The Week of Action for #TaxJustice kicks off! Global Alliance for Tax Justice Q&A on Financing for Development and the international tax body Global Alliance for Tax Justice A Billion-Dollar Bank Fraud in Moldova, and 20,000 Opaque British Corporations naked capitalism Desperate for … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
Corporate tax and the OECD: joint statement to the G20
The BEPS Monitoring Group (BMG), a body supported by TJN and led by TJN Senior Adviser Sol Picciotto, is a civil society body monitoring the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. BEPS is fancy OECD-speak for 'international corporate tax dodging'. The platform has now produced a … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #64
Britain blocks international tax reform David Cameron and George Osborne like to say they are cracking down on tax avoidance. But they are less keen to boast about how the UK is actually blocking international tax reform. … [Read more...]
The politics of country-by-country reporting
A new post by Alex Cobham, TJN's Research Director, at Uncounted. It's called, as our headline suggests, The politics of country-by-country reporting. In summary, the sections note: … [Read more...]
Juncker invites himself to Luxleaks hearing
This blog looks at a report from EurActiv about the so-called Luxleaks probes, which are looking at whether multinational companies using Luxembourg schemes (involving so-called 'tax rulings') violated European rules. Jean-Claude Juncker is not only head of the European Commission, but former … [Read more...]
The Fair Tax Pledge is launched – please add your support and sign
Welcoming the launch of the Fair Tax Pledge - As described by Richard Murphy: The Fair Tax Pledge is a new idea from the Fair Tax Mark, of which I’m a director. The Fair Tax Mark is aimed at those businesses that are run as limited companies but we’ve always known that there are small, … [Read more...]
Links Jun 12
Global Week of Action: the Campaign Toolkit is ready! Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also earlier blog Join the Global Week of Action for #TaxJustice, June 16-23 World Bank Shifting Policies To Disclose The Real Owners Of Contract Winners Global Witness See also: 107 groups urge World … [Read more...]
Links Jun 11
G7 fails to stop the dirty money trail, tax evasion The Sydney Morning Herald World Bank wants to stop anonymous firms winning contracts Thomson Reuters Corruption watchdog says UK blocked just 7 suspect deals in year Financial Times (paywall) Pakistan: ‘Access Interpol to bring back $97 … [Read more...]
Join the Global Week of Action for #TaxJustice, June 16-23
Cross-posted from our sister organisation the Global Alliance for Tax Justice The Global Week of Action for #TaxJustice, which will take place in June 16-23, 2015, aims to encourage and cross-promote diverse activities that are initiated across our tax justice communities, to … [Read more...]
Should Nation States Compete? Discussion workshop final programme
Discussion Workshop Should Nation States Compete? … [Read more...]
Are the G7 really suggesting compulsory arbitration on international tax disputes?
Christian Aid sent us this email yesterday, and it's a shocker. Back in 2013, the G7 made some pretty strong commitments to tax justice, and we said then we'd be watching them carefully to see if they'd deliver. Well, on this evidence, they haven't: quite the opposite, in fact. It is worth … [Read more...]
In memoriam: FIFA’s stench kills free speech in Cayman
More fallout from the toxic FIFA scandal (see here, here and here). … [Read more...]
Links Jun 9
Gender and tax justice Open Democracy An article from the Tax Justice Focus: the Gender Edition New Oxfam report: ‘Africa: Rising for the few’ Global Alliance for Tax Justice U.S. Tax Informant Dodged Prison, Now Seeks $22 Million Reward Bloomberg BVI gives UK non-doms four more months to … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #63
A marriage made in haven On Monday the UK Supreme Court started a landmark case on divorce settlements. Unremarkable for those of us interested in illicit financial flows, except this case involves the divorce of a certain Mr B Gohil. … [Read more...]
Luxembourg: the campaign on corporate tax has only just begun
From Eurodad: a wonderful sign that people are starting to gear up to challenge the many corporate tax abuses run out of secrecy jurisdictions like the European Dodgy Duchy of Luxembourg. … [Read more...]
