In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast: We look at the terrible Beirut explosion and how the story of tracing those responsible tells us everything that's wrong with our world.Plus, we discuss what President-elect Biden's win could mean for tax and economic … [Read more...]
Archives for 2020
Guest Blog: Corporate profit misalignment: An analysis of German parent companies and their foreign affiliates
By Sarah Godar, Research Associate at the Berlin School of Economics and Law Despite numerous data challenges, economists have established that the multinational corporations’ reported profits are not well aligned with their economic activity across countries. However, uncertainties remain about … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network Spanish language monthly podcast: Una nueva justicia impositiva #53
Welcome to this month’s 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 radiofónico! Estamos en iTunes y tenemos un sitio web. Envien un … [Read more...]
Paying for the Pandemic and a Just Transition
The Transnational Institute has just published a report setting out ten proposals to mobilise resources to cover the cost of the global COVID-19 pandemic and to pay for the transition away from the fossil fuel economy. As the report points out in its conclusion, the multiple crises facing both the … [Read more...]
Online conference: Imperial Inequalities: States, Empires, Taxation and Reparations – Registration open
Two day online conference: 03 and 04 December 7:00 - 12:30 PST / 12:00 – 17:30 GMT / 13:00 - 18:30 CEST / 17:30 - 23:00 IST Register here Co-organised with Gurminder K Bhambra, University of Sussex and Julia McClure, University of Glasgow and based on a forthcoming volume Imperial … [Read more...]
Online conference: How to pay for the climate transition – Registration open
Two day online event: 10 and 11 December / 9:00 - 12:30 PST / 14:00 – 17:30 GMT / 15:00 - 18:30 CEST / 19:30 - 23:00 IST Register here As the climate crisis comes into ever sharper focus the question of how we pay for a just transition takes on an ever-greater urgency. Plenty of voices … [Read more...]
New publication on beneficial ownership transparency for companies listed on the stock exchange
This new paper describes why beneficial ownership regulations shouldn’t exempt companies listed on a stock exchange. In essence, securities’ disclosure regulations aren’t enough to identify beneficial owners. In addition, definitions are subject to loopholes that affect identifying all relevant … [Read more...]
Getting a Grip on Global Financial Infrastructure
The United States has long relied on informal agreements with private sector institutions to assert its interests in the global financial system. If we are to fight kleptocracy, we need to make this privately run plumbing more accountable to international institutions, argues Edoardo Saravalle in … [Read more...]
From outrage to action: how to prevent another 11 years of inaction after the FinCen files
The FinCen files leak disclosed information on “suspicious transaction reports” filed by banks between 2000 and 2017 to the US Financial Intelligence Unit (“FinCen”) in charge of monitoring anti-money laundering. Although a lot could be said about this leak, there are many outrageous highlights: … [Read more...]
The Elephant Trap: The Language of National Security and the Politics of Liberation
It is tempting for reformers to adopt the language of national security in pursuit of policies that would help protect the interests of popular constituencies. But we should be wary that we don’t operate in a register that is far more congenial to our opponents. In this guest blog, reproduced from … [Read more...]
Edition 35 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic podcast: الجباية ببساطة #٣٥ – آل سعود في قائمة العائلات الأغنى في العالم وتحسّن لمصر في مؤشر العدالة الضريبية
Welcome to the 35th edition of our Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma. The programme is available for listeners to download and it’s also available … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast: Leonce Ndikumana: “L’OCDE doit aller vite dans les réformes de la fiscalité internationale,” édition 21
Pour la 21ème édition de votre podcast en français sur la justice fiscale et sociale en Afrique et dans le monde proposée par Tax Justice Network avec Idriss Linge, nous revenons sur la récente sortie de l'ICRICT (la Commission Indépendante pour la Réforme de la fiscalité internationale des … [Read more...]
Systemic Corruption and the Oligarchic Threat to National Security
Attempts to tackle corruption have tended to work with a narrow, legalistic definition of the phenomenon, which leaves much that should concern us either out of focus or altogether invisible. In this guest blog, cross-posted from our recent edition of Tax Justice Focus on national security, Camila … [Read more...]
A reparational justice journey: the Tax Justice Network podcast, October 2020
In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast, we go on a reparational justice journey and speak to the Council for World Mission about their Legacies of Slavery project. Plus: austerity's out, public investment is now in?! We discuss the IMF's hypocritical turn around … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network Portuguese podcast #18: Quem tem medo da tributação sobre transações financeiras?
Quando impostos se destinam a taxar poderosos a elite econômico-financeira do mundonos faz acreditar que são verdadeiros fantasmas. Mas o episódio #18 do É da sua conta desmistifica a tributação sobre transações financeiras e mostra como esse imposto pode, com um desenho adequado, … [Read more...]
