Our fifth Tax Justice Network Spanish language podcast: nuestro quinto podcast en castellano En el 5º programa de Justicia ImPositiva: Buscaremos respuestas a la pregunta ¿por que debo pagar impuestos cuando los gobiernos son tan coruptos? ¿Es un mal momento para hablar de impuestos? Tambien … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
Venezuela’s rampant corruption
This guest blog from Alek Boyd explores what happens when oil, offshore financial secrecy and populist politics combine to corrupt the hopes of an entire nation. When the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published leaked HSBC data provided by Hervé Falciani in February this … [Read more...]
Apple CEO Tim Cook: wilfully not understanding tax
From the Financial Times: "Apple’s chief executive said accusations the company was avoiding paying taxes by holding more than $180bn of its cash balances outside the US were “total political crap. Apple pays every tax dollar we owe”. To which there is a very simple answer. They don't owe it … [Read more...]
Time to investigate the Big 4 over the financial crash
A guest blog by Dr. Atul K. Shah, Senior Lecturer, Suffolk Business School. As background to this, it is useful to quote from the work of Prem Sikka, cited in Shah's research: "Successive governments have failed to investigate the firms, or prosecute their partners. Instead, the partners of … [Read more...]
Links Dec 18
Greenpeace links frackers to tax havens Financial Times (paywall) We reference the original report in links on Dec 16 - Revealed: Cuadrilla and leading fracking firms’ tax haven ownership Energy Desk Cayman: Centralised platform on beneficial ownership coming Cayman Reporter Fifa scandal: … [Read more...]
Financial Secrecy Index – full technical database now available
On November 2nd we published the fourth edition of the Financial Secrecy Index (FSI,) the most comprehensive global survey of financial market secrecy which covers more than 100 jurisdictions. This unique index combines a secrecy score (according to 15 key indicators) with a weighting of each … [Read more...]
Wealth management: tax avoidance is just the tip of the iceberg
Recently we wrote a blog about some rather unique research carried out by Brooke Harrington, an Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School who trained to become a wealth manager in order to study it properly. This week, Naomi Fowler interviewed her for our latest Taxcast. We think it is worth … [Read more...]
Links Dec 16
It's time for companies to bring tax into their human rights due diligence Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Momentous day for Fair Tax in Europe Fair Tax See also: European Parliament spells out legal steps to fight aggressive corporate tax planning and evasion European Parliament … [Read more...]
Links Dec 15
Regional Week of Action in Latin America! Global Alliance for Tax Justice Measuring illicit flows in the SDGs Uncounted Why would an international tax lawyer join Oxfam? The Politics of Poverty National Tax Justice Youth Film Festival Tax Justice Coalition Pakistan Tackling corporate … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network’s December 2015 podcast
In the December 2015 Tax Justice Network podcast: We get some insights into the usually closed world of the wealth managers who serve the super rich. Also: on a par with Kissinger being awarded the Nobel Peace prize? We discuss the British Banker's Association getting one of their own into the UK … [Read more...]
Will Sri Lanka follow the dismal road to tax havenry?
An article in today's edition of Sri Lanka's Mirror newspaper draws attention to that island's plans to develop an offshore financial centre in Colombo. According to the article the proposal is modelled on the Dubai International Financial Centre, a notorious centre for moneylaundering and illicit … [Read more...]
New website shows European countries that facilitate tax cheating
PRESS RELEASE FROM SOMO: Mapping Tax-free investments New interactive website shows which European countries facilitate tax dodging through mailbox companies. Today, the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) launches a new interactive website that visualises bilateral … [Read more...]
Links Dec 14
Abusive Tax Avoidance and Responsibilities of Tax Professionals Journal of Human Development and Capabilities Global Looting – A Snapshot The Corner House Illicit Financial Flows: Overview of Concepts, Methodologies and Regional Perspectives CBGA Las Vegas Review-Journal Staffers Want To … [Read more...]
The Finance Curse and Competitiveness: presentation at Max Planck Institute
This is the text of a lecture that John Christensen, Director of the Tax Justice Network (TJN), gave at the Max Planck Institute in Cologne this week. … [Read more...]
Links Dec 10
KPMG's Regulatory Arbitrage Culture Paper by Dr. Atul K. Shah "The Big 4 ... Overwhelming evidence has been emerging in recent decades about their pro-active roles in tax avoidance and arbitrage..." Trade Secrets: Coca-Cola’s Hidden Formula for Avoiding Taxes 100Reporters Shell and Eni's … [Read more...]
