Here’s the 16th edition of Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show for francophone Africa produced and presented by finance journalist Idriss Linge in Cameroon. Nous sommes fiers de partager avec vous cette nouvelle émission de radio/podcast du Réseau pour la Justice Fiscale, Tax … [Read more...]
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State aid and tax avoidance – the case of Lufthansa
This is a guest blog by Steffen Redeke and Christoph Trautvetter (Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit, Germany) First, here's a useful European Airline bailout tracker (which reflects the most up to date public information available at the time it was published on May 8, 2020). Thanks to the Global … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network Portuguese podcast #13: Pandemia: como acertar no socorro às empresas?
Em meio à crise econômica e sanitária, o governo brasileiro anunciou uma injeção de mais de US$ 185 bilhões para ajudar o setor financeiro — cerca de dez vezes o orçamento do Ministério da Saúde. Enquanto isso, 87% das micro e pequenas indústrias do Estado de São Paulo, por exemplo, não conseguem … [Read more...]
Black Zero against the Climate
Last week we published the second part of our Tax Justice Focus special on climate crisis and tax justice. This blog reproduces the lead article by famed German economist Peter Bofinger, in which he argues the case for a radical transformation of our understanding of how economics works, and why … [Read more...]
Tax collection, a labour of love: the Tax Justice Network podcast, May 2020
In the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast: we cover the story the mainstream media aren’t telling you – how governments around the world are undermining our tax collection services. We look at how the South Africa Revenue Service was established in very challenging times to become … [Read more...]
Scotland joins wave of countries blocking tax haven-tied corporations from receiving Covid-19 bailouts; Tax Justice Network responds
Green Party country by country reporting amendment adds urgency to global calls for the tax transparency measure The Scottish Government has backed a Green Party amendment to exclude corporations registered in tax havens, or with subsidiaries or other arrangements in tax havens from receiving … [Read more...]
Women & Tax: can you help with this survey?
Liz Nelson coordinates our Tax Justice & Human Rights work and she's undertaking research as part of Atlantic Fellowship for Social and Economic Equity Programme of which she is a 2019/20 Fellow. Can you help with her survey? She explains more: I'm working on a project to understand women's … [Read more...]
Climate justice and economic justice are the same fight
As the economic shock of the pandemic deepens, hunger stalks the streets of supposedly rich countries, revealing the deep inequalities that existed even before Covid-19 struck. In the second of our two part Tax Justice Focus edition on financing the climate transition (the first part is available … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Italia is launched
By Tommaso Faccio, co-founder of Tax Justice Italia With the support of, and in partnership with the Tax Justice Network, Tax Justice Italia was launched today with the aim of adding a credible voice for tax justice in Italy. Tax Justice Italia will work to change the debate around taxation in … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network Spanish language monthly podcast: El coronavirus: ¿quién va a pagar?
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...]
VIRTUAL EVENT: Health versus Wealth? Tax and transparency in the age of Covid-19
Powerful shocks like pandemics, wars or financial crashes have an impact on society, but the nature of that impact depends on the theories people hold about history, society, the balance of power – in a word, ideology – which varies from place to place. It always takes major social and political … [Read more...]
Why many Berlin real estate owners remain secret despite new transparency laws
Cayman Islands, a place of registration for several Berlin companies indirectly owning German real estate. Photo: Michael Klein Guest blog by Christoph Trautvetter, Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit For anyone who cares about beneficial ownership transparency the spotlight should be on the … [Read more...]
COVID-19: India’s self-employed women, rights and a sustainable response
Acknowledgement: The Tax Justice Network is grateful for the information provided by India’s Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). The COVID 19 pandemic has ‘flipped’ our understanding of many things which we took for granted pre-lockdown. One of these is the role of the state. … [Read more...]
US appeals court confirms firm must disclose to IRS names of clients behind offshore bank accounts and foreign entities
On 24 April 2020 the US Court of Appeals for the fifth circuit ruled that a US law firm must disclose to the US tax authority (the Internal Revenue Service) the names of requested clients in connection to an investigation. Specifically, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had asked for documents … [Read more...]
A Feminist Response to COVID-19
Today we are delighted to support the launch of a new and critically important website: 'a volunteer online data repository of information on feminist principles and actions, as well as policy responses to the COVID crisis.' After the 64th UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2020 was … [Read more...]
