Coauthors: Andres Knobel, Markus Meinzer and Moran Harari The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which evaluates countries on their compliance with its anti-money laundering recommendations recently published a report on best practices of beneficial ownership for legal persons, leaving trusts … [Read more...]
Archives for 2019
Seminar on the Corporate Tax Haven Index in Buenos Aires on 29 November 2019
[Por favor, vea más abajo detalles en castellano] The research and advocacy seminar is organised in the context of the conference “Financialization in the Global South” (list of panels here, time table here, register here), happening from 26-28 November 2019 also in Buenos Aires. This event is … [Read more...]
Paradigm shifts on tax, and who are ‘the uncounted’? Tax Justice Network November 2019 podcast
This month on the Taxcast we speak to Tax Justice Network CEO Alex Cobham about his new book The Uncounted on the politics of counting. Who's missing from the stats, from the bottom to the very top? And how can we count better? Plus: For decades corporate tax cuts have been touted as the way to … [Read more...]
Unitary tax explained: infographic
The Labour party in the UK has today committed to introducing unitary taxation by the end of the next parliamentary term. This is significant internationally because it marks the first such manifesto commitment from a major political party, with a realistic prospect of election success, in a … [Read more...]
A historic day for unitary taxation
Today sees the crystallisation of two potentially pivotal moments in the development of international tax rules towards the Tax Justice Network’s long-favoured approach: unitary taxation. In Paris, the OECD is hosting a public consultation on the biggest reform to the taxation of multinational … [Read more...]
Global Day of Action: digging the dirt on extractives
As global capitalism continues to lurch from one crisis to the next, massive levels of tax abuse and avoidance are robbing governments of the resources they need to provide basic social services while also contributing to economic instability, fuelling gender inequalities and undermining human … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network’s November 2019 Spanish language podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast, noviembre 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! Imagen: Protestas en Chile, Natalia … [Read more...]
The UN runs out of money: has your country paid its annual contribution?
Some troubling news you may not have heard about: recently United Nations staff were informed that the United Nations will run out of money due to a 30% underpayment by member states, most notably the United States: if that nation paid what it owed, that would make up at least 60% of the total … [Read more...]
All in for tax justice: what our supporters said
We asked our newsletter subscribers to complete a short survey to help us make sure the Tax Justice Network is delivering the research, stories and opportunities that matter to them, in the ways that help them best engage in tax justice. We've put together an infographic summarising what people … [Read more...]
Edition 22 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast 22# الجباية ببساطة
Welcome to the twenty-second 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...]
If tax havens scare you, monopolies should too. And vice versa.
Europe Needs a "Tax Justice Network for monopolies." Introduction The BBC recently carried a short article which began: “Luxembourg's data privacy watchdog says it is in discussions with Amazon about voice recordings made of customers who have used the firm's Alexa smart assistant. The … [Read more...]
Edition 9 of the Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast/radio show: édition #9 de radio/podcast Francophone par Tax Justice Network
We’re pleased to share the nineth 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...]
Tax Justice October 2019 Portuguese podcast: O que ganhamos com isenções fiscais à empresas? #6
Welcome to our sixth monthly tax justice podcast/radio show in Portuguese. Details of this month’s show below. 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. Veja abaixo os detalhes do programa em … [Read more...]
Taxing multinationals: a new approach
Our headline is also the title of an important new report by Public Services International, a global trade union federation, looking at the fast-changing international tax system. Co-authored by Public Services International's Daniel Bertossa and Sol Picciotto, a Tax Justice Network Senior … [Read more...]
Let’s shrink the City of London finance sector, for prosperity’s sake
This week journalist and Tax Justice Network writer Nicholas Shaxson sounded the alarm in Britain's Guardian newspaper about plans for a “Singapore-on-the-Thames” economic model, a tax haven strategy, after Brexit: The strategy to win the great global race to attract financial capital by … [Read more...]
