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Links Feb 26
We’re letting oil, gas and minerals firms off far too lightly on tax The Guardian See also: EITI: Just a whitewash mechanism for extractive companies? (in Spanish) TJN Latin America & Caribbean Questions on Panama company and New Zealand trust set-up for Malta’s energy minister Malta Today Cites TJN’s Financial Secrecy Index Former Rousseff Aide Wanted for Corruption Surrenders to Brazilian Police
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Oil, gas and mining transparency initiative facing crisis of relevance and legitimacy Oxfam How North Korea Funnels Cash Into the Country Bloomberg Indonesia’s wealth managers bank on tax amnesty for take-off Reuters Nigeria’s parliament orders tax payments from oil traders Reuters Africa Pakistan: National Assembly panel seeks details of Rs2 trillion allegedly deposited in Swiss banks The News TweetShare
Links Feb 23
UN panel chief, Thabo Mbeki, urges action plans to tackle illicit financial flow from Africa UN News Centre Video: How to reform the global tax system Global Economic Governance Programme Wind of Change: IMF Chief Calls For New International Taxation System Sputnik International See also: International tax reforms do not go far enough, says Lagarde Public Finance International Kenya enacts
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Tax Dodging MNCs to Lose Assets in Australia Australia Network News New Zealand Consults Public On Automatic Exchange Of Info Tax-News India: Government notice to HSBC for abetting tax evasion Times of India See also: HSBC’s Swiss, Dubai units under lens for abetting tax evasion by Indians The Indian Express HSBC ‘taking too long to tackle financial crime’ The Guardian TweetShare
Links Feb 19
What really goes on inside the City of London? The Guardian Cites Nicholas Shaxson’s Treasure Islands – Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole The WorldMbeki urges UN-AU cooperation over illicit financial flows SABC Swiss-Tunisian Diplomatic Accord Potential First Step in Recovering Ben Ali Millions Tunisia Live India Asks Vodafone to Pay $2.1 Billion Tax Bill or It May Face
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Breaking the vicious circles of illicit financial flows, conflict and insecurity Uncounted Fair taxes, fighting inequality essential for Peru Oxfam America Financial transparency – The biggest loophole of all: Having launched and led the battle against offshore tax evasion, America is now part of the problem The Economist See also our blog Loophole USA: the vortex-shaped hole in global financial transparency
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Ikea accused of evading over 1 billion in tax payments Global Alliance for Tax Justice Apple issues bonds worth estimated $12bn The Guardian “Move would allow the company to pay shareholders without having to repatriate any of $177bn it holds overseas at lower tax rates than in US”. See also: Don’t tell me tax abuse doesn’t screw up markets Tax
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Mbeki Panel to meet with US Officials on illicit financial outflows from Africa United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Redistributing Unpaid Care Work – Why Tax Matters for Women’s Rights Institute of Development Studies The global impact of tax dodging – Are trillions stored in tax havens fueling economic inequality? Al Jazeera Google tax avoidance: Google boss tells MPs he doesn’t
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Breakthrough for LuxLeaks investigation: EU commission releases secret documents Sven Giegold See also: Juncker Commission announces release of previously undisclosed tax documents Fabio de Masi (in German) EU may impose full tax transparency on US firms EU Observer SwissLeaks Scandal one year on: political response to tax dodging is sluggish, says Oxfam See also: SwissLeaks: Why Corporate Tax Scandals Won’t
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EU proposals will force multinationals to disclose tax arrangements The Guardian How to cut through the problem of multinationals’ tax dodging The Independent See also our report Ten Reasons to Defend the Corporate Income Tax Indonesian Tycoons Find Tax Haven in Singapore Fair Observer Video: Guatemalans speak out for tax justice Global Alliance for Tax Justice Scrap high-denomination banknotes, urges
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The North Korean Connection Finance Uncovered Investigation reveals links between a North Korea bank and US Defense industry via an offshore trust, with links through Luxembourg, Cayman, Jersey. Getting to Good – Towards Responsible Corporate Tax Behaviour ActionAid Swiss bank Julius Baer cooperates with US, pays $547M Al Jazeera For more on Julius Baer, read: How Switzerland corrupted its courts
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2016: Africa’s Year Of Grave Concern TJN-Africa Blog Slash taxes by half, say North Sea oil companies The Telegraph See recent blog Do not listen to Big Oil’s whining for tax cuts Swiss seek Malaysian help probing $4 billion financial scandal The Telegraph The New Global Tax Shelter Is Closer Than You Might Imagine NPR See recent blog Loophole USA:
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Book launch: Inequality, uncounted By TJN’s research director Alex Cobham Malawi: ActionAid urges UK to rethink colonial-era tax deal which slashes money for health care and education The Independent Ecuador parliament debates law to prevent tax evasion on gains from bequests STEP “The main aim of the law is to prevent the evasion of income tax through the transfer of
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The movement to end tax havens is already 100,000 strong and growing Oxfam Eurodad: European Commission’s Anti Tax Avoidance Package will not stop multinationals dodging taxes See also Eurodad’s Briefing: An analysis of the European Commission’s Anti-Tax Avoidance Package, and EU clamps down on corporate multi-billion tax avoidance Reuters Google tax: European Commission to consider tax complaint BBC See our
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Accounting experts seek independent probe into KPMG’s audit of HBOS Financial Times. Involving a number of TJNers or friends of TJN. Australia: Big business accused of using ‘straw man’ arguments against tax avoidance crackdown The Guardian Political commentator: ‘Tax havens won’t last forever’ ITV Three lessons of #Googletax Uncounted See also: Why Google’s tax deal is unacceptable Left Foot Forward
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