The Third International Conference on Financing for Development just held in Addis Ababa has held negotiations for an internationally agreed position to support the post-2015 development agenda. One of the key areas of dispute this year was international tax. More specifically, TJN and others … [Read more...]
Corporate Tax
Links Jul 15
Let's fix tax and fund development AVAAZ petition Latest posts from the Global Alliance for Tax Justice: Privatisation policies a major concern at FfD3 Snapshots: FfD3 in Addis Ababa Global Tax Body: in everyone’s interest How should the intergovernmental tax body be designed? Addis … [Read more...]
Quote of the day – Africa hit by global tax intrigues
Here's our quote of the day, via the Financial Transparency Coalition: “African nations are at the epicenter of the crisis of illicit financial flows, yet they are not even in the room when decisions are being made,” said Alvin Mosioma, Executive Director of the Tax Justice Network Africa. “A … [Read more...]
Did NGOs invent a pot of gold? (No.)
By Alex Cobham, our research director: first posted at Uncounted. A draft paper by Maya Forstater, circulated by the Center for Global Development in time for the Financing for Development conference in Addis, attacks the integrity of many people and NGOs working on tax justice and illicit … [Read more...]
Should Nation States Compete? – download the workshop presentations here
TJN recently held its annual research workshop in conjunction with the Association for Accountancy & Business Affairs and City University at City University London. You can download the presentations given at that workshop from the links below. Matthew Watson – ‘Following in John Methuen’s … [Read more...]
Links Jul 10
Addis #FFD: An intergovernmental tax body? Uncounted Financing development: Tax them and they will grow The Economist "Poor countries need to get better at raising tax, and multinational firms need to get better at paying it" Building Tax Capacity in Developing Countries - Policy Briefing … [Read more...]
Links Jul 9
Tax Inspectors Shrug Off Borders to Track Multinational Evasion Bloomberg Cites TJN Director John Christensen Could tax breaks be on the agenda for big oil companies? World Finance Cites TJN's Nicholas Shaxson 'Corporate tax deals are robbing poor countries of teachers and nurses' The … [Read more...]
Links Jul 8
European Parliament sets the stage for Europe to embrace more corporate fiscal transparency Financial Transparency Coalition See also: The EU Parliament votes for public country-by-country reporting Tax Research UK The £93bn handshake: businesses pocket huge subsidies and tax breaks The … [Read more...]
New US study lends support to Financial Transaction Tax
A new report from the Tax Policy Center (TPC), a U.S. nonpartisan joint project of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, looks at the potential revenue yields from a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) and how the burden of the tax would fall on the U.S. population. It also notes that the … [Read more...]
Debate: Has corporation tax had its day?
We have previously commented on the lobbying effort to kill off the corporate income tax (CIT). In a debate published in the latest edition of Tax Journal, TJN's director John Christensen goes head to head in discussion with Stephen Herring, head of taxation at the UK's Institute of … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Research Bulletin 1(6)
June 2015. Surprising everyone by actually arriving within the stated month, here’s the sixth Tax Justice Research Bulletin – a monthly series dedicated to tracking the latest developments in policy-relevant research on national and international tax, available in full over at TJN. This issue … [Read more...]
Links Jun 26
Stop the Bleeding campaign launched in Nairobi Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also: Stop Africa's $50 billion a year illicit outflow, campaigners say Reuters ActionAid: Tax Competition’s Impact on Developing Countries – Panel Discussion, 7 July, London Tax havens and tax evasion: a … [Read more...]
Tax havens: beyond illicit financial flows
Capital flows, tax havens and offshore secrecy A guest post by Prof. Sol Picciotto, a TJN Senior Adviser. This was first published in African Agenda, vol. 18 No. 2, published June 2015 The discussion of the Mbeki Panel report in the last issue of African Agenda, in both the Editorial and the … [Read more...]
Links Jun 25
A “historic day” for the Fair Tax Mark UN estimates on tax dodging: Offshore tax zones cost developing countries $100 bln a year - U.N. Reuters, and Companies Avoid Paying $200 Billion in Tax The Wall Street Journal How could you not be excited by the Palma? Uncounted - Alex Cobham's … [Read more...]
Links Jun 23
Global Week of Action: final push for #TaxJustice Global Alliance for Tax Justice Tax Justice to fund free, quality Public Services Global Alliance for Tax Justice French Economist Piketty: Europe’s Stance on Greek Tax Reform Is Hypocritical Greek Reporter Tax matters - Greece bailout deal … [Read more...]
