Tax Justice Network Israel publishes three new policy papers on taxing capital gains in Israel
On 21 May 2019, Tax Justice Network Israel, in collaboration with Friedreich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Israel, organised three parallel roundtables in the College of Management related to taxing capital income in Israel. The first roundtable focused on the gaps between personal income tax and capital’s gains tax, and the way these gaps increase inequality in Israel. The second roundtable revisited
Read the full article…New report: Are European corporate registries equipped to tackle tax evasion and financial crime?
A new report published today by the Tax Justice Network, focuses on the role that corporate registries in the European member states play in fighting fiscal fraud and tax avoidance. The report presents results from a new survey sent out by the Tax Justice Network to corporate registries of all European member states. It analyses the data we received from
Read the full article…Comparing financial secrecy in Israel to other OECD countries
This week, Tax Justice Network Israel released a report in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Israel comparing financial secrecy in Israel to that of other OECD countries. Based on the Financial Secrecy Index 2018 results, the report analyses Israel according to each one of the 20 indicators that compose the secrecy score in the Financial Secrecy Index and compares the results
Read the full article…New report on European tax administrations’ capacity in preventing fiscal fraud and tax avoidance
The Tax Justice Network released today a report on the capacity of tax administrations in the European Union to fight inequality by combating fiscal fraud and tax avoidance. The report analyses the results of a survey consisting of 71 questions that was sent by the Tax Justice Network to the tax administrations of all EU Member States. It explores the
Read the full article…More open data, greater transparency and layout changes added to the Financial Secrecy Index
The Tax Justice Network published today an updated layout version of the Financial Secrecy Index’s database reports. The Financial Secrecy Index (FSI), which ranks jurisdictions according to their secrecy and the scale of their offshore financial activities, is a transparent living document that we continue to finetune, in part based on the constructive feedback we gain from people engaging with
Read the full article…New report: ‘Hybrid Mismatches in Israel’
Tax Justice Network Israel (TJN IL), in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, has published a new report on ‘Hybrid Mismatches in Israel’. The term “hybrid mismatches” refers to discrepancies in the tax laws of two or more independent tax jurisdictions or territories in relation to the classification of a legal entity or financial instruments for tax purposes. The hybrid component
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