Illicit financial flows are transfers of money from one country to another that are forbidden by law, rules or custom. They damage economies, societies, public finances and governance of countries around the globe. A key challenge to tackling illicit financial flows is the difficulty countries face … [Read more...]
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US blows up global project to tax multinational corporations. What now?
"(Other nations) had all come together" via the OECD to "screw America and that’s just not something we’re ever going to be a part of".~ US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer addressing Congress, 17 June 2020, per Sydney Morning Herald. Boom. The US has blown up 'BEPS 2.0', the OECD's tax … [Read more...]
The Reboot #2: how to pay for the pandemic (video)
Everyone knows the global economic system isn’t working in the interests of most of us. In our new video series the Reboot we talk about how to fix it. From lockdown because of covid19 Naomi Fowler speaks to John Christensen and Nicholas Shaxson of the Tax Justice Network. In this second episode … [Read more...]
Covid-19: An opportunity for structural reforms to create a people-centred economic system
TJN-AFRICA STATEMENT This statement from Tax Justice Network-Africa, reproduced below, can be accessed in pdf format here. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed systemic inequalities in the current social, political and economic systems. African countries are disproportionately bearing the brunt … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network Spanish language monthly podcast: Los ganadores de la pandemia
Welcome to this month’s 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 iTunes y tenemos un nuevo … [Read more...]
COVID-19: Progressive Tax Measures to Realize Rights
Several months into the COVID-19 pandemic people are bracing themselves. ‘Build back better’ is the mantra, but what does that mean in terms of tax justice and human rights? How should governments respond in the face of anticipated economic and social hardships? Like many others we are … [Read more...]
Tax, reparations and ‘Plan B’ for the UK’s tax haven web
The killing of George Floyd by US police in Minnesota, on 25 May 2020, has sparked a public response both more powerful and more international than almost any of the previous cases in a very long line - including Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, 13 March 2020. The demands for justice extend far beyond … [Read more...]
Britain’s Slave Owner Compensation Loan, reparations and tax havenry
Update: you can hear Naomi Fowler and John Christensen discussing this research in edition 102 of the Taxcast, our monthly podcast, starting about 2 minutes in: It's hard to believe but it was only in 2015 that, according to the Treasury, British taxpayers finished 'paying off' the debt which … [Read more...]
What’s your SCORE? The case for Sustainable Cost Reporting
We recently published a two part Tax Justice Focus special on climate crisis and tax justice. This blog reproduces the article by Richard Murphy, in which he outlines how radical changes to accounting rules would require companies to comprehensively disclose their carbon emissions. Sustainable Cost … [Read more...]
Nixon-era laws have shaped western racism and protected ‘enablers’ of financial crimes
This guest blog written by Dr Mary Alice Young of the University of the West England proposes that in the aftermath of Covid-19, Western governments must redress antiquated and inherently racist organised crime control laws By Dr Mary Alice Young* Organised crime is not homogeneous, and is … [Read more...]
How authorities, banks and researchers from around the world are verifying beneficial ownership information
We have recently blogged about the first call of the new Advisory Group to promote beneficial ownership verification that we are co-developing together with the Financial Transparency Coalition, Transparency International, Global Witness, Global Financial Integrity, OpenOwnership, The B Team and the … [Read more...]
The Reboot: new Tax Justice Network video series
Welcome to this first episode of The Reboot from the Tax Justice Network. Everyone knows the global economic system isn’t working in the interests of most of us. In our new video series we’re going to talk about how to fix it. From Covid-19 lockdown, Naomi Fowler speaks to John Christensen and … [Read more...]
Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Taxation: Two Sides of the Same Carbon Coin
We recently published a two part Tax Justice Focus special on climate crisis and tax justice. This blog reproduces the article by Laura Merrill, in which she outlines how massive direct and indirect state subsidies have overwhelmingly distorted energy markets to favour fossil-fuel consumption, … [Read more...]
The state of play of beneficial ownership registration in 2020
By Andres Knobel and Moran Harari of the Tax Justice Network. A new report on the state of play of ownership registration of companies, partnerships, trusts and private foundations was published today by the Tax Justice Network. Based predominantly on the results of the … [Read more...]
Edition 29 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast #29 الجباية ببساطة
Welcome to the twenty-ninth 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...]
