Fight Inequality week of action is live - together we are stronger Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also: The scourge of inequality: There can be no peace or freedom while it persists An Economy for the 99%: It?s time to build a human economy that benefits everyone, not just the privileged few … [Read more...]
Corporate Tax
Links Jan 10
Tax Avoidance, Illicit Financial Flows, and Global Development: A Call for a United Nations Tax Body Global Alliance for Tax Justice Event in Washington DC on 12 January Eva Joly's op-ed on French Country-by=Country Reporting Global Alliance for Tax Justice The 24 loopholes in the OECD's Common … [Read more...]
Links Jan 6
Switzerland fights to maintain tax allure as referendum looms The Irish Times World Bank publishes transfer pricing handbook for developing countries MNE Tax Penalties now in force in UK for 'enablers' of offshore tax evasion STEP … [Read more...]
Links Jan 5
European Commission welcomes entry into force of new transparency rules for tax rulings - press release Code of Conduct group: Finance Ministers must end blockade of tax justice Sven Giegold Where’s the organised civil society pushback on big finance and monopolies? Treasure Islands blog By … [Read more...]
Links Jan 3
Voices in the Humanosphere 2016: How massive global tax avoidance fuels poverty Interview with TJN's chief executive Alex Cobham Jean-Claude Juncker blocked EU curbs on tax avoidance, cables show The Guardian Luxembourg to sharpen tax rules for intra-group financing Reuters India: The … [Read more...]
Links Dec 20
Sierra Leone: Open Tax Initiative unveiled Concord Times Media-led advocacy, increasing tax education and calling for a fair, just and accountable tax system. Apple fights back with appeal against EU Irish tax ruling BBC News See also: Apple Tax Ruling by EU Could Be Overturned WSJ, Apple appeals … [Read more...]
Links Dec 16
Massive civil society mobilization for the #LuxLeaks appeal trial opening Global Alliance for Tax Justice No Easy Task: Quantifying Illicit Financial Flows Financial Transparency Coalition … [Read more...]
Tackling unfair tax treaties between developing countries and the UK, in UK Parliament today
Today the British Parliament will debate a Bill that tries to tackle unfair tax treaties between the UK and developing countries, some of which go back to the 1940s, sometimes when countries were still British colonies. It's an initiative we very much welcome and we hand over to our friends at … [Read more...]
Links Dec 13
Illicit Financial Flows Undermining Gender Justice Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Paper by Veronica Grondona, Nicole Bidegain Ponte and Corina Rodriguez Luxleaks trial: The “vital combat” of whistleblowers Luxemburger Wort OECD's BEPs measures seriously flawed economia See also our earlier blog - For … [Read more...]
Corporate social responsibility, tax avoidance, and counting spoons
TJN has always taken a sceptical view of corporate social responsibility. Our outlook has been shaped by the view that real social and economic responsibility starts with paying the right amount of tax, to the right country, at the right time. … [Read more...]
Links Dec 9
Africa's crackdown on tax avoidance nets £204m to boost development The Guardian Listen to news on Tax Inspectors Without Borders in our November 2016 podcast, here. BRICS nations vow to automatic sharing of tax information Business Standard Global public accounts committees unite for tax … [Read more...]
For rich countries only: A global map of multinationals’ tax avoidance
The introduction of a key policy tool against multinational companies’ tax avoidance has been handled so badly that developing countries are now exposed to worse inequalities. In a new report published today, we call for immediate changes to limit the damage done. … [Read more...]
Links Dec 6
Financing Matters: A toolkit on domestic financing for education Global Alliance for Tax Justice Panama Struggles to Shed Its Image as a Magnet for Shady Deals The New York Times African union-led tax justice platforms throw their support behind ICRICT Foreign Affairs … [Read more...]
Links Dec 2
Panama Papers Have Had Historic Global Effects — and the Impacts Keep Coming ICIJ Journalists Hang Tough in Face of Backlash Against Panama Papers Reporting ICIJ No more fear of transparency - register of beneficial ownership should become public TJN Germany (In German) Kenya to lend its tax … [Read more...]
Links Dec 1
Making tax work for women’s rights ActionAid See the report here. Illicit financial flows and tax havens: The poor supports the rich CMI Includes presentations from the conference 'Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Tax Havens, Capital Flows and Developing Countries" Press release: the G20 must … [Read more...]
