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Beneficial ownership transparency in Africa: The state of play in 2020
Leak after leak has confirmed what African citizens have long suspected: the elite hide their actions and identities to loot state resources and reduce taxes owed. A new study published today by the Tax Justice Network Africa and Tax Justice Network examines one of the steps African countries are taken to address this issue: beneficial ownership transparency. Earlier this year,
Read the full article…Corporate income taxation in the digital age: Africa in the Corporate Tax Haven Index 2019
Tackling corporate tax dodging in a digital age is high on the political agenda as governments seek to protect the public purse. Launched this year, the Tax Justice Network’s Corporate Tax Haven Index outlines a comprehensive set of benchmarks that are relevant for countering illicit financial flows and multinational corporate tax avoidance in a digital economy. In our new paper,
Read the full article…How can Africa take action against corporate tax havenry? Solutions from the Corporate Tax Haven Index 2019
How have former colonial powers maintained their stranglehold on African economies? The UK with its spider’s web of satellite jurisdictions and France are complicit in undermining the ability of African governments to tax multinational companies. Other corporate tax havens also put African countries at risk. The Corporate Tax Haven Index, published last month by the Tax Justice Network, reveals how
Read the full article…The UAE and Mauritius are the most corrosive corporate tax havens against African countries – Tax Justice Network Africa
Following the Tax Justice Network’s publication of the Corporate Tax Haven Index earlier this week, Tax Justice Network Africa released the following statement highlighting the damage wrought by corporate tax havens on African countries. Press Release – UAE and Mauritius are the most corrosive corporate tax havens against African countries – Tax Justice Network Africa Study reveals capture of tax
Read the full article…Does transparency REALLY put the rich and famous at risk?
Are the rich and famous at risk of blackmail, extortion or kidnapping if their names are disclosed in public beneficial ownership registries, as they like to argue in tax havens like Jersey? This was a question put to me last week at a conference tackling tax injustice in Nairobi, Kenya, organised by the Society of the Jesuits. This sounds familiar.
Read the full article…Africa’s battle against financial secrecy: Financial Secrecy Index
How are Switzerland, the United States, and the Caymans working against African efforts to stem the tide of illicit financial flows? They’re among the worst offenders in the Tax Justice Network’s 2018 Financial Secrecy Index. The index was launched at the end of January 2018 and weights a country’s secrecy score against its global share of financial services. This means
Read the full article…#ParadisePapers: The Mauritian Connection
What do Angola’s sovereign wealth fund, the cast of British TV show Mrs Brown’s Boys, and Yale University’s investment in India have in common? The Paradise Papers reveal that they are all connected with offshore secrecy jurisdiction Mauritius, with the assistance of offshore law firm Appleby. Appleby’s Mauritian office helped Swiss-Angolan financier, Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais, to incorporate companies in
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