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Should Nation States Compete? – download the workshop presentations here
TJN recently held its annual research workshop in conjunction with the Association for Accountancy & Business Affairs and City University at City University London. You can download the presentations given at that workshop from the links below. Matthew Watson – ‘Following in John Methuen’s Early Eighteenth-Century Footsteps: Ricardo’s Comparative Advantage Theory and the False Foundations of the Competitiveness of Nations’
Read the full article…The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #66
Advance Australia fair? Seemingly the days of stashing a million bucks into a secret numbered bank account in Singapore are over. TweetShare
Debate: Has corporation tax had its day?
We have previously commented on the lobbying effort to kill off the corporate income tax (CIT). In a debate published in the latest edition of Tax Journal, TJN’s director John Christensen goes head to head in discussion with Stephen Herring, head of taxation at the UK’s Institute of Directors. TweetShare
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #65
???????? ???????????? ??? ???? ?????? ??? ?? ???????? ??? ??????* Greece’s stand off with the EU’s power brokers is gripping Europe’s media. Tax justice and how sovereign states are at liberty to choose policy and set their own tax rates is at the heart of the matter. TweetShare
Business as usual for Egypt’s tax avoiders
By Hussein Kamal Cross-posted with permission from Egyptianomics TweetShare
The Lima Declaration on Tax Justice and Human Rights
Please endorse the Lima Declaration on Tax Justice and Human Rights! The initial list of signatories will be announced on World Public Services Day, 23 June 2015, the culmination of the Global Week of Action for #TaxJustice. Additional signatories will be continue to be welcomed beyond that date. The Lima Declaration arises from the international strategy meeting,
Read the full article…Should Nation States Compete? Venue details
Our annual discussion workshop on the theme of Should Nation States Compete? kicks off tomorrow morning in London at 10h00. The venue is Room C312 in the Tait Building, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB – see campus map below. The nearest underground station is Angel (approximately 7 minutes walk from Northampton Square). TweetShare
Tax and the Death of Democracy – interview from The Renegade Economist
In this excerpt from an interview recorded in June 2015, Ross Ashcroft talks with film-maker Harold Crooks (The Corporation, Surviving Progress, The Price We Pay) and TJN’s director, John Christensen, about the threat posed by tax havens to parliamentary democracy. TweetShare
Agreement in Buenos Aires on need for public registries of beneficial ownership
From Andres Knobel Buenos Aires – On June 10th and 11th, Tax Justice Network together with Argentina’s General Prosecution Office (Ministerio Público Fiscal), Argentina’s Central Bank and other NGOs including Fundación SES, Latindadd and CIPCE hosted a two-day event involving Government and civil society concerning the need for registries of beneficial ownership. The event took place at one of
Read the full article…European Commission half measures will exacerbate profit shifting
17th June 2015 – for immediate release European Commission half measures will exacerbate profit shifting Today’s Action Plan on Fairer Taxation sees the European Commission stall on transparency while giving tax sweeteners to multinational companies TweetShare
Hey Walmart, it’s time to pay your taxes
A groundbreaking report released Wednesday, June 17 (12:01am) by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF), and researched by the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), reveals that Walmart has built a vast, undisclosed network of 78 subsidiaries and branches in 15 overseas tax havens, which may be used to minimize foreign taxes where it has retail operations
Read the full article…The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #64
Britain blocks international tax reform David Cameron and George Osborne like to say they are cracking down on tax avoidance. But they are less keen to boast about how the UK is actually blocking international tax reform. TweetShare
Should Nation States Compete? Discussion workshop final programme
Discussion Workshop Should Nation States Compete? TweetShare
In memoriam: FIFA’s stench kills free speech in Cayman
More fallout from the toxic FIFA scandal (see here, here and here). TweetShare
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #63
A marriage made in haven On Monday the UK Supreme Court started a landmark case on divorce settlements. Unremarkable for those of us interested in illicit financial flows, except this case involves the divorce of a certain Mr B Gohil. TweetShare
