India to provide info on US tax evaders Business Standard "However, US refuses to share data on foreign assets of Indian entities" … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
On Britain’s new honesty box for corporate fraudsters.
From Prof. Prem Sikka: "Some 4,000 individuals appearing on international lists of alleged fraudsters, money launderers, terror financiers and corrupt officials were directors of UK registered companies in 2008 (the most recent data)." … [Read more...]
The April 2014 Taxcast
In the April 2014 Taxcast: Forget Congress! The Taxcast looks at the latest US state to take matters into its own hands and legislate against tax havens. Also: the scandal of how the Bank for International Settlements has kept offshore private wealth data to itself, the British government tries to … [Read more...]
Quote of the day: William Browder, Russia and Ukraine
In an interview with The American Interest, looking at Ukraine and the looting of the former Soviet Union, the co-founder of Hermitage Capital speaks out - all guns blazing. There are any number of Quotes of the Day we could highlight - but we thought we'd choose this one, prompted by the … [Read more...]
Report: $300 billion in Argentina’s offshore assets
From the Buenos Aires Herald: The total value of Argentines’ offshore assets as a result of capital flight reached US$298.891 billion in 2012, rising more than 250 percent from 1991, the latest report by the Economics and Finance Centre for Argentine Development (CEFID-AR) revealed. … [Read more...]
Mailbox companies and human rights: the Dutch connection
From our colleagues at SOMO in the Netherlands, an excellent article translated from the original in the Volkskrant newspaper. While it focuses on the Netherlands, it is another sign of the growing global awareness of the links between human rights and tax haven and secrecy jurisdiction abuses. Read … [Read more...]
Barclay promoting tax havens: protest at its AGM
Tomorrow (Thursday) Barclays Bank holds its Annual General Meeting in London. This will mark the culmination of ActionAid's ‘Clean Up Barclays’ campaign, which focuses on the bank’s promotion of the use of tax havens – notably Mauritius – for multinational companies looking to invest in Africa. … [Read more...]
Links Apr 22
G20 tax reform mired in shadowy world of lobbying The Conversation UK: The government has created a new honesty box for corporate fraudsters to disclose their crimes and I guarantee not one will Tax Research UK See also: Business Secretary Vince Cable presses ahead with public register on … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: A week in tax justice
The Offshore Wrapper is written by George Turner Pfizer offshore cash pile fuels AstraZeneca bid … [Read more...]
Links Apr 17
Comments received on discussion draft on Tax Challenges of the Digital Economy published OECD NY regulator subpoenas Credit Suisse in U.S. tax probe: source Reuters … [Read more...]
Prem Sikka awarded for services to accounting
Our friend Professor Prem Sikka from Essex University, who regularly hosts our annual research conferences, and helped organised TJN's launch in March 2003, and is a Senior Adviser to TJN, has received a Lifetime Achievement award from the British Accounting and Finance Association. The award is in … [Read more...]
The Fallacy of Public Sector Affordability
In this guest blog Professor John Weeks, author of Economics of the 1%, explores the assumptions behind the idea that key public services, including education and pension provision are unaffordable. … [Read more...]
Links Apr 15
EU: Šemeta In Final EU Tax Harmonization Push Tax-News Offshore companies banned from Bulgarian agriculture land ownership farmlandgrab.org … [Read more...]
Symposium: Tax Justice and Human Rights, McGill University, Montreal
Tax Justice and Human Rights A Collaborative Symposium for Researchers, Students and Activists … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: A week in tax justice
The Offshore Wrapper is written by George Turner Nigeria – failed state? Recently Nigeria almost doubled its GDP in a day, showing that strong growth in a time of global economic malaise is still possible - on paper at least. … [Read more...]
