There were some important debates in Brussels recently where Hans Böckler Stiftung held a two-day symposium with the European Trade Union Institute looking at the changes citizens in Europe are facing in the workplace and examining the challenges for the new leaders who will be in place as a result … [Read more...]
Archives for 2018
Yes, Britain is closing its tax havens. But let’s not forget it created them in the first place
This post is jointly authored by Anthea Lawson and John Christensen Tax justice campaigners celebrated this week as a nifty cross-party move from British Members of Parliament Margaret Hodge and Andrew Mitchell forced the UK’s Overseas Territories – many of them in the Caribbean – to stop hiding … [Read more...]
Links May 2
Gender, Taxation and Equality in Developing Countries UN Women Offshore laws remain 'weak' for majority of G20 two years after Panama Papers ICIJ Cayman Islands considers legal action to stop public scrutiny by UK The Guardian The Cayman conundrum: why is one tiny archipelago the … [Read more...]
Making history: an end to anonymous companies in the UK’s Overseas Territories
The UK Parliament today has taken a significant step toward global tax transparency - by imposing public registers of beneficial ownership of companies on the UK's Overseas Territories (OTs). The OTs are relatively small but highly secretive financial centres, responsible for just over 4% of the … [Read more...]
Links Apr 26
How to make mulitnationals pay taxes honestly Deccan Herald Lifting the veil of secrecy: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa CMI Angolan Tycoon’s Frozen Funds Highlight KPMG’s Role In Offshore Secrecy ICIJ ‘Kings of Steel’ pinballed by new Panama and … [Read more...]
Tax justice, women and UN human rights conventions: our April 2018 podcast
In this month's Taxcast: Tax justice, women and UN human rights conventions: how we may be beginning to hold governments to account. Also: we discuss scandal-hit Facebook's checks on whether overseas influencers are funding political ads in the United States and why they won't work. And is it … [Read more...]
New report: The Global Battle for Corporate Transparency
On 25 May 2018, the European Council will meet in Brussels and will likely consider new rules on corporate transparency, the introduction of public country by country reporting. The meeting will take place 40 years to the day since the OECD sabotaged attempts to introduce similar transparency … [Read more...]
Veils of secrecy: enhancing tax and ownership transparency in development projects
We're sharing here new research from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights which evaluates the role played by a member of the World Bank Group, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in development projects. The full title of their research is Veils of secrecy: evaluating the IFC's role … [Read more...]
The bell tolls for arm’s length pricing
Listen closely, and you might just hear the beginning of the end of the international rules that have made tax more or less voluntary for multinational companies. This weekend, as part of their regular spring meetings, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank will hold a day-long conference … [Read more...]
Continuing the work of murdered journalist #DaphneCaruanaGalizia, 6 months on
We'd like to draw attention to the Daphne Project, announced by the OCCRP and Forbidden Stories which honours the life and courageous work of murdered Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The project begins today, marking six months since her brutal assassination. Malta is ranked … [Read more...]
Our April 2018 Spanish language podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast, abril 2018
Welcome to this month’s latest podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, downloaded and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónica! (abajo en Castellano). In this month’s … [Read more...]
Links Apr 13
Improve Africa’s Domestic Resource Mobilisation: Shifting the Focus on Wealth Taxation, Corruption Enablers and Aggressive Tax Avoidance Tax Justice Network - Africa, Press Release (In English and French) Debate on illicit financial flows and sustainable development El País (In Spanish) With … [Read more...]
Economic reforms and austerity: A ‘wicked problem’ impacting on women
In March 2017 the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution mandating the United Nations Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights Mr. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky to consider the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human … [Read more...]
Links Apr 11
Africa Progressing In Fight Against Corruption, Illicit Financial Outflows New Business Ethiopia Resolving African Challenges in Transfer Pricing The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) Tax justice in Europe: why does it matter for workers? European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) How the … [Read more...]
Financial Secrecy Index updates and the importance of open data
The Tax Justice Network’s Financial Secrecy Index (FSI) latest edition was published on January 30th, 2018. As always, the FSI offers a ranking of the world’s largest contributors to global financial secrecy as well as narrative reports for most of the most famous secrecy jurisdictions, describing … [Read more...]
