European Parliament tax investigation: Special committee extension blocked to protect Juncker and Dijsselbloem Sven Giegold Special Report: Greek shipowners talk up their role to protect tax breaks Reuters Wanted: central bank boss to fix 1,700-year-old European tax haven Reuters So Pfizer … [Read more...]
Inequality & Democracy
Book review – The Joy of Tax
The following review, by Dan Hind, was first published in the Whistleblower Edition of Tax Justice Focus … [Read more...]
Links Nov 24
Tackling tax across borders Public Finance International Mozambique PM rues Africa tax collection crisis Star Africa India: Are shell companies behind the over-estimation of GDP? LiveMint Bob Jessop: an historical approach to national competitiveness Fools' Gold - rethinking … [Read more...]
New report: tax treaties in sub-Saharan Africa
Via Martin Hearson's website, here is a new report he authored for Tax Justice Network-Africa. As Hearson says, it’s based on field research done a year ago and has been a little while getting into print. Here’s a link to read it online at academia.edu Here’s a link to download the PDF Among many … [Read more...]
Links Nov 19
Crackdown on Caribbean tax havens a surprise boon for Hong Kong South China Morning Post Why we need public country by country reporting Global Alliance for Tax Justice UN Principles for Responsible Investment: Engagement guidance on corporate tax responsibility Investor Brief on Tax … [Read more...]
Short animation: tax is paid by everyone, for everyone
From TJN-Israel and law students at Israel's College of Law and Business, an excellent short animation reminding people of the roles that tax plays in civilised society. Enjoy. … [Read more...]
Colombia and civil war: the role of tax
A guest blog By Thomas Mortensen, with thanks. A bilateral ceasefire is due in Colombia in the coming weeks, hopefully December 16th. Tax is not the most obvious remedy for civil war but in the case of Colombia, it could go a long way. The country has suffered an internal armed conflict for more … [Read more...]
Links Nov 18
”Global citizenship is essentially a branding exercise” and passport shopping is big business Quartz Fascinating piece on citizenship-for-sale, and speaking on the tax issues Getting to Good – towards responsible corporate tax behaviour Discussion paper by Christian Aid, ActionAid and … [Read more...]
Links Nov 17
Tough debate with multinational companies on corporate tax practices European Parliament News Facebook, Google Quizzed by EU Lawmakers on Dutch Sandwich Deals Bloomberg UK sets out beneficial ownership register demands on territories STEP The demands stop short of a public central … [Read more...]
Links Nov 16
World leaders agree to close multinationals' tax loopholes Yahoo News But measures are not yet enough. See: Still Broken: major new report on global corporate tax cheating TJN Africa’s challenge to “loophole-ridden” Kenya-Mauritius tax agreement to be heard in Kenya High Court MNE … [Read more...]
Links Nov 13
ECOSOC published a shocking report indicating that national governments lose billions in uncollected global corporate income tax revenues each year. New Europe Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Opposes Tax Incentives The Herald Two states ordered to recover unpaid corporation tax The Irish … [Read more...]
Who ultimately pays the corporate income tax? (Again.)
We have written many times about the 'incidence' (or, if you like) burden of the corporate income tax. When you tax corporations, who ultimately pays it: the workers, through lower wages? The consumers, through higher prices? Or is it the shareholders and owners of capital? It's a crucial … [Read more...]
Links Nov 12
Bangladeshi rights groups demand Tax Transparency Global Alliance for Tax Justice Brazil lower house passes amnesty for unreported offshore assets Reuters Australia: Senate repeals tax secrecy law after 'astroturf' revelations Cootamundra Herald "It's a great day for democracy when a sneaky … [Read more...]
How Ireland became an offshore financial centre
This month we published our fourth Financial Secrecy Index (FSI), complete with a series of reports about each of the biggest tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions, looking into the political and economic histories of how and why they went offshore, who was involved, and where the bodies are … [Read more...]
Links Nov 10
Who runs our countries: us, or global finance? Fools' Gold - rethinking competition UK’s bank levy reforms will cost £4.2bn in tax over 5 years Fools' Gold - rethinking competition G20 Among Biggest Losers in Large-Scale Tax Abuse but Poor Countries Relatively Hardest Hit Oxfam Great new … [Read more...]
