Call for papers for a Research Workshop on CORRUPTION AND THE ROLE OF TAX HAVENS City University London, 28th / 29th April 2016 In May 2016 the U.K Government will be hosting a global summit on corruption. Ahead of this event, the Association for Accountancy & Business Affairs,(i) City … [Read more...]
Inequality & Democracy
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...]
Links Jan 11
Uncounted: Power, inequalities and the post-2015 data revolution Africa: Is Responsible Tax Behaviour the Next Frontier of CSR? allAfrica / Institute of Development Studies Belgium's $763 Million Tax Loophole Shut in EU Payback Order Bloomberg See also:In wake of Luxleaks - EU says Belgium's … [Read more...]
Links Jan 7
US Congress opposes World Bank plan to weaken environmental and social protections, seeks transparency about “beneficial owners” of shell companies CIEL Falciani labels the Swiss as financial mercenaries swissinfo Capital flight VII. The effects of globalization and foreign ownership of the … [Read more...]
Links Jan 6
The economic crisis impacting Jersey, one of the oldest tax havens in the world BBC Mundo (In Spanish) See also our recent blog Jersey: the fall of a Finance-Cursed tax haven Cayman Financial Services Minister: Tax dodgers beware Cayman Reporter Tax avoidance hits the poorest hardest The … [Read more...]
The ironic pillage of tax haven Puerto Rico by offshore hedge funds
Puerto Rico is a peculiar historical relic, whose relationship with the United States has strong echoes of the half-in-half-out relationships that the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies enjoy with the mother country, the United Kingdom. This halfway-house link, which provides solid … [Read more...]
Links Jan 5
Cook Islands, a Paradise of Untouchable Assets The New York Times. From 2013, but well worth the reminder. HSBC escapes action by City regulator following Swiss tax scandal The Guardian The Swiss Have Sent a Chilling Message to Banking Whistleblowers The Wire See also our recent blog on How … [Read more...]
Links Jan 4
When will banks learn that dodgy tax practices actually cost them dear? The Guardian Swiss bank Lombard Odier to pay $100 million to resolve U.S. tax probe Reuters See also: Swiss Bank Admits Cash and Gold Withdrawals Cheated IRS Bloomberg Swiss bank Julius Baer U.S. tax evasion settlement … [Read more...]
Venezuela’s rampant corruption
This guest blog from Alek Boyd explores what happens when oil, offshore financial secrecy and populist politics combine to corrupt the hopes of an entire nation. When the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published leaked HSBC data provided by Hervé Falciani in February this … [Read more...]
Links Dec 18
Greenpeace links frackers to tax havens Financial Times (paywall) We reference the original report in links on Dec 16 - Revealed: Cuadrilla and leading fracking firms’ tax haven ownership Energy Desk Cayman: Centralised platform on beneficial ownership coming Cayman Reporter Fifa scandal: … [Read more...]
Wealth management: tax avoidance is just the tip of the iceberg
Recently we wrote a blog about some rather unique research carried out by Brooke Harrington, an Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School who trained to become a wealth manager in order to study it properly. This week, Naomi Fowler interviewed her for our latest Taxcast. We think it is worth … [Read more...]
Links Dec 16
It's time for companies to bring tax into their human rights due diligence Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Momentous day for Fair Tax in Europe Fair Tax See also: European Parliament spells out legal steps to fight aggressive corporate tax planning and evasion European Parliament … [Read more...]
Links Dec 15
Regional Week of Action in Latin America! Global Alliance for Tax Justice Measuring illicit flows in the SDGs Uncounted Why would an international tax lawyer join Oxfam? The Politics of Poverty National Tax Justice Youth Film Festival Tax Justice Coalition Pakistan Tackling corporate … [Read more...]
Links Dec 14
Abusive Tax Avoidance and Responsibilities of Tax Professionals Journal of Human Development and Capabilities Global Looting – A Snapshot The Corner House Illicit Financial Flows: Overview of Concepts, Methodologies and Regional Perspectives CBGA Las Vegas Review-Journal Staffers Want To … [Read more...]
The Finance Curse and Competitiveness: presentation at Max Planck Institute
This is the text of a lecture that John Christensen, Director of the Tax Justice Network (TJN), gave at the Max Planck Institute in Cologne this week. … [Read more...]
