We're sharing in full an article published this month here from one of the Tax Justice Network's Senior Advisers, Tax Barrister David Quentin. … [Read more...]
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Links Jan 9
High time for cooperation to protect tax bases International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) The murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia: Malta’s shame? BBC Newsnight See also: Caruana Galizia case: Malta ex-corruption investigator fears for life BBC News Serbian magnate Dragan Solak … [Read more...]
Links Jan 5
"OECD's double standards on taxation in Africa" Global Alliance for Tax Justice Asia: civil society organisations urge United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia Pacific (ESCAP) to curb Illicit Financial Flows Global Alliance for Tax Justice Ireland and Hungary reject EU-wide tax … [Read more...]
The US’s ‘Trump/Goldman tax law’ and the race to the bottom
The American Interest magazine has published an article by TJN senior adviser James Henry in which he points out that the damage caused by President Trump's tax reforms will ripple out way beyond the USA, where many citizens will be seriously harmed (we reported on the human rights implications of … [Read more...]
HSBC: Gangsters of Finance: new film
We are pleased to recommend the newly released film HSBC: Gangsters of Finance, produced by ARTE TV in German, French, English and Spanish. They describe the film as follows: Since the 2008 crisis, HSBC has been involved in countless scandals: Money laundering for drug cartels, corruption, tax … [Read more...]
Links Jan 2
The U.S. Is Becoming the World’s New Tax Haven Bloomberg 'Shuttering foreign tax shelters only to steal their business is a bad move.' Nigeria files billion-dollar claim against JP Morgan over Shell and Eni 2011 oil deal Global Witness What Nigeria must do to stop looting of public funds – Global … [Read more...]
New report: ‘Hybrid Mismatches in Israel’
Tax Justice Network Israel (TJN IL), in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, has published a new report on ‘Hybrid Mismatches in Israel’. The term "hybrid mismatches" refers to discrepancies in the tax laws of two or more independent tax jurisdictions or territories in relation to the … [Read more...]
Trusts and the UK: half a step forward, three steps backwards
Remember our paper calling for the registration of trusts? Back then the British government opposed this. During discussions related to the EU 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, Treasury spokesperson Lord Newby even said: “We consider registration of trusts to be a disproportionate approach and, … [Read more...]
US tax reform and conflicts with international law: guest blog
The US tax bill will be published on Friday 15th December 2017 and will be voted on by Congress early next week. Senior Policy Advisor Didier Jacobs at Oxfam America has written this blog: The Exceptionalist Tax Bill The United States Congress is about to adopt a major tax reform that reflects … [Read more...]
Links Dec 14
EU Panama Papers Panel Seeks Stricter Tax Avoidance Strategy Bloomberg BNA Panama Papers Inquiry Committee: European governments assisted in aggressive tax competition. European Parliament demands U-turn in the fight against tax dumping and money laundering. Sven Giegold U.S.: … [Read more...]
Vive la revolutión… fiscal! Guest blog
Miguel Urbán Crespo, Member of the European Parliament, PODEMOS has produced this guest blog, translated by Luke Stobard which we're pleased to share: In his famous work ‘The Ancien Régime and the Revolution’ Alexis Tocqueville held that the French revolution did not really begin in 1789 but two … [Read more...]
Links Dec 12
Panama Papers - start of sensible revolution in EU tax affairs? EU Observer Op-Ed by TJN's George Turner EU finance ministers warn US over tax reform The Irish Times Promotions for Corrupt Officials, Shattered Windows for Whistleblowers OCCRP See also: No regrets 'Some big companies in … [Read more...]
Our December 2017 Spanish language podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast de diciembre 2017
Welcome to this month’s latest podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, downloaded and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónica! (abajo en castellano). In the December 2017 … [Read more...]
Financial Secrecy Index 2018 – Launch Date January, 30th
We are pleased to announce our final launch date for the next Financial Secrecy Index (FSI). The launch will take place on 30 January 2018 at 18.00 CET. This next FSI will be covering 112 jurisdictions up from 92 in 2015. We have substantially increased the number of Key Financial Secrecy … [Read more...]
Indian cess taxes: A call for accountability (Guest blog)
This piece is about cess taxes levied by the current government in India written for us by Ashrita Prasad Kotha, Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School whose work on ‘Cesses in the Indian Tax Regime: A Historical Analysis’ has been published as a book chapter in Studies in the History of … [Read more...]
