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Tough debate with multinational companies on corporate tax practices European Parliament News Facebook, Google Quizzed by EU Lawmakers on Dutch Sandwich Deals Bloomberg UK sets out beneficial ownership register demands on territories STEP The demands stop short of a public central register Investigating corporate tax affairs in Kenya Thomson Reuters Rwanda taxman, MTN in discussion over Rwf9b tax dispute The
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World leaders agree to close multinationals’ tax loopholes Yahoo News But measures are not yet enough. See: Still Broken: major new report on global corporate tax cheating TJN Africa’s challenge to “loophole-ridden” Kenya-Mauritius tax agreement to be heard in Kenya High Court MNE Tax African leaders reject EU ‘charity’ over ‘investment’ The Telegraph “Macky Sall, the Senegalese president, tells journalists
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ECOSOC published a shocking report indicating that national governments lose billions in uncollected global corporate income tax revenues each year. New Europe Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Opposes Tax Incentives The Herald Two states ordered to recover unpaid corporation tax The Irish Times ‘Luxembourg and Netherlands must recoup unpaid tax from Fiat and Starbucks of €20m-€30 each’ EU parliament to grill US
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Bangladeshi rights groups demand Tax Transparency Global Alliance for Tax Justice Brazil lower house passes amnesty for unreported offshore assets Reuters Australia: Senate repeals tax secrecy law after ‘astroturf’ revelations Cootamundra Herald “It’s a great day for democracy when a sneaky attempt to ensure more secrecy around corporate tax is thrown out” – Mark Zirnsak, TJN Australia Tax haven makes
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Who runs our countries: us, or global finance? Fools’ Gold – rethinking competition UK’s bank levy reforms will cost £4.2bn in tax over 5 years Fools’ Gold – rethinking competition G20 Among Biggest Losers in Large-Scale Tax Abuse but Poor Countries Relatively Hardest Hit Oxfam Great new IMF paper puts women’s rights at the heart of tackling income inequality Oxfam
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#Luxleaks protest in support of whistleblowers Video: Tax campaigners protesting outside the European Commission and Council, in support of the whistleblowers who exposed the Luxleaks scandal, and against tax dodging multinational corporations. Internal EU Documents: How the Benelux Blocked Anti-Tax Haven Laws Der Spiegel Brazil speaker faces ethics hearings over secret Swiss bank accounts The Guardian Rooting Out Waste And Fraud
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Video summaries of #LuxLeaks stunts Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also: #LuxLeaks anniversary marked with protests, calls for action ICIJ, A year after LuxLeaks, it is high time for EU action on corporate tax-dodging The Guardian, and A Year On, Europe’s Tax Affairs Are Still A Mystery New Statesman Secret tax archives: UK joins move to block MEPs’ access
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Note: tomorrow we’ll be posting news of worldwide media coverage on our newly launched 2015 Financial Secrecy Index LuxLeaks anniversary: activists call for transparency Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also: Global Week of Action for #TaxJustice, Nov 2-6! 1 year on from #LuxLeaks – Corporate tax dodging still rampant in EU euobserver Dutch government obstructing TAXE investigation Sven Giegold For
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Ten years in the campaign for tax justice – we have a long way to go Open Democracy By TJN Director John Christensen. See our recent blog New publication: The Greatest Invention – Tax and the Campaign for a Just Society Fighting tax evasion: EU and Liechtenstein sign new tax transparency agreement New Europe HSBC whistleblower Falciani confirms no-show at
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En la tercera edición de Justicia ImPositiva hablamos con Luis Moreno, economista y coordinador de la Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe y responsable del área de justicia fiscal del @latindadd sobre las reformas del sistema tributario mundial. Y despues ¿quién dijo que estaba todo perdido? Hay una luz de esperanza en el camino. Hablamos con
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Inside the Secretive World of Tax-Avoidance Experts The Atlantic Challenges for family offices in emerging markets IFC Review / Financial Times Reporting on a trend in developing economies – wealthy families setting up their own trust companies. Corruption and natural resources – A fight for light: NGOs and governments grapple over ownership of mining and energy firms.The Economist “Tracking ownership
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In the October 2015 Tax Justice Network Podcast: We look at the ‘remittance cartel’, their ‘taxing of the poor’ with monopoly prices in a juicy $450-500 billion market. Also: ‘comfort letters’ and the game changing European Commission ruling that the tax agreements between Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Fiat and Starbucks constitute illegal state aid. We analyse the rich country club of
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Video: Taxation (ICTD/UNU-WIDER Special Session) 1/5 – 30th Anniversary Conference Extracting minerals, extracting wealth: how Zambia is losing $3 billion a year from corporate tax dodging War on Want After Blow to Europe Tax Havens, Some Promise More Staying Power Bloomberg Large-scale tax avoidance by Starbucks & Fiat: European Union must now act on tax dodging Oxfam International TweetShare
Fiscal Policy and Human Rights in the Americas: mobilizing resources to guarantee rights
There is a new initiative emerging from the international strategy meeting, “Advancing Tax Justice through Human Rights,” held in Lima, Peru in April 2015: Via email from Niko Lusiani of the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR): The first-ever thematic audience of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on fiscal policy, begins today in Washington, DC. Economic policies – and consequently fiscal
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Starbucks and Fiat sweetheart tax deals with EU nations ruled unlawful The Guardian See also: Apple Stakes Raised as EU Orders Starbucks, Fiat Tax Repayments Bloomberg, and earlier blog European Commission determines state sponsored tax avoidance schemes illegal Switzerland Must Seize Opportunity for Commodity Trading Transparency Berne Declaration Transparency in taxation key to capital flight fight The Financial Express Is
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