The Tax Justice Network is a signatory to the following letter, sent this morning to the EU Council. We argue that the proposed EU Directive on the protection of whistleblowers does not adequately protect public interest, and will inhibit whistleblowers from revealing information about employers … [Read more...]
Archives for 2019
How Brexit may deepen the Finance Curse
The evidence is now incontrovertible that finance-dependent countries like Britain are suffering from a bad case of the finance curse. The simplest proposition here is that countries with little financial sector development need more finance, but only up to a certain optimal point, after which … [Read more...]
One in nine US multinationals fail to comply with tax transparency law
Analysis of more than 600 US multinational corporations has revealed that 12 per cent failed to comply with UK law requiring them to publish their tax strategies. With the UK estimated to lose £25 billion in corporate tax revenue each year due to multinational corporations shifting profits out of … [Read more...]
Let’s talk about what nobody at Davos wanted to talk about: tax and women
We're sharing here and article written by the Tax Justice Network's Liz Nelson, head of our research and campaigning on Tax Justice and Human Rights for the news, discussion and debate website Irish Broad Left. The original article was published here. Let’s talk about what nobody at Davos wanted … [Read more...]
Edition 13 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast/radio show, 13# الجباية ببساطة
Welcome to the thirteenth 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 for … [Read more...]
Quote of the day – accountants “not set up to look for fraud.”
Following the acrimonious collapse of a British cake business, Patisserie Valerie, a quote of the day from a top accountant: We’re not looking for fraud, we’re not looking at the future, we’re not giving a statement that the accounts are correct . . . we are looking in the past and we are not set … [Read more...]
Oligopoly Capitalism: economic and democratic threats: the Tax Justice Network’s January 2019 podcast
In Edition 85 of the January 2019 Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show, the Taxcast (available on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and other podcast platforms): Naomi Fowler talks to investor and author Jonathan Tepper who’s co-written a book called ‘The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and … [Read more...]
Brexit and the future of tax havens
This week the Tax Justice Network's John Christensen spoke at this event at the European Parliament organised by the European Free Alliance of the Greens on Brexit and the future of tax havens. Here's more information on the event and you can watch the whole thing here. John spoke on the impact of … [Read more...]
How to verify beneficial ownership information – new report
In a world where billions in laundered money can move through the world’s top banks undetected, or where kleptocrats can set up anonymous companies at the ease of a click, the fight against corruption seems to have stayed in the Stone Age. The Tax Justice Network’s new paper suggests proposals to … [Read more...]
UN expert: Don’t shy away from human rights impacts of fiscal reforms
Today Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the UN's independent expert on foreign debt and human rights, published the Guiding Principles on Human Rights Impact Assessments of Economic Reforms. Its purpose is ‘to assist States, international financial institutions, creditors, civil society and others to ensure … [Read more...]
Taxing for ‘true equality’: EU adopts tax and gender proposals
"Gender equality can and should be promoted at all levels, including fiscal policy. This report is an important step towards the promotion of a more equitable distribution of income, wealth, opportunities, productive assets and services. That is, true equality". So said MEP Marisa Matias at Monday's … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network’s January 2019 Spanish language podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast, enero 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! (abajo en Castellano). In this month’s … [Read more...]
The German proposal for an effective minimum tax on multinational’s profits
Guest blog The following guest is published in line with the Tax Justice Network’s aim to encourage and stir insightful international debate on tax. The views expressed in this blog, as with all guest blogs published by the Tax Justice Network, are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect the … [Read more...]
Too little interest, too little political will to address inequalities and human rights?
On Monday 7 January, an adjournment debate took place in the UK parliament on the recent UN report on poverty and austerity in the UK. It was hosted by the UK Labour party’s Shadow Minister for Children, Emma Lewell-Buck. Scheduled at the end of the day’s parliamentary business, the debate drew a … [Read more...]
Links January 10
Tenders in EU: how much goes to tax havens? Datlablog Turkish President’s Allies In Press Freedom Attack Over Paradise Papers Reporting ICIJ Malta: Court throws out order for Panama Papers investigation The Malta Independent Improving Tax and Development Outcomes: What Next for Civil … [Read more...]
