Call for papers on “Human Rights and Tax in an Unequal World” Global Alliance for Tax Justice LATINDADD's Reports on Extractive Industry and Tax Avoidance in Latin America via Eurodad June 2016 could be a crucial moment for whistleblowers’ protection Eurodad Still Racing Toward The Bottom? … [Read more...]
Corporate Tax
Links Jun 17
African Governments Should Harness Taxation Opportunities To Improve Investment In Children TJN - Africa The Panama Papers – what they mean and why they are important for Africa Financial Transparency Coalition India: Here's What PM Modi Can And Cannot Do About Offshore Black Money Huffington … [Read more...]
Links Jun 16
Why unfair tax treaties hold back developing countries The Guardian Mossack Fonseca worker arrested in Switzerland The Guardian "Employee is held on suspicion of ‘extracting confidential information’ from law firm at centre of Panama Papers". See also: Geneva Opens Criminal Probe After Mossack … [Read more...]
Are European Union finance ministers about to deliver another stitch-up on corporate tax?
Update 3, June 21. The EU Press Release is here. Scornful comments continue to circulate. Update 2: This blog is turning into a series of updates in *italics*, with the original background discussion in plain text underneath. Currently, the situation is uncertain - two hours ago, Jeroen … [Read more...]
New paper: Taxing Multinational Enterprises as Unitary Firms
A new paper by TJN Senior Adviser Sol Picciotto, for the International Center for Tax and Development (ICTD). Summary: This paper explores the issues raised for international tax rules of explicitly treating multinational enterprises (MNEs) as single or unitary firms. It first briefly explains … [Read more...]
Norway’s oil fund: a minor victory for tax ethics
*Big new update* under this guest blog. Norway's Oil fund, which says it is worth $7.1 trillion Kroner last year (about US$860 billion at current exchange rates), is so important in world markets that a cottage industry of fund-watchers has sprung up. Several civil society bodies have sought to … [Read more...]
Links Jun 14
Experts rule out ‘end’ of fiscal secrecy Buenos Aires Herald Indonesia: Measuring Tax Amnesty Kompas See also recent blog Indonesia’s corrupt tax amnesty – how many will follow? The Panama Papers - Zimbabwe Must Not Waste This Opportunity allAfrica / New Zimbabwe Why Microsoft, With $100 … [Read more...]
Links Jun 13
The myth of the offshore ANCIR "African tax havens are frequently used as cogs in the wheels of corporate, criminal and political activities that desire legal and financial veils" Australian Taxation Officer recruits executives for new 'tax avoidance taskforce' hunting tax cheats, … [Read more...]
Links Jun 10
EU launches official one-year inquiry into Panama Papers scandal euronews Swiss Private Bankers demand tax breaks on criminal fines imposed for tax evasion offences swissinfo Illicit Financial Flows out of Africa (IFFoA) Database TrustAfrica See also: Corruption Stalls Zimbabwe’s Economic … [Read more...]
More sordid details about the Luxembourg tax cheat factory
If you read one story today, read this, from Private Eye. A couple of small excerpts reveal the extent to which tax havens like Luxembourg are 'captured states": Applications for the favourable rulings, Halet told the court, were sent every Wednesday at 1.30pm in batches of 30 to 40 and returned … [Read more...]
Mauritius: India cracks down on a major tax evasion route
Update on this story available below on more recent developments India cracks down on a major tax evasion route A guest blog by Abdul Muheet Chowdhary The issue My award winning essay, written for a competition jointly held by the Tax Justice Network and Oxfam International, focused on how … [Read more...]
Links May 23
Tax Justice Netherlands letter to The Dutch EU presidency: 5 Days Left to End Tax Avoidance On Wednesday 25 May, EU Ministers of Finance (ECOFIN) will meet to reach agreement on the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive EU aims to rule on Amazon's Luxembourg tax deal by July Reuters See also: EU … [Read more...]
Links May 19
How morally fit is the West to lead a global campaign on corruption? The New Times Rwanda See also our earlier blog Anti-corruption summit: UK climbdown, but momentum grows, and Tax Justice Focus – The Corruption Issue How Panama Papers May Become a Boon for Cash-Strapped Argentina … [Read more...]
Links May 18
It's Up to Governments to Stop Enabling Corruption Bloomberg Editorial - Panama Papers: Money talks, but the pen is mightier than the sword The Malta Independent See also: Malta: Panama Papers - minister Mizzi and chief of staff Schembri chose Swiss bank’s Panama subsidiary for bank account … [Read more...]
Links May 16
ActionAid report on developing countries at risk from tax havens Global Alliance for Tax Justice Pakistan: Efforts being made to access $200 billion stashed in Swiss banks: Federal Law Minister Daily Pakistan Pakistan: Parliament session begins, PM to answer questions regarding Panama Leaks … [Read more...]
