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...]
Corporate Tax Haven Index
Let’s shrink the City of London finance sector, for prosperity’s sake
This week journalist and Tax Justice Network writer Nicholas Shaxson sounded the alarm in Britain's Guardian newspaper about plans for a “Singapore-on-the-Thames” economic model, a tax haven strategy, after Brexit: The strategy to win the great global race to attract financial capital by … [Read more...]
Job vacancy: Researcher, Francophone Africa
The Tax Justice Network is recruiting a Francophone Africa researcher, who will form part of our core research team for the Financial Secrecy Index and the Corporate Tax Haven Index, and will work on our Financial Secrecy and Tax Advocacy in Africa (FASTA) project, funded by Norad. Read more here. … [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...]
Corporate income taxation in the digital age: Africa in the Corporate Tax Haven Index 2019
Tackling corporate tax dodging in a digital age is high on the political agenda as governments seek to protect the public purse. Launched this year, the Tax Justice Network's Corporate Tax Haven Index outlines a comprehensive set of benchmarks that are relevant for countering illicit financial flows … [Read more...]
The Corporate Tax Haven Index: solving the world’s broken tax system in our monthly podcast, the Taxcast
In this month's June 2019 podcast we look at the new Corporate Tax Haven Index released by the Tax Justice Network. What does it tell us about the global economy and the international tax system? And how can we fix it? We also look at how India is pushing the G20 into action on global tax rules - if … [Read more...]
How can Africa take action against corporate tax havenry? Solutions from the Corporate Tax Haven Index 2019
How have former colonial powers maintained their stranglehold on African economies? The UK with its spider’s web of satellite jurisdictions and France are complicit in undermining the ability of African governments to tax multinational companies. Other corporate tax havens also put African countries … [Read more...]
Edition 17 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast/radio show, 17# الجباية ببساطة
Welcome to the seventeenth 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 … [Read more...]
