Weeks removed, how should we view Addis Ababa Summit? Financial Transparency Coalition Jersey Royal Court may consider 'fair taxation' arguments in future trust rulings STEP Basel Institute on Governance - Luxembourg performs poorly in anti-money laundering index Luxemburger Wort More … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
Links Aug 25
Global Tax Avoidance: Who's Responsible? Carnegie Council Honduras makes Carlos Slim pay pay tax arrears of at least US$ 2.5 million Equal Times Ex-Guatemala Vice President Baldetti Arrested in Tax Fraud Probe Bloomberg See also: Guatemala’s Corruption Investigations Make Swift Strides The … [Read more...]
The West African Tax Giveaway: new report
An important joint report has been published by TJN-Africa and Actionaid looking at corporate tax incentives and their impact in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) -- and in particular Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal. The report's first finding is that: I. … [Read more...]
Links Aug 24
An Orphaned Tax Agenda? Sacrificing Good Governance and Tax Justice in the Addis Ababa Outcome UNIRSD The West African Giveaway: Use & Abuse of Corporate Tax Incentives in ECOWAS ActionAid See also: Nigeria, Ghana Others Lose $10bn Annually through Multinational Tax Incentives This Day … [Read more...]
Links Aug 21
European Commission: Public consultation on further corporate tax transparency All citizens, organisations and public authorities are welcome to contribute to this consultation. Deadline is 09.09.2015 Why the Retreat of Foreign Investment From Africa Means Less Looting counterpunch South … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network podcast, August 2015
In the August 2015 Tax Justice Network Podcast: Sun, sea and tax: the Taxcast goes to Mexico and looks at how multinational tourism operates there. Plus: we ask why Luxembourg is printing euros like there's no tomorrow; whether Brazil’s offer of a tax amnesty to its tax dodgers will work; and how … [Read more...]
Links Aug 20
The International Tax System is 'Repulsive And Inequitable.' Here's A Way To Fix It. Huffington Post Income tax helps tackle inequality Buenos Aires Herald "Increasing the income tax paid by the wealthiest would help to tackle inequality and improve income distribution in Latin America, experts … [Read more...]
New publication: The Greatest Invention – Tax and the Campaign for a Just Society
Available Worldwide, September 24, 2015 The Greatest Invention: Tax and the Campaign for a Just Society … [Read more...]
Islands (the play): the conversation shifts
From the subtitle of an article in The UK's Guardian newspaper by Caroline Horton about her play Islands, a dark skewering of tax havens which has been significantly inspired by by TJN's work. "The appalling reviews for our show about tax havens led me to wonder if I’d ever work again. But then … [Read more...]
Guest post: time for a grown-up debate about corporate welfare
A guest post by Kevin Farnsworth, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of York. He recently published work on corporate welfare in the UK, which attracted a lot of attention (and some criticism.) Here is his response, which was originally posted at Speri, and is cross-posted here, … [Read more...]
Coming soon: the first Spanish language Taxcast
We generally don't post non-English language articles, but this is a flyer for the launch of TJN's first Spanish-language Taxcast, so we'll break with tradition for this blog. An English translation is below, in any case. Nuevo: Tax Justice Network (Red de Justicia Fiscal) podcast en Castellano, … [Read more...]
Links Aug 18
Untaxed Globalisation allAfrica / Addis Fortune Development must be generated from within countries TJN-Latin America & Caribbean (In Spanish) How Latin America loses money TJN-Latin America & Caribbean (In Spanish) Meet the Hedge Funders and Billionaires Who Pillage Under the … [Read more...]
The ALEC rankings: does smaller government mean higher growth?
This post originally appeared at Fools' Gold, a TJN-supported site about "competitiveness". There are a lot of 'competitiveness'-related rankings of countries and states out there, from the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report, to the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings. … [Read more...]
Links Aug 17
Shining a light in dark places – Senate Committee recommendations to address corporate tax avoidance welcomed TJN-Australia media release See also: Multinational crackdown as firms avoid AU$31b in Australian tax ZDNet, Joe Hockey targets 30 companies for tax avoidance Business Insider, Labor's … [Read more...]
Tracking corporate tax breaks: a welcome new form of transparency emerges in the U.S.
Cross-posted with Fools' Gold: Across the world, corporations are showered with tax breaks and other inducements in the name of 'competitiveness.' In most cases these tax breaks don't affect investment decisions in any way. They are pure giveaways. In many countries it's been hard to track the … [Read more...]
