Today the British Parliament will debate a Bill that tries to tackle unfair tax treaties between the UK and developing countries, some of which go back to the 1940s, sometimes when countries were still British colonies. It's an initiative we very much welcome and we hand over to our friends at … [Read more...]
Africa
Taxing Rights and Human Rights in East Africa – new report
The East Africa Tax and Governance Network (EATGN) has today launched its first report on taxation and human rights in East Africa. … [Read more...]
Panama Papers: the role of Western secrecy jurisdictions in looting Africa
This blog comes from Johannesburg, South Africa, where investigative journalists from 28 countries are sharing their work at the African Investigative Journalism Conference. One session looked at stories dug out from the Panama Papers leak from offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca and investigations … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network in Kenya and Israel
Two important events this month: Tax Justice Network Africa organised the 3rd International Tax Justice Academy on the 12th-16th September 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. … [Read more...]
Event: Illicit financial flows after ‘Panamania’: Seizing the moment
The first evening of our annual research workshop at City University will feature a special public event, jointly organised with the Royal African Society, on the policy implications of the Panama Papers, and the future of financial secrecy. Thursday, 28 April 2016 - 6:00pm to … [Read more...]
Civil society calls on African Union to prioritise financing human rights for women
We've just received a copy of the final Communiqué of the 6th Citizen's Continental Conference which took place in late January in Addis Ababa. This year the conference, which precedes the African Union Summit, had human rights as its core focus, with a particular focus on the rights of women. … [Read more...]
Stop the bleeding: new African tax justice campaign
Via the Global Alliance for Tax Justice: Last week the Interim Working Group of the African IFF Campaign Platform launched the “Stop the Bleeding” campaign in Uhuru park, a place historically associated with the struggle for freedom in Nairobi, Kenya. … [Read more...]
Business as usual for Egypt’s tax avoiders
By Hussein Kamal Cross-posted with permission from Egyptianomics … [Read more...]
Tax + transparency fact-finding mission: report from Asian, African, Latin American experts
This newly published report is the outcome of a Tax and Transparency Fact-finding Mission carried out by a delegation of independent experts from Asia, Africa and Latin America in October and November 2013, based on visits to Switzerland, France, Norway, United Nations, The OECD, and the European … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: A week in tax justice
Going down? Egypt’s richest family Egypt’s highest profile tax case has taken a bizarre turn this week. The story starts in 2007 when Orascom Construction Industries sold their cement business to the French giant Lafarge. … [Read more...]
The Impacts of Illicit Financial Flows on Peace and Security in Africa
From Alex Cobham of the Center for Global Development, a paper for the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa 2014. It's called, as our title suggests, The Impacts of Illicit Financial Flows on Peace and Security in Africa. Published in April, it's an important contribution to the … [Read more...]
New report: Inequality, Tax and a Rising Africa?
From Tax Justice Network for Africa and Christian Aid, a new report entitled Africa rising? Inequalities and the essential role of fair taxation. It investigates income inequality in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe: there has been little definitive … [Read more...]
IMF: tax cuts don’t attract investment
From the IMF, a Working Paper. It doesn't make quite the sweeping claim suggested in the headline, but still. "Using manufacturing and services firm-level data for 30 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, this paper shows that taxation is not a significant driver for the location of foreign firms … [Read more...]
Links Jan 14
"BEPS Action Plan: Update on 2014 Deliverables"- Live Webcast Thursday 23 January OECD Hellenic EU Presidency Outlines Priorities Tax-News "Greece will press for the extension of automatic information exchange procedures as part of its six month European Union (EU) Presidency." … [Read more...]
