Analysis: How rich oil firms are using secretive court to fight capital gains tax in developing world Finance Uncovered
Opinion: 3 years since the launch of Addis Tax Initiative, what’s been achieved? Devex
A first-timer’s guide to anonymously leaking information via SecureDrop ICIJ
Here’s how the U.S. is helping massive theft in Venezuela ThinkProgress
‘Running from Malta to Hong Kong to Miami, the details of the massive Venezuelan money-laundering allegations are familiar to anyone following kleptocratic developments in places like Russia or Azerbaijan.’
Opaque companies, dirty money BAE Negocios (In Spanish)
By TJN’s Andrés Knobel, and Adrián Falco, Coordinator at Fundación SES
Why is India the Only Country Funding the United Nations Tax Committee? The Wire
Australia: Labor wants Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC to reveal tax bill Australian Financial Review
The Ghost Companies Connected To Suspected Money Laundering, Corruption, And Paul Manafort BuzzFeed
“This adds to the growing evidence that UK companies are being used to aid financial crime on an industrial scale.”
India: How Targeting of Shell Companies Can Be Strengthened CBGA
How the Guptas Milked South Africa for Diamonds OCCRP
Airline Once Linked to Azerbaijan’s Ruling Family Got US Loan Guarantees, Military Contracts, Planes OCCRP
Expert consultation: proposals to improve the Fiscalis EU tax cooperation action programme Sven Giegold
Will Israel, India, France get data on citizens’ Swiss bank accounts? Haaretz
US fines Basel Cantonal Bank for tax evasion role swissinfo
‘… the latest Swiss financial institution to accept a fine for helping U.S. citizens to evade taxes. ‘The bank was forced to pay a total of $60.4 million (CHF58.9 million) in penalties to settle the case without having to face a criminal trial.’
Credit Suisse freezes $5 billion of Russian money due to U.S. sanctions Reuters
Should There Be Lower Taxes on Patent Income? Working Paper, via NBER
‘This calls into question whether the patent box is an effective instrument for encouraging innovation in a country, rather than simply facilitating the shifting of corporate income to low tax jurisdictions.’
Photo credit: Stacked Newspapers by Binuri Ranasinghe available from Flickr under the creative commons license
Leave a Reply