We have recently blogged about the first call of the new Advisory Group to promote beneficial ownership verification that we are co-developing together with the Financial Transparency Coalition, Transparency International, Global Witness, Global Financial Integrity, OpenOwnership, The B Team and the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2020
The Reboot: new Tax Justice Network video series
Welcome to this first episode of The Reboot from the Tax Justice Network. Everyone knows the global economic system isn’t working in the interests of most of us. In our new video series we’re going to talk about how to fix it. From Covid-19 lockdown, Naomi Fowler speaks to John Christensen and … [Read more...]
Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Taxation: Two Sides of the Same Carbon Coin
We recently published a two part Tax Justice Focus special on climate crisis and tax justice. This blog reproduces the article by Laura Merrill, in which she outlines how massive direct and indirect state subsidies have overwhelmingly distorted energy markets to favour fossil-fuel consumption, … [Read more...]
The state of play of beneficial ownership registration in 2020
By Andres Knobel and Moran Harari of the Tax Justice Network. A new report on the state of play of ownership registration of companies, partnerships, trusts and private foundations was published today by the Tax Justice Network. Based predominantly on the results of the … [Read more...]
Edition 29 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast #29 الجباية ببساطة
Welcome to the twenty-ninth edition of our monthly 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 and Osama Diab of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast: édition 16: Des chefs d’Etats Africains en appellent à une solidarité plus juste dans le monde
Here’s the 16th edition of Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show for francophone Africa produced and presented by finance journalist Idriss Linge in Cameroon. Nous sommes fiers de partager avec vous cette nouvelle émission de radio/podcast du Réseau pour la Justice Fiscale, Tax … [Read more...]
State aid and tax avoidance – the case of Lufthansa
This is a guest blog by Steffen Redeke and Christoph Trautvetter (Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit, Germany) First, here's a useful European Airline bailout tracker (which reflects the most up to date public information available at the time it was published on May 8, 2020). Thanks to the Global … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network Portuguese podcast #13: Pandemia: como acertar no socorro às empresas?
Em meio à crise econômica e sanitária, o governo brasileiro anunciou uma injeção de mais de US$ 185 bilhões para ajudar o setor financeiro — cerca de dez vezes o orçamento do Ministério da Saúde. Enquanto isso, 87% das micro e pequenas indústrias do Estado de São Paulo, por exemplo, não conseguem … [Read more...]
The Wall Street Climate Consensus
Last week we published the second part of our Tax Justice Focus special on climate crisis and tax justice. This blog reproduces the article contributed by economist Daniela Gabor*, in which she pinpoints the dangers of allowing private actors to take the lead in financing the … [Read more...]
Black Zero against the Climate
Last week we published the second part of our Tax Justice Focus special on climate crisis and tax justice. This blog reproduces the lead article by famed German economist Peter Bofinger, in which he argues the case for a radical transformation of our understanding of how economics works, and why … [Read more...]
Tax collection, a labour of love: the Tax Justice Network podcast, May 2020
In the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast: we cover the story the mainstream media aren’t telling you – how governments around the world are undermining our tax collection services. We look at how the South Africa Revenue Service was established in very challenging times to become … [Read more...]
Scotland joins wave of countries blocking tax haven-tied corporations from receiving Covid-19 bailouts; Tax Justice Network responds
Green Party country by country reporting amendment adds urgency to global calls for the tax transparency measure The Scottish Government has backed a Green Party amendment to exclude corporations registered in tax havens, or with subsidiaries or other arrangements in tax havens from receiving … [Read more...]
Women & Tax: can you help with this survey?
Liz Nelson coordinates our Tax Justice & Human Rights work and she's undertaking research as part of Atlantic Fellowship for Social and Economic Equity Programme of which she is a 2019/20 Fellow. Can you help with her survey? She explains more: I'm working on a project to understand women's … [Read more...]
Climate justice and economic justice are the same fight
As the economic shock of the pandemic deepens, hunger stalks the streets of supposedly rich countries, revealing the deep inequalities that existed even before Covid-19 struck. In the second of our two part Tax Justice Focus edition on financing the climate transition (the first part is available … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Italia is launched
By Tommaso Faccio, co-founder of Tax Justice Italia With the support of, and in partnership with the Tax Justice Network, Tax Justice Italia was launched today with the aim of adding a credible voice for tax justice in Italy. Tax Justice Italia will work to change the debate around taxation in … [Read more...]