Tax justice: a human rights issue Adrienne Margolis November 2013 If you ask the question “Is tax justice a human rights issue?” you tend to get one of two responses. Some people say of course it is; others can't see the link at all. But if you say there is a relationship between tax and … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Infographic: a short history of tax havens
Click twice to enlarge. Or see the infographic here. … [Read more...]
Links – Jan 9
Tell Barclays To Clean Up its Act ActionAid The G20 and the taxing issue of making big business pay The Conversation Dirty Money, Rich Smell The Economist In U.S., efforts to fight offshore secrecy hit snags ICIJ Court ruling outlines US case against Julius Baer swissinfo See also: … [Read more...]
Links – Jan 3
The BEPS Monitoring Group - Submission to OECD on The Digital Economy It’s Official: From Today, Panama is no longer a Tax Haven Wealth Report They all claim not to be tax havens, of course. Fascinating report, though: worth a full read, revealing some important elements of how the world of … [Read more...]
Links – Jan 2
Philippines Finance Secretary Purisima pushes global TIN system The Philippine Star Ukraine To Pinpoint Low Tax Countries Tax-News Zambia: Taxing NGOs leaving out multinational firms is ludicrous-Action Aid Lusaka Times Argentina Extends Foreign Currency Amnesty The Wall Street … [Read more...]
Links – Dec 31
How Luxembourg has become a black hole of global finance Mediapart (In French) Shows the Captured State in action, as described in our Finance Curse document. Luxembourg is ranked in second position on the 2013 Financial Secrecy Index. Swiss banks sign up for US tax programme swissinfo Why … [Read more...]
Links – Dec 30
EU leaders postpone action on tax and transparency Eurodad Singapore Fights Image As Swiss Banker of Asia Menafn Cites TJN director John Christensen. Singapore is ranked at fifth position on the 2013 Financial Secrecy Index. Swiss banks Lombard Odier and VP Bank sign up to U.S. tax deal … [Read more...]
links – Dec 20
Corrupt money hides in Dubai, officials turn blind eye – Eva Joly Thomson Reuters UAE (Dubai) is ranked at 16th position on the 2013 Financial Secrecy Index. Austria’s outspoken finance minister replaced Financial Times (paywall) The Austrian Ostritch has been ostracised. See also: … [Read more...]
TJN Briefing BEPS
TJN Briefing BEPS … [Read more...]
Finance Curse
The Finance Curse: how oversized financial centres attack democracy and corrupt economies: Click here … [Read more...]
Links – Jan 3
The BEPS Monitoring Group - Submission to OECD on The Digital Economy It’s Official: From Today, Panama is no longer a Tax Haven Wealth Report They all claim not to be tax havens, of course. Fascinating report, though: worth a full read, revealing some important elements of how the world of … [Read more...]
Time to abolish the corporate tax? Part 2: Only fools or shills would agree
Yesterday we posted a blog looking at a New York Times editorial entitled Abolish the Corporate Income Tax, exposing many of the numerous fallacies and misunderstandings at the base of it. Forgive us for going on about this, but it is important. Now Citizens for Tax Justice in the U.S. has … [Read more...]
Time to abolish the corporate tax? Learned professor creates huge tax model to illustrate . . . nothing
Professor Laurence Kotlikoff, a professor of economics at Boston University, has written an opinion article in the New York Times headlined Abolish the Corporate Income Tax. … [Read more...]
