In August 2012, the UK-based New Left Project published an article entitled "Britain's Second Empire," which involved an interview with the London-based academic Ronen Palan (pictured). The idea is that after the collapse of its formal Empire, Britain created a new, more hidden financial "empire" of … [Read more...]
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A new vision for Europe amid the Brexit vortex: Tax Justice Network September 2019 podcast
In this month's episode we discuss a new vision for Europe amid, or in spite of the Brexit vortex. Plus: Britain's about to become the neighbour from hell, post-Brexit: how can the EU defend citizens from the race to the bottom between nations on tax and regulations precipitated by Britain's … [Read more...]
Tax Justice September 2019 Portuguese podcast: Qual Reforma Tributária o Brasil precisa? #5
Welcome to our fifth monthly tax justice podcast/radio show in Portuguese. Details of this month's show: Bem vindas e bem vindos ao É da sua conta, nosso podcast em português, o podcast mensal da Tax Justice Network, Rede de Justiça Fiscal. Veja abaixo os detalhes do programa em português. É … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network Israel publishes three new policy papers on taxing capital gains in Israel
On 21 May 2019, Tax Justice Network Israel, in collaboration with Friedreich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Israel, organised three parallel roundtables in the College of Management related to taxing capital income in Israel. The first roundtable focused on the gaps between personal income tax and capital’s … [Read more...]
Global Asset Registries: a game changer for the fight against inequality and illicit financial flows?
In July a workshop was held at the Paris School of Economics to start developing the concept for a Global Asset Registry. In essence, the point of a Global Asset Registry is to understand (and then tackle) some of the most pressing issues of our times: inequality, and financial crime. The … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network’s September 2019 Spanish language podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast, septiembre 2019
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 radiofónica! En este programa: ¿Qué pasa con la … [Read more...]
Freeports: PM Johnson’s “free self storage” for the rich and powerful
The largest art collection in the world is currently collecting dust in Geneva Freeport, a fenced-off warehouse near Geneva airport, beyond the view of the public and outside the reach of law enforcement agencies and tax authorities. British PM Johnson has recently proposed establishing similar … [Read more...]
Isle of Man: an awareness-raising swim and reflections on tax havenry
The Isle of Man is part of the UK's network of satellite havens and secrecy jurisdictions, ranked number 17 in the 2019 Corporate Tax Haven Index and number 42 in the Financial Secrecy Index in 2018 by the Tax Justice Network. We identify the UK as "bearing the lion’s share of responsibility through … [Read more...]
No, corporate tax avoidance is not ‘legal’ – an update
Recently we published a long blog entitled "No, corporate tax avoidance is not ‘legal’" which was republished on the Financial Times' Alphaville blog, and got a lot of attention in tax circles. There was the usual fuming and fulminating about 'socialists' under the beds and the usual … [Read more...]
More beneficial ownership loopholes to plug: circular ownership, fragmented control and companies as parties to the trust
Beneficial ownership transparency has been defined as a key tool to tackle tax abuse, money laundering, corruption and the financing of terrorism among other illicit financial flows. It involves identifying the individuals (“beneficial owners”) who ultimately own, control or benefit from companies, … [Read more...]
Geopolitics trumps EU tax haven blacklist
We have blogged many times about the EU and the OECD's blacklisting process. The deadline for the US to comply with the EU list transparency criteria expired on 30 June 2019. Nothing has happened so far. We're publishing here an update guest blog written by Stefan Herweg, writing in his personal … [Read more...]
IMF tackles tax havens
At least, the IMF's latest edition of Finance & Development is focused on the "hidden corners of the global economy" - which naturally involves tax havens. It carries a feature by TJN contributor Nicholas Shaxson (author of Treasure Islands and the more recent The Finance Curse,) entitled … [Read more...]
Edition 20 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast 20# الجباية ببساطة
Welcome to the twentieth edition of our monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. (In Arabic below) Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma and Osama Diab of the Egyptian Initiative … [Read more...]
Edition 7 of the Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast/radio show: #7 édition de radio/podcast Francophone par Tax Justice Network
We’re pleased to share the seventh edition of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show for francophone Africa by finance journalist Idriss Linge in Cameroon. The podcast is called Impôts et Justice Sociale, ‘tax and social justice.’ It’s available for anyone who wants to listen to it, … [Read more...]
Tax Justice August 2019 Portuguese podcast: A tributação pode solucionar a crise climática?
Welcome to our fourth monthly tax justice podcast/radio show in Portuguese. Bem vindas e bem vindos ao É da sua conta, nosso novo podcast em português, o podcast mensal da Tax Justice Network, Rede de Justiça Fiscal. Veja abaixo os detalhes do programa em português. É da sua conta is … [Read more...]
