Tax Justice Network Israel (TJN IL), in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, has published a new report on ‘Hybrid Mismatches in Israel’. The term "hybrid mismatches" refers to discrepancies in the tax laws of two or more independent tax jurisdictions or territories in relation to the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2017
Trusts and the UK: half a step forward, three steps backwards
Remember our paper calling for the registration of trusts? Back then the British government opposed this. During discussions related to the EU 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, Treasury spokesperson Lord Newby even said: “We consider registration of trusts to be a disproportionate approach and, … [Read more...]
Secrecy, oligarchs and offshore psychology in our December 2017 podcast
In our December 2017 Taxcast: We speak with two time Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Jake Bernstein about his new book 'Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite'. We ask what makes offshore players like Jurgen Mossack and … [Read more...]
US tax reform and conflicts with international law: guest blog
The US tax bill will be published on Friday 15th December 2017 and will be voted on by Congress early next week. Senior Policy Advisor Didier Jacobs at Oxfam America has written this blog: The Exceptionalist Tax Bill The United States Congress is about to adopt a major tax reform that reflects … [Read more...]
Links Dec 14
EU Panama Papers Panel Seeks Stricter Tax Avoidance Strategy Bloomberg BNA Panama Papers Inquiry Committee: European governments assisted in aggressive tax competition. European Parliament demands U-turn in the fight against tax dumping and money laundering. Sven Giegold U.S.: … [Read more...]
Vive la revolutión… fiscal! Guest blog
Miguel Urbán Crespo, Member of the European Parliament, PODEMOS has produced this guest blog, translated by Luke Stobard which we're pleased to share: In his famous work ‘The Ancien Régime and the Revolution’ Alexis Tocqueville held that the French revolution did not really begin in 1789 but two … [Read more...]
Links Dec 12
Panama Papers - start of sensible revolution in EU tax affairs? EU Observer Op-Ed by TJN's George Turner EU finance ministers warn US over tax reform The Irish Times Promotions for Corrupt Officials, Shattered Windows for Whistleblowers OCCRP See also: No regrets 'Some big companies in … [Read more...]
Our December 2017 Spanish language podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast de diciembre 2017
Welcome to this month’s latest podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, downloaded and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónica! (abajo en castellano). In the December 2017 … [Read more...]
Financial Secrecy Index 2018 – Launch Date January, 30th
We are pleased to announce our final launch date for the next Financial Secrecy Index (FSI). The launch will take place on 30 January 2018 at 18.00 CET. This next FSI will be covering 112 jurisdictions up from 92 in 2015. We have substantially increased the number of Key Financial Secrecy … [Read more...]
We’re Hiring! Finance and Operations Administrator
This is a new post, created to support TJN’s ongoing institutional strengthening by working with TJN’s new Head of Operations to build, manage and run a set of key systems and processes covering a range of organisational capabilities, with a focus on grants management, finance and operations. The … [Read more...]
Indian cess taxes: A call for accountability (Guest blog)
This piece is about cess taxes levied by the current government in India written for us by Ashrita Prasad Kotha, Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School whose work on ‘Cesses in the Indian Tax Regime: A Historical Analysis’ has been published as a book chapter in Studies in the History of … [Read more...]
Links Dec 8
TJNA Statement on newly-published Oxfam report on tax and inequality in Kenya EU Finance Chiefs Ask Commission to Monitor U.S. Tax Reform Bloomberg BNA See also our blog: Human rights costs of the proposed U.S. tax cuts MEPs try to add EU member states to the blacklist of tax havens EurActiv See … [Read more...]
The EU Tax Haven Blacklist – a toothless whitewash
Continuing our coverage of the EU Tax Haven Blacklist, we are reposting this article which first appeared in Public Finance International. The original can be found here: http://www.publicfinanceinternational.org/opinion/2017/12/eu-tax-blacklist-whitewash … [Read more...]
Human rights costs of the proposed U.S. tax cuts
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Philip Alston is making an official visit to the United States to investigate the links between the growing phenomenon of poverty and human rights deprivations. This comes at a time when the current administration is working on passing … [Read more...]
The Bogota Declaration on Tax Justice for Women’s Rights
The Bogota Declaration on Tax Justice for Women’s Rights is being launched around the world today (7 December 2017) through online platforms and at tax justice events in Argentina and Chile. You can read the Declaration text in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic and Swahili here: EN / ES … [Read more...]
