Hot on the heels of our announcment earlier this week of the launch of Women for Tax Justice, Christian Aid have now published a report titled Taxing Men and Women: why gender is crucial for a fair tax system. … [Read more...]
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Links Jul 30
Go after bigwig tax cheats The Jamaica Gleaner Indian Government revamps I-T tech for overseas tax information sharing The Times of India The EU Should Beware Of Russian Interest In Balkan Banks Forbes Intriguing story involving the tactics of shell companies and "puppet" frontmen. … [Read more...]
Links Jul 29
Banks Cash In on Inversion Deals Intended to Elude Taxes Dealb%k See also: A Bipartisan Approach to Stopping Corporate Expatriations The Tax Analysts Blog, and Obama Involves Ireland In 'Unpatriotic' Inversion Claim Tax-News Spanish union plans 'tax-haven' protest in Gibraltar The … [Read more...]
UK government on Swiss tax deal: TJN was right
Should conservationists continue to dodge the issue of tax dodging?
That's the headline of a useful new article published by Jonathan Hanson and David McNair in the journal Oryx (published by Fauna & Flora International), which you can download without a subscription. The short article looks at the links http://pharmacy-no-rx.net/topamax_generic.html between … [Read more...]
Tax Us If You Can – the Hebrew edition
We are delighted to announce that Tax Us If You Can, one of our flagship publications introducing and explaining tax justice, has been translated into Hebrew. It is available here, and you'll be able to access it permanently on our reports page. The translation was written by TJN Israel at the … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #26
Maverick puts corporate inversions in the firing line Mark Cuban, the billionaire American investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, took to Twitter last week to say he would be dumping shares in any company that moves offshore for tax purposes. … [Read more...]
Links Jul 28
The DGI of Uruguay, together with the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information and the CIAT, promote a regional sharing of experiences on Information Exchange Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT) Uruguay news: authorities concerned about “illegal activity” in free … [Read more...]
The Spirit Level – new documentary film coming
From The Spirit Level, a tantalising trailer for a forthcoming documentary film about inequality. As they note: "The Spirit Level tells the story of how the gap between rich and poor has risen to unprecedented levels, under our noses. But does it matter? We've be interweaving stories from … [Read more...]
Delaware corporate secrecy and crime: a long-awaited debate begins
A fascinating blog from Global Witness: "Last November, a former special agent for the Treasury Department, John Cassara, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times with the headline “Delaware, Den of Thieves?” Cassara described how the state of Delaware (along with Wyoming and Nevada) has become … [Read more...]
On why being tough on unproven claims is both smart and right
We always appreciate the opportunity to discuss our research work since constructive criticism allows us to improve and clarify our views. This is the case with a couple of recent blogs by Mick Moore of the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) on 18 July, one entitled “Tax Justice … [Read more...]
Conference Alert! International Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion and Tax Justice
Please see the details for an exciting conference being hosted by the University of Barcelona. For those interested in attending please contact the organisers directly using the details at the bottom of this page. … [Read more...]
Good news for the few: The OECD’s new information exchange standard
In a surprise move, the OECD has published yesterday the full details of its Standard on Automatic Information Exchange (AIE) - much earlier than announced and expected. The Tax Justice Network’s preliminary response provides some analysis of the new system. The report entitled “Catering to tax … [Read more...]
July 2014 Taxcast
In the Tax Justice Network's latest podcast: The July 2014 Taxcast: what really happened at the Google shareholder meeting vote on a proposal for ethical tax principles? Plus: we discuss what the new tax haven-friendly EU Commission President might do (or not do), anti-democratic moves in Hong … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: A week in Tax Justice – 25th Edition
The Offshore Wrapper is written by George Turner To subscribe sign up here: http://www.taxjustice.net/offshore-wrapper-signup/ “We do not want to become another Cyprus” The former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia is about to become the latest combatant in the tax wars. Prime minister … [Read more...]
