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The Panama Papers: the enablers of financial secrecy know what they are doing
Press Release: Tax Justice Network The enablers of financial secrecy know what they are doing TweetShare
Panama: the making of a tax haven and rogue state
Panama is attracting much media attention at the moment, and for good reason. Earlier this month we blogged on a BBC Hard Talk interview with Panama’s Vice President which referred to our comment that Panama gives “the middle finger” to the rest of the world when it comes to tackling financial crimes. TweetShare
Edmond Tavernier, Swiss tax lawyer, reveals how a little learning is still a dangerous thing
This blogger has just been reading an article about tax competition in the Swiss Bilan magazine citing tax laywer Edmond Tavernier (who, BTW, has the dubious distinction of representing Lillian Bettencourt and Jérôme Cazuhac in their respective cases). TweetShare
Does Trump belong to an offshore company?
Good question. TweetShare
A Leak in Paradise – screening of this extraordinary documentary film about Swiss whistleblower Ruedi Elmer
Ana Gomes (S&D) and Fabio De Masi (GUE/NGL) Members of the Intergroup on Integrity, Transparency, Corruption and Organised Crime (ITCO) invite you to the screening of – A LEAK IN PARADISE – TweetShare
Global Tax Fairness: new book from Oxford University Press
This new book from Oxford University Press, edited by Thomas Pogge and Krishen Mehta, publishes fifteen chapters by leading tax justice scholars on different topics ranging from country-by-country reporting to unitary taxation, from automatic information exchange to tax wars, with clear and practicable policy recommendations for how to move forward on a tax justice agenda. TweetShare
TTIP threatens ability to enforce fair taxes on corporations – report
In light of a new report showing how corporations are using secretive corporate courts to undermine national tax sovereignty, TJN has signed a letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron calling on him to call a halt to negotiations on so-called Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions included in the framework of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and a separate
Read the full article…The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #73
The North Korean Connection The offshore world, with its secrecy and complex corporate structures can throw up some of the most extraordinary connections. One of them was unveiled this week by Finance Uncovered, a global network of investigative journalists. TweetShare
Actor Greg Wise takes on the UK tax avoidance industry in Dispatches tonight
Actor Greg Wise was so disgusted by the evidence of how HSBC bank helped its clients evade taxes through its Swiss subsidiary, he got angry, very angry indeed. So he turned undercover investigator to expose the disgraceful lack of ethics of the tax dodging industry. As one of the tax dodging adviser explains in the programme: “tax, as I
Read the full article…Global Alliance for Tax Justice jumps to top 10 of global rankings
Congratulations to our partners at the Global Alliance for Tax Justice who have jumped straight in to number ten position in the International Tax Review’s global ranking of who’s who in the tax world. TweetShare
A new whiteboard animation from the Tax Justice Coalition Pakistan
The Tax Justice Coalition Pakistan has just published the following video animation detailing how poor and middle income households in that country carry 75 per cent of the tax contribution, and outlining measures required to restore a degree of progressiveness to what is an increaingly unjust tax regime. TweetShare
Tax Haven USA: Congress moves to end corporate secrecy
Earlier this week we blogged a groundbreaking exposé of how US law firms advise on shifting dirty money into the USA. Now we hear that bipartisan legislation is being proposed to help stamp out corruption, money laundering and tax evasion by curbing use of anonymously-owned companies in America. TweetShare
Civil society calls on African Union to prioritise financing human rights for women
We’ve just received a copy of the final Communiqué of the 6th Citizen’s Continental Conference which took place in late January in Addis Ababa. This year the conference, which precedes the African Union Summit, had human rights as its core focus, with a particular focus on the rights of women. TweetShare
Tax Haven USA – part two: Rothschilds (nearly) confirms Tax Justice Network position
One year ago, Tax Justice Network published a blog detailing the ways in which the USA is steadily turning itself into a vortex-shaped hole in the global financial system. Others have picked up on the theme, including The Economist which rightly labelled the USA as “the mega-haven”. Now, according to London’s Evening Standard newspaper, tax advisers at exclusive Rothschild Trust
Read the full article…Tax Haven USA – part one: 12 New York law firms advise on how to move dirty money to the USA
12 New York law firms filmed suggesting how to move suspect money into the US & avoid detection Ground-Breaking exposé by Global Witness shows how the corrupt can exploit anonymously-owned companies TweetShare
