Welcome to our eighth monthly tax justice podcast/radio show in Portuguese. Bem vindas e bem vindos ao É da sua conta, nosso podcast em português, o podcast mensal da Tax Justice Network, Rede de Justiça Fiscal. É da sua conta é o podcast mensal em português da Tax Justice Network, com … [Read more...]
Archives for 2019
Getting the short end of the stick again and again
Guest blog author: Cassandra Vet, Teaching Assistant and PhD Candidate, Global Governance and Inclusive Development, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp Now the reform to curb corporate tax avoidance gets up to speed with the outdated principles of corporate taxation, it … [Read more...]
The financialisation of child and elderly care: the Tax Justice Network December 2019 podcast
This month we ask - what's going on with our pre-school childcare and elderly care home services? We take a long hard look at the financialisation of our services and what we can do about it. Plus: the Conservative party in the UK has won a major victory in the general elections. With major … [Read more...]
Making our conference virtual saved a year’s worth of 60 households’ energy emissions
Last week, the Tax Justice Network held its first virtual conference, bringing together over 150 people from around the world, from Portland to Sydney. Offices, living rooms and libraries on different continents were connected into one virtual space where speakers from the OECD, G24, IMF, World Bank … [Read more...]
Austrian parliament seizes opportunity for public country-by-country reporting
Just two weeks ago, a resolution on country-by-country reporting at the EU Competitiveness Council missed the qualified majority needed by just one vote. Among those who voted against the resolution was Austria's Minister of Economic Affairs, Elisabeth Udolf-Strobl. But only a few days later the … [Read more...]
Global taxing rights: ‘The genie is out of the bottle’
The OECD process to reform the international tax rules for multinationals is at a critical point. The secretariat's proposals have drawn widespread criticism, not least for sidelining the perspectives of non-OECD countries; and the US has blown up the agreement with France that underpinned the … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network’s December 2019 Spanish language podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast, diciembre 2019
Welcome to this month’s latest podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, free to download and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónica! En este programa: La historia … [Read more...]
VIDEO: The “Race to the Bottom” and how it makes us all poorer
As we enter the final week of Britain's 2019 general election, tax justice has become a top election battleground subject. Tax justice is, as we've always said, a vote winner, and it's continuing to climb up the political agenda. We've made a video with Reel News looking at the economically and … [Read more...]
Businesses, campaigners back global tax standard to tackle $500bn corporate tax abuse epidemic
The Global Reporting Initiative has today launched a new tax transparency reporting standard expected to prevent billions in tax from being smuggled into corporate tax havens. Developed in consultation with businesses, investors, civil society groups, labour organisations, accounting firms and tax … [Read more...]
Will the OECD tax reforms collapse? Three scenarios
The OECD's process for reform of international tax rules has just been torpedoed by the United States. As the US announced 100% tariffs on a range of goods, in response to the French digital services tax, finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday that, "having demanded an international solution … [Read more...]
Edition 23 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast 23# الجباية ببساطة
Welcome to the twenty-third edition of our 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 Osama Diab of the Egyptian Initiative … [Read more...]
Edition 10 of the Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast/radio show: édition #10 de radio/podcast Francophone par Tax Justice Network
We’re pleased to share the tenth edition of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show for francophone Africa by finance journalist Idriss Linge in Cameroon. The podcast is called Impôts et Justice Sociale, ‘tax and social justice.’ Nous sommes heureux de partager avec vous cette … [Read more...]
Virtual conference: Where next for global taxing rights?
Technical and political analyses of the OECD tax reform Hosted by the Tax Justice Network on 11 December 2019 Read Alex Cobham's blog post summarising the day's discussions | Read our blog post about the conference format As urgent reshaping of the international tax system has risen up … [Read more...]
Tax Justice November 2019 Portuguese podcast: Penalidade máxima: a sonegação no futebol #7
Welcome to our seventh monthly tax justice podcast/radio show in Portuguese. Bem vindas e bem vindos ao É da sua conta, nosso podcast em português, o podcast mensal da Tax Justice Network, Rede de Justiça Fiscal. É da sua conta é o podcast mensal em português da Tax Justice Network, com … [Read more...]
Unitary taxation for multinational companies: what it is and why it matters
We blogged recently that the UK's main opposition party has committed to introducing unitary taxation by the end of the next parliamentary term. As we've said, it represents an important further normalisation of unitary taxation, and a potentially important step to ending the great damage done by … [Read more...]
