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Links Feb 1
Cutting company tax won’t drive investment: Australia Institute Camden Haven Courier UK ‘can’t afford tax cuts to attract more firms after Brexit’ The Telegraph See our recent blog Tax haven UK? It already is… The Irish model: How low should taxes go? BBC News See also our recent blog: Is tax avoidance at the heart of Ireland’s economic miracle?, and
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EU Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs – Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion Live stream 31 Jan at 9.30am (Brussels time) Africa: Accelerated Agenda on Illicit Financial Flows Global Alliance for Tax Justice Shell companies: How Russia sold its oil
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What a #fightinequality week it has been… Global Alliance for Tax Justice Canada Papers investigation: joint investigation by CBC/Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star: Snow washing: Canada is the world’s newest tax haven – Part 1 How a Quebec company hid millions from tax collectors – Part 2 Signatures for Sale: Paid to sign corporate documents, nominee directors serve to hide companies’ real
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European Parliament’s new hearing on Panama Papers: lawyers, accountants and bankers Global Alliance for Tax Justice Ecuador and NGOs’ plea for a Global Tax Body Global Alliance for Tax Justice Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries The Guardian TweetShare
Links Jan 19
Fight Inequality week of action is live – together we are stronger Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also: The scourge of inequality: There can be no peace or freedom while it persists An Economy for the 99%: It?s time to build a human economy that benefits everyone, not just the privileged few Oxfam TweetShare
Links Jan 10
Tax Avoidance, Illicit Financial Flows, and Global Development: A Call for a United Nations Tax Body Global Alliance for Tax Justice Event in Washington DC on 12 January Eva Joly’s op-ed on French Country-by=Country Reporting Global Alliance for Tax Justice The 24 loopholes in the OECD’s Common Reporting Standard New report by Mark Morris. See also our November 2014 report:
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Switzerland fights to maintain tax allure as referendum looms The Irish Times World Bank publishes transfer pricing handbook for developing countries MNE Tax Penalties now in force in UK for ‘enablers’ of offshore tax evasion STEP TweetShare
Links Jan 5
European Commission welcomes entry into force of new transparency rules for tax rulings – press release Code of Conduct group: Finance Ministers must end blockade of tax justice Sven Giegold Where’s the organised civil society pushback on big finance and monopolies? Treasure Islands blog By Nicholas Shaxson, author of Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the men who stole the world
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Voices in the Humanosphere 2016: How massive global tax avoidance fuels poverty Interview with TJN’s chief executive Alex Cobham Jean-Claude Juncker blocked EU curbs on tax avoidance, cables show The Guardian Luxembourg to sharpen tax rules for intra-group financing Reuters India: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) wants corporate tax rate slashed to 18% in budget The Economic Times Read
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Sierra Leone: Open Tax Initiative unveiled Concord Times Media-led advocacy, increasing tax education and calling for a fair, just and accountable tax system. Apple fights back with appeal against EU Irish tax ruling BBC News See also: Apple Tax Ruling by EU Could Be Overturned WSJ, Apple appeals landmark EU tax ruling in Luxembourg court Luxemburger Wort, and The Inside Story
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Massive civil society mobilization for the #LuxLeaks appeal trial opening Global Alliance for Tax Justice No Easy Task: Quantifying Illicit Financial Flows Financial Transparency Coalition TweetShare
Links Dec 13
Illicit Financial Flows Undermining Gender Justice Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Paper by Veronica Grondona, Nicole Bidegain Ponte and Corina Rodriguez Luxleaks trial: The “vital combat” of whistleblowers Luxemburger Wort OECD’s BEPs measures seriously flawed economia See also our earlier blog – For rich countries only: A global map of multinationals’ tax avoidance, on our report Country-by-Country reporting: How Restricted Access Exacerbates
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Africa’s crackdown on tax avoidance nets £204m to boost development The Guardian Listen to news on Tax Inspectors Without Borders in our November 2016 podcast, here. BRICS nations vow to automatic sharing of tax information Business Standard Global public accounts committees unite for tax transparency push Public Finance International TweetShare
Links Dec 6
Financing Matters: A toolkit on domestic financing for education Global Alliance for Tax Justice Panama Struggles to Shed Its Image as a Magnet for Shady Deals The New York Times African union-led tax justice platforms throw their support behind ICRICT Foreign Affairs TweetShare
Links Dec 2
Panama Papers Have Had Historic Global Effects — and the Impacts Keep Coming ICIJ Journalists Hang Tough in Face of Backlash Against Panama Papers Reporting ICIJ No more fear of transparency – register of beneficial ownership should become public TJN Germany (In German) Kenya to lend its tax expertise to Botswana after historic deal KDR TV For coverage of Tax
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