Yes, we can build an open and transparent tax system that works fairly for everyone. Do you know how multinationals shift their profits to dodge their taxes and how we can stop them? Our beautifully illustrated new videos tell you how, narrated in five different languages by our tax justice podcast … [Read more...]
Taxing corporations
How ‘Digital Trade’ rules would make it harder for lower-income countries to tax or regulate the digital economy
International tax rules and international trade rules are unfair to lower-income countries: that is not only well known, but unsurprising. Rules are generally set by the most powerful parties at the table. What is more, the tax rules and the trade rules interact, with trade rules frequently … [Read more...]
A response to the European court’s bad Apple ruling
Today’s Apple decision confirms that the European Union’s rules against state aid are not up to the job of preventing EU member states operating as tax havens. Powerful tax justice reforms are needed, rather than broader application of state aid rules. Neither the EU nor any other countries will be … [Read more...]
US blows up global project to tax multinational corporations. What now?
"(Other nations) had all come together" via the OECD to "screw America and that’s just not something we’re ever going to be a part of".~ US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer addressing Congress, 17 June 2020, per Sydney Morning Herald. Boom. The US has blown up 'BEPS 2.0', the OECD's tax … [Read more...]
Getting the short end of the stick again and again
Guest blog author: Cassandra Vet, Teaching Assistant and PhD Candidate, Global Governance and Inclusive Development, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp Now the reform to curb corporate tax avoidance gets up to speed with the outdated principles of corporate taxation, it … [Read more...]
Austrian parliament seizes opportunity for public country-by-country reporting
Just two weeks ago, a resolution on country-by-country reporting at the EU Competitiveness Council missed the qualified majority needed by just one vote. Among those who voted against the resolution was Austria's Minister of Economic Affairs, Elisabeth Udolf-Strobl. But only a few days later the … [Read more...]
Edition 10 of the Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast/radio show: édition #10 de radio/podcast Francophone par Tax Justice Network
We’re pleased to share the tenth edition of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show for francophone Africa by finance journalist Idriss Linge in Cameroon. The podcast is called Impôts et Justice Sociale, ‘tax and social justice.’ Nous sommes heureux de partager avec vous cette … [Read more...]
Unitary taxation for multinational companies: what it is and why it matters
We blogged recently that the UK's main opposition party has committed to introducing unitary taxation by the end of the next parliamentary term. As we've said, it represents an important further normalisation of unitary taxation, and a potentially important step to ending the great damage done by … [Read more...]
Unitary tax explained: infographic
The Labour party in the UK has today committed to introducing unitary taxation by the end of the next parliamentary term. This is significant internationally because it marks the first such manifesto commitment from a major political party, with a realistic prospect of election success, in a … [Read more...]
A historic day for unitary taxation
Today sees the crystallisation of two potentially pivotal moments in the development of international tax rules towards the Tax Justice Network’s long-favoured approach: unitary taxation. In Paris, the OECD is hosting a public consultation on the biggest reform to the taxation of multinational … [Read more...]
Global Day of Action: digging the dirt on extractives
As global capitalism continues to lurch from one crisis to the next, massive levels of tax abuse and avoidance are robbing governments of the resources they need to provide basic social services while also contributing to economic instability, fuelling gender inequalities and undermining human … [Read more...]
Taxing multinationals: a new approach
Our headline is also the title of an important new report by Public Services International, a global trade union federation, looking at the fast-changing international tax system. Co-authored by Public Services International's Daniel Bertossa and Sol Picciotto, a Tax Justice Network Senior … [Read more...]
Taxing wealth – how to triumph over injustice: Tax Justice Network October 2019 podcast
In this month's episode we speak to Gabriel Zucman about his new book with co-author Emmanuel Saez - The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay. Plus, as Extinction Rebellion holds protests around the world over the climate emergency, we point the finger at the … [Read more...]
‘Terrible Transactions’: How much does mining benefit the Brazilian state?
We're sharing here details of a study by the Instituto Justiça Fiscal (the Tax Justice Institute) in Brazil researched by economist Guilherme Spinato Morlin with coordination and advice from the Instituto Justiça Fiscal. Instituto Justiça Fiscal directors Clair Hickmann and João Carlos Loebens take … [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...]
