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The US’s ‘Trump/Goldman tax law’ and the race to the bottom
The American Interest magazine has published an article by TJN senior adviser James Henry in which he points out that the damage caused by President Trump’s tax reforms will ripple out way beyond the USA, where many citizens will be seriously harmed (we reported on the human rights implications of the tax reform here), damaging the well-being of the rest
Read the full article…HSBC: Gangsters of Finance: new film
We are pleased to recommend the newly released film HSBC: Gangsters of Finance, produced by ARTE TV in German, French, English and Spanish. They describe the film as follows: Since the 2008 crisis, HSBC has been involved in countless scandals: Money laundering for drug cartels, corruption, tax fraud… And yet the international bank escapes justice with insignificant fines. Why are they
Read the full article…Secrecy, oligarchs and offshore psychology in our December 2017 podcast
In our December 2017 Taxcast: We speak with two time Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Jake Bernstein about his new book ‘Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite’. We ask what makes offshore players like Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca tick, and what do the Panama Papers and now the Paradise
Read the full article…US tax reform and conflicts with international law: guest blog
The US tax bill will be published on Friday 15th December 2017 and will be voted on by Congress early next week. Senior Policy Advisor Didier Jacobs at Oxfam America has written this blog: The Exceptionalist Tax Bill The United States Congress is about to adopt a major tax reform that reflects American exceptionalism – the idea that the United
Read the full article…Our December 2017 Spanish language podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast de diciembre 2017
Welcome to this month’s latest podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, downloaded and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónica! (abajo en castellano). In the December 2017 programme: We look at the repercussions of the Paradise Papers scandal in Latin America and those
Read the full article…Indian cess taxes: A call for accountability (Guest blog)
This piece is about cess taxes levied by the current government in India written for us by Ashrita Prasad Kotha, Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School whose work on ‘Cesses in the Indian Tax Regime: A Historical Analysis’ has been published as a book chapter in Studies in the History of Tax Law by Hart Publishing. The potential of ring-fenced
Read the full article…Human rights costs of the proposed U.S. tax cuts
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Philip Alston is making an official visit to the United States to investigate the links between the growing phenomenon of poverty and human rights deprivations. This comes at a time when the current administration is working on passing some of the most regressive tax reform proposals in U.S. history. Our friends and
Read the full article…Dear mining companies, why do you use tax havens?
The Southern African Catholics Bishops Conference has written an open letter to 21 mining companies operating in South Africa asking each to explain why they use tax havens. Their full letter is here and it’s worth reading. They point out, “we are not accusing companies of anything. We believe it is important for companies to provide an explanation for why
Read the full article…Podcast: the history of tax havens (in Spanish): una miniserie especial – Breve Historia de de los Paraísos Fiscales
From Sir Francis Drake to the Panama Papers, we offer this special, six part mini-series in Spanish for our listeners and radio broadcasters around the world. Para nuestros oyentes y radiotransmisores, tenemos un programa especial “Breve historia de los paraísos fiscales” (desde el pirata británico Sir Francis Drake hasta los Panama Papers – abajo en Castellano). This stand-alone special mini-series
Read the full article…Podcast: Decolonisation and the Expansion of Tax Havens, 1950s-1960s
We’re sharing a fascinating lecture at the University of London’s Institute of Historical Research The lecture has the intriguing title ‘Funk Money’: Decolonisation and the Expansion of Tax Havens, 1950s-1960s and was delivered by Associate Professor Vanessa Ogle of the University of California, Berkeley. The Taxcast was there to record it and you can listen below. Her forthcoming book is
Read the full article…In our November 2017 Podcast we discuss the #ParadisePapers and democracy
In the November 2017 Taxcast: we discuss the latest offshore scandal, the Paradise Papers with one of the journalists who got the scoop, Pulitzer prize winning Frederik Obermaier of Suddeutsche Zeitung and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Plus: – we interpret the enquiries to Jersey from offshore lawyers looking for a new tax haven for Apple (which they’d rather
Read the full article…Twelve Reasons to Oppose Rules on Digital Commerce in the WTO
One of the big concerns of the day for the global economy is oligopolistic behaviour and the closing down of genuine competition by huge players in the market powerful enough to influence the rules so that they can extract greater and greater profits. Well, the ‘biggies’ are at it again, and a new deal is being struck that should concern
Read the full article…Reforming the multi-billion dollar accounting and finance education industry
We keep on saying that the Big Four accountancy firms tend to get an easy ride when it comes to the coverage of scandals like the Panama Papers and now the Paradise Papers. All too often the spotlight is shone on the celebrities and the big names that have been exposed. That’s all fair enough BUT it’s important to be
Read the full article…#ParadisePapers and the Big Four: in the words of a former insider
We’re sharing in full an article by tax ethicist George Rozvany who racked up 32 years of experience at senior levels of Big 4 accounting firms and major corporations. We interviewed him previously on the Taxcast along with the award winning economics and finance journalist Michael West speaking on the Australian experience of the Big Four. Firstly I asked him for
Read the full article…Our November 2017 Spanish language Podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast de noviembre 2017
Welcome to this month’s latest podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, downloaded and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónica! (abajo en castellano). In the November 2017 programme: The latest international scandal to shake the offshore world: the Paradise Papers Presidential elections in
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