Building Africa’s capacities to tax diamonds with Tax Inspectors Without Borders UNDP
Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development
New book, via the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD)
Oil firms use secretive court hearing in bid to stop Vietnam taxing their profits The Guardian
Tax havens shielding companies responsible for deforestation and overfishing The Guardian
Growth of Nigeria’s Mining Industry Fails to Lift Tax Revenues AllAfrica / The Guardian (Lagos)
See also our recent blog: Are tax incentives in Nigeria attracting investment or giving away revenue?
Apple now worth $1 trillion thanks to tax cuts and tax aversion schemes Salon
‘Apple avoided paying $50 billion in American taxes; now the company is the wealthiest in the world’
See also: Apple has appealed its taxes nearly 500 times since 2004 Fortune Magazine
How a Swiss bank was toppled by a financial scandal in Malaysia – and what can be learned from it The Conversation
Swiss court backs UBS in French request for client data Reuters
‘UBS still faces a trial in France over charges of aggravated tax fraud and money laundering as well as illegally offering related services, a judicial source has said.‘
Zurich bank settles tax evasion probe with US swissinfo / Reuters
See also: A top Swiss bank settles a decade after secrecy began to crumble Bloomberg
U.S.: Of course the tax cuts are good for the banks Vox
Gertler received and distributed millions in bribes in connection to DRC mining deals, court papers allege Global Witness
Mining Giant Glencore Reports Profit Despite US Subpoena OCCRP
Malaysia seeks $35 million private jet linked to 1MDB scandal CNBC
Bankers, Celebrities Sue Over Film Deals Turned Tax Avoidance Bloomberg Quint
Too many bean-counters: How an ‘accounting curse’ is hurting the UK economy Left Foot Forward
By TJN Senior Adviser Prem Sikka
A Greek Bearing Grifts The American Interest
‘ … a circle of floating oligarchs who can move from one hub of self-enrichment to another. They co-opt not just the financial structures of each—state tenders, real estate markets, LLCs—but the privileges of their taxpayers—passports, ambassadorial posts—even while they flaunt the laws of each in succession.’
Unraveling the Global Web of Corruption That’s Destroying Democracy Whitney Milam via medium.com
Bitcoin investing is creating tax predicaments for hedge funds Bloomberg Technology
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