TJN-A and EATGN applaud Kenya government on decision to phase out tax incentives TJN-Africa See also our earlier blog Are Kenyan tax holidays over? Indian Government Loses Major Tax Case to Vodafone CorpWatch How black money finds its way out of India, and how it comes back as white The … [Read more...]
Inequality & Democracy
Denmark’s tax treaties: time for change
Tax treaties are international agreements between countries that share out taxing rights between countries when there's cross-border investment between them. The international tax treaty system is strongly based on models created by the OECD, a club of rich countries, and it shouldn't be a great … [Read more...]
Financing for whose development? DFIs and their support for companies that use tax havens
This blog first appeared on From Poverty to Power. By Mathieu Vervynckt, Policy & Research Analyst with the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) The Third UN Conference on Financing for Development (FfD), set to take place in Addis Ababa next year, will be a crucial … [Read more...]
ISLANDS (or how to play dirty and get away with it) – preview in Reading
South Street Arts Centre, Reading, England - Thursday 6 & Friday 7 November, 8pm Caroline Horton & Co with China Plate and the Bush Theatre present 2 special preview performances. "This is my world, I am the king, I make the rules and everyone else can f**k off. This is off-shore." … [Read more...]
Argentina’s capital flight and transfer pricing: new report
A new report from Argentina's CEFID-AR looks into the evolution of Argentina's transfer pricing legislation. A short summary follows. From the dictatorship that began in 1976 and lasted until 1983, the OECD's so-called 'arm's length method' for tackling transfer pricing was explicitly … [Read more...]
Links Oct 31
Capital Flight IV. Argentina, 2014: Manipulation of "Transfer Pricing" CEFID-AR (In Spanish) Transfer pricing: arms length alternatives needed European CEO See our page on Transfer Pricing here. Trial of former UBS executive dredges up Swiss banks' shady past Reuters … [Read more...]
Links Oct 30
Cartoon of the day Alex / The Telegraph More Than 50 Countries Sign Tax Deal The Wall Street Journal See also: Automatic Info Exchange Moves A Step Closer Tax-News, Why Taxation Must Go Global Project Syndicate, Fifty-one countries sign OECD pact to tackle tax cheats Reuters, and our blog and … [Read more...]
Links Oct 28
India: List of Black Money holders in Swiss Bank accounts leaked by WikiLeaks? India.com India: Black money disclosures may prove costly for banks Business Standard 'Differences with India on making public Swiss bank account information' The Economic Times 73 Of 100 Swiss Banks In Bed … [Read more...]
Call for Papers: Women and Tax Justice Conference at Beijing+20, Ontario, March 2015
FEMINIST LEGAL STUDIES QUEEN’S and WOMEN FOR TAX JUSTICE and FEM TAX INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IN PRESENTING PAPERS International Women’s Day Conference: Women and Tax Justice at Beijing+20: Taxing and Budgeting for Sex Equality … [Read more...]
Links Oct 24
Australia: Tax office blitz chases billions The West Australian See also: Australians confess to stashing $1b in assets offshore The Sydney Morning Herald The transfer pricing conflict is about profit shifting Daily Maverick Swiss banks trying to distance themselves from Indian clients … [Read more...]
Links Oct 23
UNECA Ninth African Development Forum - “Innovative financing for Africa’s transformation” - ADF-IX Consensus Statement Marrakech, October 2014 Facebook’s £3,169 UK corporate tax bill in 2013 was less than a zone 1-9 yearly London travelcard City AM ... or almost half that of the average … [Read more...]
Links Oct 22
Will new suit spoil party for blue chip companies registered in Mauritius Standard Media See also recent blog: TJN Africa takes Kenya government to court over Mauritius treaty Swiss Banks on Own in Navigating U.S. Offshore-Account Requirements The Wall Street Journal "Swiss Government Provides … [Read more...]
Panama voices call it “Badge of Honor” to be called a tax haven
We recently blogged about Colombia's decision to blacklist Panama because of its hostile role as tax haven for all sorts of dirty, criminal and corrupt Colombian drugs money. We also noted that Panama had the temerity to be outraged. Now, from PanAm Post, something that really should stick in … [Read more...]
Links Oct 21
Tax Avoidance report: The case of the Peru gold mine Yanacocha LatinDADD The Reckoning For Swiss Banks Is Far From Over Business Insider / The Economist … [Read more...]
Occupy protest highlights role of British tax havens
A plucky group of Occupy activists are legally occupying Parliament Square in London, but face surprising levels of harassment by British police. Here is a short video about the occupation, in which the protesters highlight the flags of British tax havens flying across the street from Parliament - … [Read more...]
