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Links Mar 30
The Emperor’s New Clothes A Russell Brand and Michael Winterbottom film, highlighting tax justice. See also the trailer, facebook, and twitter. Also the Cassetteboy rap (which is going viral) promoting the film. What is (tax) competitiveness? #3: Tax Justice Network Fool’s Gold – rethinking competition Is the American offshore cash pile blinding investors to corporate weakness? Quartz Luxleaks scandal puts tax
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With people power, we can achieve change! Report from the World Social Forum Global Alliance for Tax Justice Kenya Revenue Authority Requests Removal Of Tax Incentives For Foreign Investors CNBC Africa Tax risk and the corporate responsibility to respect human rights – seminar David Quentin’s tax & law blog Deputy director of Portugal’s tax revenue service resigns Shangai Daily Portugal
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New Swiss-EU treaty will replace Savings Tax Agreement STEP Mauritius promises India full-cooperation on tax treaty issues IBN Live Die Welt: The Greek Government Ignored 800 Bln In Black Money Transferred to Swiss Banks Greek Reporter TweetShare
Links Mar 24
Tax transparency can work for companies if they do it right The Conversation Life After Loopholes Forces Luxembourg to Rethink Its Future Bloomberg Ex-Greek finance minister found guilty of tampering with tax list Reuters A tax haven crackdown would help the developing world Politics.co.uk TweetShare
Links Mar 23
China steps up fight against tax evasion with new regulations on multinationals South China Morning Post See also recent blog: Developing countries and corporate tax – ten ways forward Demand for ‘equal’ tax regime for MNCs The Independent Bangladesh Development and Taxes, a Vital Piece of the Post-2015 Puzzle Inter Press Service UK Government must defend against big oil and
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New ruling highlights ongoing secrecy around Glencore tax case in Zambia Christian Aid The world can’t afford to exclude developing countries from new anti-tax evasion system Financial Transparency Coalition European Commission’s Tax Transparency Package keeps tax deals secret Eurodad See also: Empty EU tax package is a drop in the bucket Sven Giegold TweetShare
Links Mar 17
Banks Say “Thanks for the Bailout,” Now We’ll Park our Profits in Overseas Tax Havens AllGov Tax Justice in Europe – time to stop hiding and start acting ActionAid UK: ‘Hard core’ tax dodgers to face strong crackdown Financial Times (paywall) Tax Cheat Hid $300 Million In Swiss Accounts The Smoking Gun LuxLeaks: Support for Antoine Deltour is increasing Luxemburger
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Special committee on tax dumping in the EU has started Sven Giegold Africa’s top billionaire uses Malta shell companies to hold diamonds ‘conflict’ Malta Today “Daughter of Angola’s president, Isabel dos Santos, uses Malta shell companies to hold her major interests in state-owned diamonds, banking, and telecoms.” Fools’ Gold links, March 2015 The False Promise of Corporation Tax Cuts Fools’
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Tax secrets of little Luxembourg CNBC U.K. Lawmakers Call Former HSBC Private Bank CEO ‘Incompetent’ Bloomberg European Parliament’s inquiry committee on #LuxLeaks is taking shape European Voice Tipping the balance: new global corporate law Lawyers for Better Business (L4BB) Blog A call for international human rights law to take precedence over the rights of corporations. See also Tax Justice Focus,
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View from abroad: New development paradigm DAWN.com “Yes, finally after years of beating around the bush, global attention is turning to tackling tax evasion, by companies and individuals. The question will be high up on the agenda of the third International Conference on Financing for Development which will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from July 13 to 16, 2015.”
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U.S. Companies Are Stashing .1 Trillion Overseas to Avoid Taxes Bloomberg See also: Despite FATCA, U.S. Companies Stash $2.1 Trillion Abroad—Untaxed Forbes Foreign Tax Surprises Like Disney’s Have SEC Seeking Sunlight Bloomberg Imagination at Work? GE Once Again Pays Less Than 1% in Federal Taxes Citizens for Tax Justice Swiss party criticises prosecutor, regulator over handling of HSBC Reuters UBS
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ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean : Political Will and Productive and Fiscal Reforms Are Key to Fighting Inequality, Experts Agree at ECLAC 4-Traders Recent posts by The BEPS Monitoring Group (BMG): BMG: Presentation at the Regional Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean on the BEPS process, in Lima BMG: Harmful Tax Practices: Agreement on the
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India doubles coal tax to promote renewables businessGreen Black money: Luxembourg offers to send financial experts team to India IBNLive Tax-dodgers are ‘not acceptable’: Luxembourg Finance Minister CNBC Barclays in Luxembourg: £593m profits, £4m tax, report reveals The Guardian Germany: Commerzbank searched over Luxembourg tax evasion investigation Luxemburger Wort TweetShare
