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Tax Haven Free: new international network for tax haven free local governments
A while ago we wrote about efforts by French regions and councils to take action against tax havens. Other initiatives, elsewhere, have been bubbling up too. Now, from the newly created Tax Haven Free, an international network to encourage local governments to cut out tax havens from their operations TweetShare
Report: US government’s vast interest payments to tech giants on their offshore billions
From the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: “The US government makes vast interest payments to technology giants including Apple and Microsoft on the billions of dollars they shelter from tax offshore. A trawl of Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosures shows that Apple, Microsoft, Google and Cisco Systems hold $163 billion in US government debt, earning these companies substantial sums in
Read the full article…Normal posting will now be resumed
We have just issued a series of tweets and Facebook entries containing past editions of Tax Justice Focus. This was deliberate: we are creating a new Tax Justice App, and we had to republish each edition to inject it into the app. Each post gets tweeted and added to Facebook automatically. Apologies for clogging up your Twitter feed and Facebook
Read the full article…2013 – The Finance Curse edition
Tax Justice Focus, Sept 2013 – The Finance Curse edition In partnership with Open Democracy Doreen Massey – The ills of financial dominance Adam Leaver – the Metropolitanisation of Gains Nicholas Shaxson – From Resource Curse to Finance Curse Tamasin Cave – Finance in the UK: more than a lobby John Christensen and Nicholas Shaxson – The Finance Curse Intro With a letter from Cyprus, an analysis of FATCA, and a
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Tax Justice Focus, May 2013 – The Mythbusters edition. Daniel Stedman Jones – the Mythical Adam Smith Aeron Davis – The City of London, media myth and reality William Davies – Enterprise and Rent-seeking: a mythical conflation Robin Ramsay – Mythical thinking in the political class TweetShare
2012 – The Transfer Pricing edition
Tax Justice Focus, Volume 7, Number 3 – the TRANSFER PRICING edition. Nov 7, 2012. The latest edition of TJN’s quarterly newsletter, Tax Justice Focus, is available here. TweetShare
2012 – The Inequality edition
Tax Justice Focus, Volume 7, Number 2 – the INEQUALITY edition. July 26, 2012 Download the Inequality edition of Tax Justice Focus here. TweetShare
2012 – The Occupy edition
Tax Justice Focus, Volume 7, Number 1 – The OCCUPY edition. 23 April 2012 The Occupy edition – click here. TweetShare
2010 – The Switzerland edition
Tax Justice Focus, Volume 6, Number 2 – The SWITZERLAND edition. October 5th, 2010 The Switzerland edition – click here TweetShare
2010 – The Natural Rents edition
Tax Justice Focus, Volume 6, Number 1 – The NATURAL RENTS edition. May 25th, 2010 The Natural Rents edition – click here The latest edition of Tax Justice Focus explores the issue of taxing natural rents. TweetShare
2010 – The Justice Edition
Tax Justice Focus, Volume 5, Number 2 – The JUSTICE edition. From Paul Sagar, guest editor January 14th, 2010 The Justice Edition – click here. Welcome to a special edition on the theme of tax justice and political philosophy. TweetShare
2009 – The Latin America edition
Tax Justice Focus – THE LATIN AMERICA EDITION From Matti Kohonen, guest editor September 6th, 2009 The Latin America Edition – click here This is a special edition of Tax Justice Focus, with Latin America as its main theme. TweetShare
2009 – The Next Steps edition
Tax Justice Focus – THE NEXT STEPS EDITION From the Editors January 2009 The Next Steps Edition – click here This is a special edition of Tax Justice Focus looking at the tumultuous events of the last year, and looking forward to next steps in a fast-changing world and a deepening global economic crisis. It is edited by Nicholas Shaxson and John
Read the full article…2008 – The Research edition
Tax Justice Focus – THE RESEARCH EDITION From the Editors July 18th, 2008 The Research Edition – click here TweetShare
2008 – The Doha edition
Tax Justice Focus, 1st Quarter 2008, Vol. 4, Number 1 – THE DOHA EDITION From the Editors April 7th, 2008 The Doha Edition – click here The first quarter 2008 edition of Tax Justice Focus (TJF) is a special edition focusing on the preparations for the United Nations meeting on Finance for Development in Doha, Qatar, from November 29-December 2, 2008. It
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