"Developing countries" Is it or isn’t it a spillover? Martin Hearson Too much focus on ‘spillover effects’ of tax policies might lead to an too-narrow analysis of the impacts of a jurisdiction’s tax policies on developing countries. America’s Most-Wanted Swiss Bankers Aren’t Hard to Find … [Read more...]
Inequality & Democracy
Links Apr 15
How anonymously owned companies are used to rip off government budgets Global Witness Taxing Multinationals: Is There a Pot of Gold of Finance for Development? Center for Global Development CSO Response to the Zero Draft of the Outcome Document of the Third Financing for Development … [Read more...]
The Offshore Game – new TJN report on offshore finance in football
From The Guardian, a major new story whose introduction runs as follows: "Research by the Guardian and the Tax Justice Network reveals 28 English clubs with substantial shareholdings overseas, opening up the football leagues to criticism for allowing ownership structures that could be used for … [Read more...]
Links Apr 13
‘HSBC has specifically targeted Argentina’ Buenos Aires Herald "Tax Justice Network head John Christensen warns about the bank’s lobbying power" Getting the EU response to the tax dodging scandal right Eurodad See also: Corporate Tax Avoidance Crackdown, a Missed Opportunity for the EU … [Read more...]
Links Apr 10
Despite Investment, Luxembourg Costs EU 'Billions' in Tax Breaks Sputnik International Transparency International Zambia Cautions Government Against Bending Too Much On Arriving At A Revised Tax Regime For Mines Foreign funds brace for India’s alternative tax demand FinancialTimes … [Read more...]
Links Apr 8
Tax justice to end inequality: World Social Forum 2015 Declaration Global Alliance for Tax Justice WSF: Activists call for governments to end inequality and deliver tax justice Global Alliance for Tax Justice Getting the EU response to the tax dodging scandal right Eurodad Eva Joly on a … [Read more...]
Links Apr 2
Tax havens told to drop opposition to UK call for central register Financial Times (paywall) See also: UK demands ownership registry Cayman News Service Australia sovereign wealth Future Fund refuses to appear before Senate tax avoidance inquiry The Guardian Human Rights Institute: Rule of … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Research Bulletin 1(3)
By Alex Cobham, TJN's Director of Research March 2015. Welcome to the third Tax Justice Research Bulletin, a monthly series dedicated to tracking the latest developments in policy-relevant research on national and international tax. This issue looks at new papers on the responsibilities … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #56
Dial C for Corruption? Authoritarian countries and mobile phone companies present a great opportunity for money laundering and corruption. In developing countries most mobile phone services are bought though pre-paid cards which means companies handle large amounts of cash payments. As we have … [Read more...]
Links Mar 30
The Emperor's New Clothes A Russell Brand and Michael Winterbottom film, highlighting tax justice. See also the trailer, facebook, and twitter. Also the Cassetteboy rap (which is going viral) promoting the film. What is (tax) competitiveness? #3: Tax Justice Network Fool's Gold - rethinking … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network – Changing the World
We have just put together a promotional video for TJN, to help explain our role in the fast-growing tax justice debates. We'll place this video permanently on our home page, below the blogs, and on our Tax Justice TV page. We have also just started soliciting testimonials from various people … [Read more...]
Links Mar 27
With people power, we can achieve change! Report from the World Social Forum Global Alliance for Tax Justice Kenya Revenue Authority Requests Removal Of Tax Incentives For Foreign Investors CNBC Africa Tax risk and the corporate responsibility to respect human rights - seminar David Quentin's … [Read more...]
UNCTAD: multinational tax avoidance costs developing countries $100 billion+
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has just published a major new study on corporate tax in developing countries, which contains a wealth of new information analysis as well as some important headline numbers: notably that developing countries lost around $100 billion per year in … [Read more...]
An African civil society perspective on Financing for Development
From the Uncounted blog, run by TJN's Director of Research, Alex Cobham The African regional consultation on Financing for Development (FfD) took place at the start of the week (like the European one). The submission from TJN-Africa puts particular emphasis on inequality, including women’s rights, … [Read more...]
Links Mar 25
New Swiss-EU treaty will replace Savings Tax Agreement STEP Mauritius promises India full-cooperation on tax treaty issues IBN Live Die Welt: The Greek Government Ignored 800 Bln In Black Money Transferred to Swiss Banks Greek Reporter … [Read more...]
