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...]
Inequality & Democracy
Tax Justice Network in Global Top Tax 50
The Tax Justice Network has been recognised once again as being among the top fifty global organisations influencing geopolitical tax policy matters in 2016. According to International Tax Review: "Global tax transparency advances in 2016 have been influenced by TJN's efforts and some of its … [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...]
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...]
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...]
UN criticises Switzerland and pressure mounts over human rights impacts of tax havens
We've reported before on this blog on the groundbreaking situation whereby Switzerland—ranked number one in the Tax Justice Network’s Financial Secrecy Index - faced tough questions from a U.N. human rights body in Geneva over the toll that its tax and financial secrecy policies take on women’s … [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...]
Links Nov 29
Egypt: How every dollar became ,000 in less than a decade for Gamal Mubarak Mada Masr Story produced with the assistance of Finance Uncovered. Economic Commission for Africa and partners commit to IFF fight as workshop ends in Nairobi African Business Africa: Economic Made Simple - Unpacking … [Read more...]
Links Nov 25
Cutting Company Taxes is a Race to the Bottom naked capitalism See here for more on the Race to the Bottom and Tax Wars. Virtual Briefing: Country-by-Country Reporting With TJN's Alex Cobham, and hosted by Financial Transparency Coalition, on December 6 Call for papers: Taxation and Sustainable … [Read more...]
Taxing Rights and Human Rights in East Africa – new report
The East Africa Tax and Governance Network (EATGN) has today launched its first report on taxation and human rights in East Africa. … [Read more...]
Women, tax and equality: yet again, the burden is disproportionately borne by women
The impacts on gender of tax and spending decisions made by governments although important are often little understood by decision makers. As the UK government sets out its autumn statement the Women's Budget Group is seeking to promote understanding of this issue. … [Read more...]
Links Nov 23
Tax evasion: MEPs back automatic exchange of bank data to track account owners European Parliament Dutch journalist facing prison term in Panama for criminal libel The Guardian 'This prison sentence sends a signal that critical journalism on fraud and corruption is not possible in … [Read more...]
Links Nov 21
Expert committee urges Panama to reform financial services industry ICIJ EU consultation on disincentives for advisors for potentially aggressive tax planning schemes STEP New Law: Luxembourg to offer easy visa for ultra-rich Luxemburger Wort … [Read more...]
Links Nov 17
ICRICT's new report and recommendations on tax competition Global Alliance for Tax Justice ‘There’s an inordinate amount of preference being shown to multinationals and to prices’ The IrishTimes 'The Government’s reaction to the EU Apple tax ruling exposes a disconnect between tax and human … [Read more...]
