Global Week of Action to #EndTaxHavens! - 1 to 7 April 2017 Global Alliance for Tax Justice ICTD Summary Brief 6: Tax and Gender in Developing Countries: What are the Issues? International Centre for Tax and Development The Political Economy of Long-Term Revenue Decline in Sri Lanka International … [Read more...]
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Links Feb 13
Brazil’s corruption scandal spreads across South America The Guardian Founders of Panama Papers Law Firm Arrested on Money Laundering Charges ICIJ Swiss voters soundly reject corporate tax overhaul Reuters See also: Switzerland says no to yet more tax abuse Tax Research UK International experts … [Read more...]
Trusts – Weapons of Mass Injustice: new Tax Justice Network report
It is a fact that the trust laws of some tax havens openly promote illegality. The reality that some tax havens will not enforce foreign laws (e.g. ensuring non-recognition of foreign laws and judgements that favoured legitimate heirs and former spouses) is even publicly advertised by some offshore … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network’s webinar on the next Financial Secrecy Index
The Tax Justice Network’s Financial Secrecy Index ranks jurisdictions according to their secrecy and the scale of their offshore financial activities. It’s a politically neutral ranking, the world’s most effective tool for understanding global financial secrecy, tax havens and secrecy … [Read more...]
Links Feb 10
New recommendations to help investors engage on tax UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Banks take bigger role in Latin America fight against tax evasion Reuters New Zealand, a haven for global billionaires to park their money, has a murky trust issue Bloomberg Panama Papers: Mossack … [Read more...]
Panama Papers Committee investigates in London UK, home to 2,000 ‘enablers’
UPDATE: 15 February 2017, London - Bloomberg has reported that the chairman of the EU's Panama Papers inquiry has criticised the UK Treasury for refusing to meet with its investigatory team during the recent fact-finding visit to London. Read more here. Last year the Panama Papers scandal shook … [Read more...]
Links Feb 8
Global investment flowing through tax havens grows by 0bn Public Finance International Luxembourg expects more companies to leave over tax scrutiny Financial Times "Finance minister expects some international groups to follow lead set by McDonald’s" 'Appealing Apple tax decision a mistake' - … [Read more...]
Transparency, Lobbying and Fake News: how transparent are think tanks?
Never has it been more critical to understand think tanks and their activities which often shape the news and are highly influential. But how transparent are they about who funds them? And how confident can we be in the integrity of their research and their intellectual independence? The … [Read more...]
Tax Justice and Women’s Rights, global days of action are coming
The Tax Justice Network is supporting global partners in highlighting the impact of regressive tax policies and financial secrecy on women’s fundamental human rights, something we campaign on and write about. Here's some information about the #TaxJustice for Women's Rights Global Days of Action. … [Read more...]
Brexit Britain: what does the public think about tax haven plans?
In January 2017 Britain's finance minister Philip Hammond and prime minister Theresa May signalled that Britain could deepen its role as a tax haven if it left the European Single Market post-Brexit. … [Read more...]
Links Feb 3
U.S. Congress votes for corruption by overturning historic transparency law in gift to big oil Global Witness See also: U.S. Congress Votes to Kill Anti-Corruption Safeguard FACT Coalition, and Oxfam condemns Senate’s shameful gutting of bipartisan anti-corruption rule, Section 1504 Oxfam … [Read more...]
Links Feb 1
Cutting company tax won't drive investment: Australia Institute Camden Haven Courier UK ‘can’t afford tax cuts to attract more firms after Brexit’ The Telegraph See our recent blog Tax haven UK? It already is… The Irish model: How low should taxes go? BBC News See also our recent blog: Is tax … [Read more...]
TJN moves forward with work on 2017 Financial Secrecy Index
The next financial secrecy index has now reached its first big milestone with questionnaires being sent out to 112 jurisdictions. … [Read more...]
Links Jan 30
EU Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs - Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion Live stream 31 Jan at 9.30am (Brussels time) Africa: Accelerated Agenda on … [Read more...]
Links Jan 27
What a #fightinequality week it has been… Global Alliance for Tax Justice Canada Papers investigation: joint investigation by CBC/Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star: Snow washing: Canada is the world’s newest tax haven - Part 1 How a Quebec company hid millions from tax collectors - Part … [Read more...]