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Links Jul 17
Expert consultation on Panama Papers inquiry committee’s findings and recommendations Sven Giegold Certainty in the tax treaty regime Martin Hearson Many Ways to Lose a Billion: How Governments Fail to Secure a Fair Share of Natural Resource Wealth Report by Publish What You Pay Canada TweetShare
Links Jul 14
Transparency’s Tipping Point: The 7th Financial Transparency Conference Peer Pressure: Tax competition and developing economies The World Bank Read about tax ‘competition’ and tax wars here. The U.S. Is a Good Place for Bad People to Stash Their Money The Atlantic Brazil Shuts Down Successful Corruption-Fighting Task Force The New York Times See also: Brazilian authorities disbanding team that investigates
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Ecuador lawmakers approve ‘historic’ tax haven law International Investment Cites TJN’s chief executive @alexcobham Some UK offshore entities’ beneficial ownership registries start date pushed back International Investment TweetShare
Links Jul 5
UN: Tax competition and corporate tax avoidance “inconsistent” with human rights Global Alliance for Tax Justice Tax transparency in Europe: a dangerous loophole Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also: Tax transparency on the way despite MEPs’ still bowing to big business Oxfam International, and our recent blog EU Parliament multinational transparency vote introduces ‘commercial confidentiality’ loophole GUE/NGL report lays
Read the full article…Links Jun 30
Tax competition and corporate tax avoidance ‘inconsistent with human rights – UN treaty body Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) Andean region: towards a new fiscal reform agenda for equality and rights Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) See video here, and the report in Spanish here. Brazil: President Temer Charged With Corruption OCCRP Pakistan – PanamaLeaks: Joint
Read the full article…Links Jun 27
World Public Services Day – campaign highlights Global Alliance for Tax Justice Want to fund better public services? End corporate tax dodging PSI / The Guardian Expiry date in tax havens? Jersey shares ‘old’ records of trusts & foundations The Economic Times ‘The worst fear of those with secret offshore bank accounts and private trusts is coming true…’ Tax justice
Read the full article…What is the City of London’s Finance Curse?
We recently blogged on how the Finance Curse is expected to tighten its grip on the British economy in the coming five years. In this short video, TJN’s John Christensen, who coined the term with author Nicholas Shaxson and worked in offshore finance for many years, explains what the Finance Curse is and how it harms Britain as a whole.
Read the full article…Links Jun 22
Nigeria to Vietnam – global week of action snapshot, in #TaxJustice for #Public Services campaign Global Alliance for Tax Justice Zimbabwe: Communities empowered to drive the tax justice campaign Mukasiri Sibanda’s Blog Tax evasion and dirty money are draining Africa Mail & Guardian Pakistan must boost tax revenue to finance development: UNDP Dawn Operation Car Wash: An 11-Country Project on
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#TaxJustice for #Public Services campaign takes off Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also: videos from PSI Tax and Workers and The Dodgy Tax-Haven Sandwich Tax bargains in unlikely places: The politics of Zambian mining taxes CMI Over 15,000 Indian companies made profits in 2015-16 but paid no tax. Here’s why Hindustan Times Can India gain from Swiss bank black money
Read the full article…European Commission targets tax avoidance ‘enablers’
The European Commission has just published its proposals for rules for tax advisers and related intermediaries which will require advance disclosure to national tax authorities and cross-border automatic information exchange of any tax scheme that might be deemed potentially aggressive. TweetShare
Links Jun 16
Tax transparency and the end of transfer pricing: A few quick thoughts on where things stand in the battle for fair taxation of multinationals – by TJN’s Chief Executive @alexcobham Transparency on beneficial ownership is essential for good governance and reforms Open Government Partnership Swiss banks lobby for get-out clause as end of bank secrecy nears Reuters See our report
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Africa: Global South Calls for International Body to Fight Tax Havens Uncova Uganda: Civil Society challenges Harmful Tax Holidays Global Alliance for Tax Justice Participants sign declaration on Good Financial Governance to fight illicit financial flows from Africa Ghana Business Network Africa’s central banks team up with AfDB to fight illicit capital flows Public Finance International EU forges ahead with
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Illicit Financial Flows: Perspectives from Developing Asian Countries CBGA India Nigeria: Acting President Yemi Osinbajo calls for Sanction of financial institutions aiding illicit flow of funds Business Day New Zealand: New disclosure rules sees sharp drop in registered foreign trustsTVNZ Dutch Hearings After Panama Papers Dig Into Trust Sector Bloomberg BNA TweetShare
Links Jun 8
Global South Calls for International Body to Fight Tax Havens Inter Press Service See also: World gathers at UN, but stymies UN’s role in tax and transparency Financial Transparency Coalition, and our recent blog Tax Justice Network warns at the UN against subversion of Sustainable Development Goals One year after the European Parliament set up the Panama Papers’ Inquiry Committee
Read the full article…Africa subsidises the rest of the world by over $40 billion in one year, according to new research
Global Justice Now press release: Download the report Much more wealth is leaving the world’s most impoverished continent than is entering it, according to new research into total financial flows into and out of Africa. The study finds that African countries receive $161.6 billion in resources such as loans, remittances and aid each year, but lose $203 billion through factors
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