No, not the Lord Mayor of London, but the Mayor of London, a certain Boris Johnson, who's frequently tipped to be Britain's next Prime Minister. Given that Britain is arguably the most important player in the global offshore system, this man's opinions deserve close scrutiny. The topic at hand is … [Read more...]
Corporate Tax
Links Jan 25
Google £130m UK back-tax deal lambasted as ‘derisory’ by expert The Guardian Cites TJN Senior Adviser Prem Sikka. See also Prem's report Some Questions about Google’s UK Tax Settlement of £130 million, also MPs attack deal to let Google to pay 'relatively trivial' £130m back taxes The Guardian, … [Read more...]
Links Jan 22
Governments need to get out of their “cosy bed” with business, says Oxfam chief euronews Apple Steps Up Lobbying Efforts Against European Tax Probe Bloomberg Cites TJN's research director Alex Cobham Ireland: State may not get any Apple tax haul The Irish Examiner Number of Offshore IPOs … [Read more...]
Links Jan 21
Revenue foregone through tax treaties in context Martin Hearson's Blog Read more on Tax Treaties here. MEPs want companies tax dodges repaid into EU budget euobserver See also: MEPs Say State Aid Probe 'Windfall' Should Be Divvied Up Tax-News Greater tax transparency: Interview with … [Read more...]
Conference: No Taxes, No Development – Berlin, 18th February 2016
Conference No taxes, no development Ways to a just taxation of multinational corporations … [Read more...]
Review: new book on Capital Flight from Africa
Over at Uncounted, Alex Cobham (our Research Director) has written a review of a new tome for tax justice bookshelves: Capital flight from Africa: Causes, effects and policy issues, Ibi Ajayi & Léonce Ndikumana (eds.), 2015, Oxford University Press. His review begins: "This new volume … [Read more...]
Links Jan 19
How Shell, Total and Eni benefit from tax breaks in Nigeria's gas industry Stop Switzerland Selling Secrecy, Christian Aid Urges Davos Delegates The Cayman Islands – home to 100,000 companies and the £8.50 packet of fish fingers The Guardian The ideologists of the Competitiveness … [Read more...]
Links Jan 18
Tax-dodging by the superrich is driving global inequality, Oxfam says Al Jazeera New report singles out tax havens as main cause of global inequality, urges coordinated response to widespread practice, see also Richest 62 people as wealthy as half of world's population, says Oxfam The Guardian, … [Read more...]
Links Jan 15
The Heavens: more accolades Treasure Islands Blog Civil Society in Zambia calls for government to adhere to beneficial ownership transparency in the new EITI principle Publish What You Pay Zambia MEP takes EU to court on tax transparency euobserver Apple May Be on Hook for $8 Billion in … [Read more...]
New paper: tax treaties a ‘poisoned chalice’ for developing countries
Update, Jan 20: this blog has now been adapted and expanded in a post on Naked Capitalism. In 2013 we published an article entitled Lee Sheppard: Don't sign OECD model tax treaties! which looked at a presentation by one of the U.S.' top experts in international tax. Her fiery presentation … [Read more...]
Quote of the day: White House slaps down foolish ‘innovation box’
Last October we published an article entitled The UK’s “Patent Box” – nasty, disingenuous and hypocritical tax law (via a longer piece we wrote on Naked Capitalism, entitled The “Patent Box” – Proof That the UK is a Rogue State in Corporate Tax.) This is about providing tax breaks for multinationals … [Read more...]
The secret EU Tax “Code” that needs to be cracked open
Guest Blog: The secret EU Tax "Code" that needs to be cracked open A guest blog by Tove Maria Ryding, Eurodad Yesterday Fabio De Masi, a German member of the European Parliament, filed a lawsuit against the European Commission after being denied the right to see the minutes from meetings in … [Read more...]
Links Jan 13
EC tax ruling: Belgian opportunity, big 4 at risk? Uncounted LuxLeaks whistleblowers thanked as tax probes continue ICIJ See also: LuxLeaks” trial to start on April 26th - Petition update on Support Antoine Deltour! U.S. Will Track Secret Buyers of Luxury Real Estate The New York … [Read more...]
New petition: public country by country reporting now
From War on Want and EPSU, a new petition: "We call on the economics and finance ministers of the European Union to crack down on corporate tax dodging; multinational companies must be required to publish key information about where they are doing business, earning their profits and paying their … [Read more...]
Links Jan 12
Whistleblower - Alone against the System Deutsche Welle Petition: Tax Transparency Now War on Want Why India's Demand For UN Tax Committee Holds The Key To Funding The Paris Deal Huffington Post Ireland: the Tax Haven that Dare Not Speak Its Name counterpunch "If your top political … [Read more...]
