A Better Way to Fight Corporate Tax Avoidance Project Syndicate
By José Antonio Ocampo: ‘… it is past time that the United Nations took up this issue. Only a truly global cooperative effort can fix a broken system and end the destructive race to the bottom on taxes’
The Real Wolves of Wall Street: The banks, lawyers and auditors at the heart of Malaysia’s biggest corruption scandal Global Witness
See also: UK banking authority urged to act over $4.5 billion ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ corruption scandal, US Treasury urged to close glaring lawyer loophole used in $4.5 billion ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ corruption scandal, and Switzerland faces law change call to return 1MDB profits to Malaysia Reuters
Commission welcomes adoption of far-reaching new transparency rules for tax advisers in the EU European Commission – Press release
See also: Success for Tax Justice: Europe creates transparency for enablers of international tax avoidance Sven Giegold
Israel is ‘one of the world’s most generous tax havens,’ complains tax chief The Times of Israel
“We don’t need to be a global tax haven; in the end it will hurt Israel”
MTN named among companies draining the coffers of other African nations including Uganda Newz Post
Australia: ‘Staggering’: $90 billion lost in resources tax The Sydney Morning Herald
Exporting corruption: Beyond Brazil’s Car Wash scandal Al Jazeera
‘How a money laundering investigation in Brazil turned into a far-reaching corruption case that continues to send shock waves across Latin America’
Panama Papers help South Africa disclosure scheme hit ZAR3.3bn International Adviser
Europe cracks down on luxury yacht tax dodge, citing Paradise Papers ICIJ
Liechtenstein: The mysterious tax haven that’s losing the trust of the super-rich The Independent
Luxembourg blasts rate of corporation tax in Ireland Irish Examiner
‘Ireland’s low tax rates for companies were the subject of criticism from the Luxembourg prime minister who demanded “fair competition” within the EU.’
Apple’s Irish Tax Billions Said Guarded by Bank of New York Bloomberg
#GuptaLeaks: The high altitude hijack amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism
EU-Parliament: Brexit must become an exit from British tax dumping Sven Giegold
Should Britain’s crackdown on dirty money worry Russian oligarchs? Newsweek
Finance Forces States to Focus on Short-Term Objectives video by Finance Watch
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