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UN rights experts on Leaks: What else do we need to know to take action?
UN Human Rights experts have released a statement reacting to the latest leaks scandal, and calling for world governments to act together to establish a United Nations body that will work to end tax haven secrecy and offshore tax avoidance and evasion. This follows UN recommendations in the summer to enact legislation to create a charter on the rights of
Read the full article…Tax Justice Network Sept 2016 Podcast: #AppleTax, #BahamasLeaks and a conman offshore story
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The Tax Justice Network in Kenya and Israel
Two important events this month: Tax Justice Network Africa organised the 3rd International Tax Justice Academy on the 12th-16th September 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. TweetShare
#BahamasLeaks: New Leak Rips Open Bahamian Secrecy
We just put out this press briefing in reaction to the leaks from the Bahamas. TweetShare
Our September Spanish language Tax Justice Podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast de septiembre 2016
Welcome to Justicia ImPositiva, our third monthly podcast/radio show in Spanish. Bienvenid@s a Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro tercero podcast/programa radial mensual en castellano (abajo en castellano) TweetShare
MEP support for #LuxLeaks whistleblowers, back in court. (Again)
You may have heard that Luxembourg prosecutors aren’t satisfied with the 12th chamber of the Criminal Court of Luxembourg’s verdicts for the so-called #LuxLeaks whistleblowers Antoine Deltour and Rapahel Halet and they are appealing. That means these two men will once again face a Luxembourg court, probably by the end of the year. It was bad enough that these public spirited
Read the full article…Our August Tax Justice Network podcast: are the big four accountancy firms really the ‘big one’?
In our August 2016 podcast: The Big Four accountancy firms: Are they in fact more like the Big One? And should they be broken up? TweetShare
Will the British government target tax dodging enablers at last?
There has been much talk in Britain of new government proposals that tax advisors giving advice on tax avoidance could face large fines of up to 100% of the tax lost if their schemes are defeated in courts. We warmly welcome the principle of the thing: these players have been getting away with impunity when they market tax-cheat schemes to multinational corporations and wealthy
Read the full article…Video: Guide to Legal Tax Evasion
We’re happy to share a rather brilliant explanation of corporate tax reduction erm, elimination shennanigans from the news and political satire show in Australia, The Undercurrent. In their words: “Thousands of global companies avoid paying tax. That leaves us, taxpaying citizens, to pick up the tab. So we humbly present to you The Undercurrent Guide to Legal Tax Evasion. If you’re
Read the full article…Our Spanish language tax justice podcast is out! ¡Salió nuestro podcast en castellano!
In this month’s Spanish language podcast presented by Marcelo Justo and Marta Nunez: (abajo en castellano) – we go to Colombia, where tax evasion isn’t a crime – the magical realism of tax havens: how the multinational company Fresh Del Monte exports pineapple from Costa Rica from… the Cayman Islands?! – what impact did the Panama Papers really have in
Read the full article…Advocacy tools on tax policy and international cooperation for human rights
Our friends at Righting Finance have released their fourth in a series of advocacy tools on tax policy and international cooperation for human rights. The aim of these advocacy tools is to assist education and dissemination of the standards on tax policy and human rights contained in a report produced by the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human
Read the full article…Our July 2016 Tax Justice Network Podcast is out
In the July 2016 Taxcast: ‘Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data? I’m happy to share.’ We talk to the two journalists who got the Panama Papers scoop, Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier who’ve written a book about their experience. Plus: what does Brexit mean for tax justice? We discuss the F4 (unholy) alliance between Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore
Read the full article…The #LuxLeaks whistleblowers verdict: our statement
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Should Europe trust trusts?
Embargoed until 6pm CET 28 June 2016 Should Europe trust trusts? Press Release: New report exposes holes in global and EU anti-money laundering rules on trusts, and explains how they can be fixed. Trusts, in the popular imagination, are mostly for family matters, such as a rich father deciding how his offspring will divide the inheritance. But they are far more
Read the full article…Our June 2016 Podcast: Brexit, quantifying kleptocracy & why Panama Papers is tip of offshore iceberg
In our June 2016 Taxcast: how different could the lives of those in poverty have been without secrecy jurisdictions? We give you the very latest estimates on the missing trillions offshored from the world’s developing regions. Also: Brexit and the special interests behind it: “Nakedly, brazenly, they’re pushing the City of London’s deregulated, criminal approach to finance”. Plus, the Panama
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