring to the outgoing finance minister, Wolfgang Schämble, who, referring to "creative" forms of tax evasion, said "this is a battle against a Lerna Hydra. But you should not give up. " In the context of his statements, Mr Zimbert added in this regard that "you cut a head and re-grow new ones".
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