A Communiqué and Declaration on fighting tax crimes and other illicit financial flows from the G7 Finance Ministers has been published following their meeting held 12 to 13 May 2017 in Bari, Italy. Regarding tax and transparency, the Communiqué includes the following: --- 16. We remain committed to work for globally fair and modern tax systems and to achieve a global level playing field for all engaged in economic activities. To this end, timely, consistent and widespread implementation of the G20/OECD BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) package is crucial. We encourage all relevant and interested countries and jurisdictions to...