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 also: A tax haven blacklist without the UK is a whitewash The Guardian, by TJN senior adviser Prem Sikka, and our blog: The EU flunks the tax haven test
Swiss make deal with Nigeria on final payout for Abacha loot RFI
“It’s part of the hypocrisy of the West when they talk about corruption in developing countries … You acknowledge that this money was stolen, yet you keep it in your financial institutions because it actually supports your financial institutions”
KRA says Kenya risks losing billions in China tax agreement Daily Nation
Daphne Caruana Galizia posthumously honoured by Swedish newspaper The Times of Malta
Murdered journalist is 2017 Holme Award winner.
Belgian authorities raid bank linked to offshore companies found in Panama Papers ICIJ
French activists storm Paris Apple Store over EU tax dispute The Register
Ireland forced to collect Apple’s disputed €13bn tax bill BBC
See also: Poland will line up against Ireland in Apple tax appeal The IrishTimes
Australian tax office says 36% of big firms and multinationals paid no tax The Guardian
See also: ExxonMobil Australia ‘failed to disclose links to Bahamas and Netherlands’ The Guardian
Beneficial ownership: Hong Kong’s low taxes should not make it vulnerable to money launderers South China Morning Post
Why we can’t trust basic economic figures Quartz
‘Thanks to offshoring practices like those revealed in the Paradise and Panama Papers, global investment figures are “a big black hole”’
U.S. Tax Plan Crowns a Big Winner: Trump’s Industry The New York Times
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