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...]
Archives for 2018
Questions raised over offshore dealings of Serbian PM’s former company.
The Croatian political magazine, Nacional, is running a story which implicates the International Finance Corporation in a deal involving offshore companies and more than a hint of a conflict of interest in Serbia. One of the main protagonists in the deal is the Serbian Prime Minister, Ana … [Read more...]
Now you see me, now you don’t: using citizenship and residency by investment to avoid automatic exchange of banking information
On February 19th, the OECD launched a consultation entitled “Preventing abuse of residence by investment schemes to circumvent the CRS”. It was about time. Since 2014, we have written several papers and blogs (here, here, here, here and here) explaining how residency and citizenship schemes offered … [Read more...]
Plazo abierto: Conferencia anual #tjn18, Lima
Click here to read this in English El plazo de inscripción está ahora abierto para nuestra conferencia anual, que este año tendra lugar en Lima del 13 al 14 de junio. ¡Regístrese ahora y lo veremos allí! Los detalles completos, incluido el programa, están a continuación, junto con los contactos … [Read more...]
Registration open for annual conference #tjn18, Lima
Haga click aquí para la versión en Español Registration is now open for our annual conference, which this year will be held in Lima on 13-14 June. Sign up now, and we'll see you there! Full details including the programme are below, along with contacts for any questions or comments. The 2018 … [Read more...]
Video: discussion on tax revenue losses, Apple’s tax avoidance and ‘state aid’
We're sharing here the opening panel discussion of the June 2017 European Financial Congress, Eastern Europe's largest finance congress in Gdansk, Poland. The theme of the panel was "Tax solidarity in the world and in the EU" and it features visiting Professor at Oxford University Philip Baker QC … [Read more...]
Bring in new tax to curb avoidance by multinationals: new report
A new report out today by Grace Blakeley from the progressive policy think tank IPPR argues for a re-balancing of the business taxation system. Titled Fair dues: Rebalancing business taxation in the UK, the report proposes: a series of reforms aimed at achieving a fairer burden of taxation between … [Read more...]
Tax Justice is a feminist issue: call on governments to act
We celebrate International Women's Day today by reaffirming tax as a feminist issue. In advocating for greater tax transparency and accountability we, as feminists, are not only demanding multilateral progressive tax policies and a global financial architecture that recognises and disaggregates by … [Read more...]
Links Mar 7
Gold for visas OCCRP In the Gold for Visas project, reporters for OCCRP probe the shadowy business of selling visa-free travel and even citizenship to the rich, including some who would rather not say where that money comes from. These stories were produced as part of the Global Anti-Corruption … [Read more...]
Taxing water and infrastructure in the UK
Michael Gove, the UK's Environment Secretary had some harsh words for the water industry recently. “They have shielded themselves from scrutiny, hidden behind complex financial structures, avoided paying taxes, have rewarded the already well-off, kept charges higher than they needed to be.” The … [Read more...]
Video: the high cost of finance and the finance curse
In this film Dr Gerald Epstein discusses his work on how an oversized financial services sector such as the City of London, or Wall Street, can extract wealth from an economy, leading to lower growth, higher indebtedness, and rising inequality. This talk was given as a keynote lecture at a research … [Read more...]
Edition 2 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast/radio show الجباية ببساطة
Here's the second edition of our new monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. (In Arabic below) Taxes simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma, and is available for listeners to download and … [Read more...]
Guest blog: Stopping public contracts for tax cheats
We're pleased to share this important blog from the Fair Tax Mark's Chief Executive Paul Monaghan, orginally posted here. The Fair Tax Mark's inception was supported by the Tax Justice Network and it continues to do great work. As Ed Mayo, Secretary General of Co-operatives UK summarises very … [Read more...]
Advance tax rulings: Publish or abolish?
Advance(d) tax rulings give multinationals a degree of certainty - but at what cost to tax justice? A range of cases, largely based on leaked documents rather than public disclosures, reveal two major issues: large revenue losses, and a clear risk of corruption. Would mandatory publication be … [Read more...]
Links Mar 1
Human rights principles to assess austerity are needed, says UN expert Press Release: United Nations - Human Rights - Officer of the High Commissioner See also: UN expert: Switzerland must do more to combat ‘dirty money’ swissinfo A Murdered Journalist's Last Investigation: The Model, the Mafia, … [Read more...]
