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Gender, Taxation and Equality in Developing Countries UN Women Offshore laws remain ‘weak’ for majority of G20 two years after Panama Papers ICIJ Cayman Islands considers legal action to stop public scrutiny by UK The Guardian The Cayman conundrum: why is one tiny archipelago the largest financial centre in Latin America and the Caribbean? The London School of
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How to make mulitnationals pay taxes honestly Deccan Herald Lifting the veil of secrecy: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa CMI Angolan Tycoon’s Frozen Funds Highlight KPMG’s Role In Offshore Secrecy ICIJ ‘Kings of Steel’ pinballed by new Panama and Paradise Papers probe ICIJ EU’s Justice Head Will Travel to Malta To Examine Corruption OCCRP See also:
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Improve Africa’s Domestic Resource Mobilisation: Shifting the Focus on Wealth Taxation, Corruption Enablers and Aggressive Tax Avoidance Tax Justice Network – Africa, Press Release (In English and French) Debate on illicit financial flows and sustainable development El País (In Spanish) With TJN’s chief executive Alex Cobham Colombia: A #JustUncorrupted presidential candidate Global Alliance for Tax Justice ‘As presidential elections will
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Africa Progressing In Fight Against Corruption, Illicit Financial Outflows New Business Ethiopia Resolving African Challenges in Transfer Pricing The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) Tax justice in Europe: why does it matter for workers? European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) How the UN women’s talks failed to call out corporate power – letting down our human rights defenders openDemocracy EU targets
Read the full article…Empowering rural women through tax justice policies: 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
How do we empower rural women through tax justice policies? That’s what we at the Tax Justice Network were at the 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women to discuss recently at the UN Headquarters in New York City. This annual session is an opportunity for State delegations and other relevant governmental and non-governmental actors to
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Call for abstracts for African #TaxJustice researchers Global Alliance for Tax Justice UK: Fair Tax Fortnight Fair Tax Mark Fair Tax Fortnight (9–24 June) is a UK-wide celebration of the companies and organisations that are proud to pay their fair share of corporation tax, and an exploration of the positive contribution this makes to society. Check the link for events
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The Financial Secrecy Index Identifies the Countries Most Responsible for the Illicit Financial Flows that Facilitate Global Corruption The Global Anticorruption Blog Tax Justice & Extractives: Toolbox from Latin America Global Alliance for Tax Justice Authorities seize control of bank at center of Malta corruption scandal The Guardian ‘Maltese authorities took control of Pilatus Bank that is at the center
Read the full article…PRESS RELEASE: European Commission digital tax plan is a nail in the coffin for OECD tax rules
The Tax Justice Network welcomes the European Commission’s new measures to combat tax abuses in the digital economy – in particular, the intention to ensure taxes are paid in the places where business is done, and where profits are really made. For the last decade, some of the worst offenders in the world of corporate tax dodging have been the
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Bahamas Must Be ‘More Sophisticated’ In Blacklist Response Tribune 242 Former Attorney General of the Bahamas calls for an international convention on taxation, anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism – under the supervision of the UN EU: Accountants and lawyers ‘must report’ aggressive tax avoidance schemes The Guardian After Panama Papers, Indonesia urges beneficial owners to come out
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A Better Way to Fight Corporate Tax Avoidance Project Syndicate By José Antonio Ocampo: ‘… it is past time that the United Nations took up this issue. Only a truly global cooperative effort can fix a broken system and end the destructive race to the bottom on taxes’ The Real Wolves of Wall Street: The banks, lawyers and auditors at
Read the full article…Plazo abierto: Conferencia anual #tjn18, Lima
Click here to read this in English El plazo de inscripción está ahora abierto para nuestra conferencia anual, que este año tendra lugar en Lima del 13 al 14 de junio. ¡Regístrese ahora y lo veremos allí! Los detalles completos, incluido el programa, están a continuación, junto con los contactos para cualquier pregunta o comentario. La conferencia 2018 de la Tax
Read the full article…Registration open for annual conference #tjn18, Lima
Haga click aquí para la versión en Español Registration is now open for our annual conference, which this year will be held in Lima on 13-14 June. Sign up now, and we’ll see you there! Full details including the programme are below, along with contacts for any questions or comments. The 2018 conference of the Tax Justice Network, part of an annual
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Gold for visas OCCRP In the Gold for Visas project, reporters for OCCRP probe the shadowy business of selling visa-free travel and even citizenship to the rich, including some who would rather not say where that money comes from. These stories were produced as part of the Global Anti-Corruption Consortium, a partnership between OCCRP and Transparency International, in cooperation with
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Human rights principles to assess austerity are needed, says UN expert Press Release: United Nations – Human Rights – Officer of the High Commissioner See also: UN expert: Switzerland must do more to combat ‘dirty money’ swissinfo A Murdered Journalist’s Last Investigation: The Model, the Mafia, and the Murderers OCCRP Britain’s overseas territories – Post imperial dilemmas British Politics Review
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Slovakian journalist investigating claims of tax fraud linked to ruling party shot dead The Guardian See also: Slovakian journalism’s darkest day Politico ‘Africa’s Satellite’ Avoided Millions Using A Very African Tax Scheme ICIJ India’s Bank of Baroda Played a Key Role in South Africa’s Gupta Scandal OCCRP EU plans new tax for tech giants up to 5 percent of gross
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