Leak Reveals How Mauritius Siphons Tax From Poor Nations to Benefit Elites

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The island, which sells itself as a “gateway” for corporations to the developing world, has two main selling points: bargain-basement tax rates and, crucially, a battery of “tax treaties” with 46 mostly poorer countries. Pushed by Western financial institutions in the 1990s, the treaties have proved a boon for Western corporations, their legal and financial advisers, and Mauritius itself — and a disaster for most of the countries that are its treaty partners. See more https://www.icij.org/investigations/mau ... it-elites/

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