European Parliament tax investigation: Special committee extension blocked to protect Juncker and Dijsselbloem Sven Giegold Special Report: Greek shipowners talk up their role to protect tax breaks Reuters Wanted: central bank boss to fix 1,700-year-old European tax haven Reuters So Pfizer … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
Book review – The Joy of Tax
The following review, by Dan Hind, was first published in the Whistleblower Edition of Tax Justice Focus … [Read more...]
Links Nov 24
Tackling tax across borders Public Finance International Mozambique PM rues Africa tax collection crisis Star Africa India: Are shell companies behind the over-estimation of GDP? LiveMint Bob Jessop: an historical approach to national competitiveness Fools' Gold - rethinking … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Focus – The Whistleblower edition
The latest edition of our newsletter Tax Justice Focus, with a special focus on whistleblowers, is now available for download here. Guest edited by Mary Alice Young of the University of the West of England, this edition is both an exploration of the difficulties confronting people who want to … [Read more...]
New report: tax treaties in sub-Saharan Africa
Via Martin Hearson's website, here is a new report he authored for Tax Justice Network-Africa. As Hearson says, it’s based on field research done a year ago and has been a little while getting into print. Here’s a link to read it online at academia.edu Here’s a link to download the PDF Among many … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network’s November 2015 Taxcast
In the Tax Justice Network’s November 2015 Taxcast: Why is the City of London losing so much business to New York, Hong Kong and Singapore? Our conclusions are quite different from those of a British Bankers Association report on the subject. Listen to the Taxcast here. … [Read more...]
Links Nov 19
Crackdown on Caribbean tax havens a surprise boon for Hong Kong South China Morning Post Why we need public country by country reporting Global Alliance for Tax Justice UN Principles for Responsible Investment: Engagement guidance on corporate tax responsibility Investor Brief on Tax … [Read more...]
Short animation: tax is paid by everyone, for everyone
From TJN-Israel and law students at Israel's College of Law and Business, an excellent short animation reminding people of the roles that tax plays in civilised society. Enjoy. … [Read more...]
The Norwegian shareholder registry: now open for all
The Norwegian Shareholder Registry now open for all A guest blog by Sigrid Klæboe Jacobsen, Director, TJN-Norge Two programmers from an IT company, acting on their own initiative, spent a weekend doing the job that the Government hasn't wanted to do: they have made it possible for anyone to search … [Read more...]
Colombia and civil war: the role of tax
A guest blog By Thomas Mortensen, with thanks. A bilateral ceasefire is due in Colombia in the coming weeks, hopefully December 16th. Tax is not the most obvious remedy for civil war but in the case of Colombia, it could go a long way. The country has suffered an internal armed conflict for more … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #71
Now that's what I call a Big Tax Case A long running court case that has become known as the 'Big Tax Case' appears to be reaching a conclusion. It involves Scottish football club Rangers, who went bust in 2012. After it failed, a new company was created. It bought the assets of Rangers, hired … [Read more...]
Links Nov 18
”Global citizenship is essentially a branding exercise” and passport shopping is big business Quartz Fascinating piece on citizenship-for-sale, and speaking on the tax issues Getting to Good – towards responsible corporate tax behaviour Discussion paper by Christian Aid, ActionAid and … [Read more...]
Links Nov 17
Tough debate with multinational companies on corporate tax practices European Parliament News Facebook, Google Quizzed by EU Lawmakers on Dutch Sandwich Deals Bloomberg UK sets out beneficial ownership register demands on territories STEP The demands stop short of a public central … [Read more...]
Links Nov 16
World leaders agree to close multinationals' tax loopholes Yahoo News But measures are not yet enough. See: Still Broken: major new report on global corporate tax cheating TJN Africa’s challenge to “loophole-ridden” Kenya-Mauritius tax agreement to be heard in Kenya High Court MNE … [Read more...]
Links Nov 13
ECOSOC published a shocking report indicating that national governments lose billions in uncollected global corporate income tax revenues each year. New Europe Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Opposes Tax Incentives The Herald Two states ordered to recover unpaid corporation tax The Irish … [Read more...]
