From the Financial Times: The Cayman Islands will join Oman, Fiji, and Vanuatu on an EU blacklist of foreign tax havens, making it the first UK overseas territory to be named and shamed by Brussels We have lambasted Europe's blacklists for years, which are based above all on political … [Read more...]
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The Tax Justice Network’s February 2020 Spanish language podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast, febrero 2020
Welcome to this month’s latest podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, free to download and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónico! (Ahora también estamos en … [Read more...]
Edition 12 of the Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast/radio show: édition #12 de radio/podcast Francophone par Tax Justice Network
We’re pleased to share the twelfth edition of Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show for francophone Africa by finance journalist Idriss Linge in Cameroon. Nous sommes fiers de partager avec vous cette nouvelle émission de radio / podcast du Réseau pour la Justice Fiscale, Tax Justice … [Read more...]
Edition 25 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast 25# الجباية ببساطة
Welcome to the twenty-fifth edition of our monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma and Osama Diab of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal … [Read more...]
A Pyrrhic victory for the OECD?
Image credit: "Πύρρος της Ηπείρου, Άρτα" by Dimitris Graffin is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The OECD secretariat has announced that it obtained agreement from the Inclusive Framework to press ahead with its own proposals, following US-French agreement of sorts - but at what price … [Read more...]
Tax Justice January 2020 Portuguese podcast #9: IPTU – o bode expiatório dos impostos
No início de cada ano no Brasil, as prefeituras começam a cobrar o Imposto sobre a Propriedade Predial e Territorial Urbana (IPTU). Mas quanto se arrecada e para onde vai o dinheiro arrecadado? É sobre isso que vamos falar no episódio 9 do podcast É da sua conta. O IPTU é um tributo que … [Read more...]
Videos: Touring London, the capital of secrecy
After three and a half years of acrimony, Brexit will become a reality in just a few days time. January 31st will be a historic moment, for both Europe and the United Kingdom, marked by jubilant celebrations in some circles and profound misgivings in others. One very small but extremely powerful … [Read more...]
Another Great Depression or tax justice and transparency? The Tax Justice Network January 2020 podcast
The Taxcast kicks off the new decade with: the French strikes - tax justice and pensions vs financialisationthe EU countries who've missed the deadline on publishing registers of real corporate ownersthe effect of Brexit on poorer (aka plundered) countriesAnd the IMF's stark warnings about the … [Read more...]
Luanda Leaks: the effects on the ground in Africa
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has today published a set of reports based on 715,000 leaked documents about Angola, and particularly Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of former President José Eduardo dos Santos. In summary, dos Santos enjoyed tremendous Angolan … [Read more...]
Reviving commitments to women’s equality for UNCSW 64/Beijing+25
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW) 64 is coming round soon. This annual event, held in New York at the UN HQ from 9 to 20 March 2020, has special significance this year. 2020 marks the twenty fifth anniversary year of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). … [Read more...]
IMF: shrink the financial sector to reduce inequality
The IMF has just published a new Staff Discussion Note entitled "Finance and Inequality," by Martin Čihák and Ratna Sahay. The shortest summary of its conclusions is: too much finance makes countries more unequal. And in the words of the IMF's new Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, introducing … [Read more...]
Job vacancy: Head of Fundraising
We are hiring again! This time we are recruiting for two part-time positions. This page outlines the job vacancy for a Head of Fundraising (job pack here, and details below) at 40% FTE. We are also advertising for a Head of Operations at 60% FTE. Key facts Application closing date: Sunday 16 … [Read more...]
Job vacancy: Head of Operations
We are hiring again! This time we are recruiting for two part-time positions. This page outlines the job vacancy for a Head of Operations (job pack here, and details below) at 60% FTE. We are also advertising for a Head of Fundraising at 40% FTE. Key facts Application closing date: Sunday 16 … [Read more...]
The Brexit Tax Haven Walking Tour
Tax Justice Network and the Global Alliance for Tax Justice cordially invite you to ‘The Brexit Tax Haven Walking Tour’. The tour will visit key sites in the City of London where three leading experts from the UK and the Global South will explain the imminent threat to developing economies posed by … [Read more...]
On raising tax in Africa
The Economist is running an article on a subject dear to our hearts, entitled "African governments are trying to collect more tax. It contains some useful data and quotes, such as this: It also quotes Logan Wort, Executive Secretary of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF,) saying that … [Read more...]
