The April 2016 "Panama Papers" leak highlighted the attraction for transnational actors of the confidentiality available in certain offshore financial centres.

Since 2012, US citizens living in Canada (and elsewhere outside the US) have had two options to address income tax non-compliance issues.

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act was enacted by the United States Congress in order to deal with non-compliance by US taxpayers using foreign bank accounts.

On October 24, 2012, the Federal Minister of Finance released a detailed Notice of Ways and Means Motion to implement outstanding technical tax amendments, including significant amendments to Canada’s income tax rules applicable to non-resident trusts (NRTs) and offshore investment funds (the Proposals).

Minister of Finance Flaherty takes pride in the integrity measures he has introduced since 2006. Last year, Budget 2013 touted over 75 measures aimed at improving integrity and closing tax loopholes

On June 18, 2014, the IRS announced significant changes to its current offshore voluntary disclosure programs to ease the tax compliance burden for both residents and nonresidents of the United States who are not compliant with their US tax filing obligations.

Le ministre des Finances Jim Flaherty s’enorgueillit du nombre de mesures d’intégrité qu’il a introduites depuis 2006.