The next financial secrecy index has now reached its first big milestone with questionnaires being sent out to 112 jurisdictions. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2017
Links Jan 30
EU Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs - Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion Live stream 31 Jan at 9.30am (Brussels time) Africa: Accelerated Agenda on … [Read more...]
Links Jan 27
What a #fightinequality week it has been… Global Alliance for Tax Justice Canada Papers investigation: joint investigation by CBC/Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star: Snow washing: Canada is the world’s newest tax haven - Part 1 How a Quebec company hid millions from tax collectors - Part … [Read more...]
Is tax avoidance at the heart of Ireland’s economic miracle?
Coming out of the economic crisis Ireland was one of the best performing economies, with GDP growth rates of 8.5% in 2014 and an extraordinary 26.3% in 2015. But how much of this economic activity was real, and how much a fiction created by Ireland's tax haven status? A new paper by Heike Joebges … [Read more...]
The Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation is hiring
The Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation is a unique body of prominent and influential thinkers, from both developing and developed nations which promotes international corporate tax reform from the perspective of global public interest. The Steering Group of … [Read more...]
Our January 2017 Spanish language Podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast de enero 2017
Welcome to this month’s podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nunez, downloaded and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofonica! (abajo en castellano). This month: … [Read more...]
Tax haven UK? It already is…
There has been much talk of the threats from the British Chancellor to turn the UK into a full-blown tax haven post-Brexit if the European Union doesn't give it a good trade deal. We discussed 'Brexit threats' in our January podcast. Now our Director Alex Cobham has written an article for Politico … [Read more...]
Links Jan 23
European Parliament's new hearing on Panama Papers: lawyers, accountants and bankers Global Alliance for Tax Justice Ecuador and NGOs' plea for a Global Tax Body Global Alliance for Tax Justice Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries The Guardian … [Read more...]
Information exchange needs to go beyond tax
The Tax Justice Network is today publishing a report on how governments might improve on proposals to implement automatic exchange of information for tax purposes. The report is based on a survey which was sent to more than 100 tax authorities. One of the most conclusive responses came in how … [Read more...]
Tax justice and public contracts, Brexit threats, criminal dodges and crackdowns in our January 2017 podcast
In this month's Taxcast, our monthly podcast: we look at tax justice and public procurement - the efforts to hit tax dodging companies where it really hurts on a local level – trying to stop them bidding for public money for public contracts. Also: how massive amounts of money are flowing … [Read more...]
Links Jan 19
Fight Inequality week of action is live - together we are stronger Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also: The scourge of inequality: There can be no peace or freedom while it persists An Economy for the 99%: It?s time to build a human economy that benefits everyone, not just the privileged few … [Read more...]
Guest Post – Snowstorm – tax havens and organised crime today
Organised crime has had a long association with tax havens, and tax evasion. After All, Al Capone was imprisoned for tax evasion, and not any of the other crimes that it is said he committed. But how much do governments and police forces include tackling tax havens in their thinking of modern … [Read more...]
The real losers of the UK becoming a tax haven
For months the public and governments around the world have been totally mystified at the lack of any plan coming from the UK government on how it intends to extract itself from the European Union following the Brexit referendum in June 2016. On Sunday the British Chancellor of the Exchequer … [Read more...]
UK tax authority awareness raising for children on the importance of tax
The UK's tax authority HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) has an educational youtube video for children which is, in their words 'A simple introduction to tax for 8 to 11 year olds, which explains that taxes provide the money needed to pay for the things that are essential to them, their … [Read more...]
Links Jan 10
Tax Avoidance, Illicit Financial Flows, and Global Development: A Call for a United Nations Tax Body Global Alliance for Tax Justice Event in Washington DC on 12 January Eva Joly's op-ed on French Country-by=Country Reporting Global Alliance for Tax Justice The 24 loopholes in the OECD's Common … [Read more...]
