The Offshore Wrapper is written by George Turner Elephant in the room The Africa-EU Summit took place this weekend. The high-level event saw the heads of state and government from Africa and the EU discussing “investing in people, prosperity and peace”. … [Read more...]
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The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice
The Offshore Wrapper is written by George Turner Tax avoidance in Africa – worse than we thought … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice
The Offshore Wrapper is written by George Turner End of anonymous companies in the U.S.? The US congress looks like it may follow the European Parliament’s lead and approve legislation limiting anonymous shell companies. A draft law to stop anonymous shell companies has started picking up … [Read more...]
New report: OECD’s new info exchange standard a watershed moment?
A month ago we published a short, quick reaction to a new report by the OECD, outlining the nuts and bolts of a major new international system for information exchange. We have now spent quite some time exploring the OECD's report, and have written a much more detailed response. Our new report … [Read more...]
“We are not a tax haven.” They all say that
This is slightly updated version of a blog we wrote a while ago: a useful reminder of the theatre of probity that tax havens employ to try and appear clean. This blogger used to live in South Africa, not long after the end of Apartheid, where one of the common refrains he heard was "I am not a … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: A week in tax justice
Our weekly Offshore Wrapper, by George Turner The end of decency For years the attitude towards Russia from major offshore financial centres such as the City of London has been: “Give us your money, we don’t care where it comes from.” … [Read more...]
London spin machine tries to rebut NYT “City betrays US” thesis
Following our widely read analysis on Russia, Ukraine, the City of London, and national security - here's another must-read article in the New York Times from the same author, Ben Judah, who wrote the original one we cited. … [Read more...]
Tax justice is good for growth: IMF
We recently briefly blogged an IMF report describing how economic inequality leads to slower economic growth. Now, in the Financial Times, a fascinating comment article by the IMF Deputy Research Director Jonathan Ostry, whose subtitle is "A more redistributive tax system appears to lead to … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice
Our weekly Offshore wrapper, by George Turner. Income inequality: the IMF calls for tax justice … [Read more...]
Why Russia no longer fears the West. It’s the offshore, stupid
If there's one story you read today make it this one, from Politico Magazine. It's triggered by the crisis in Ukraine, but it's been a long time coming. The point of this short story is clear: Western leaders are waking up to the fact that Russia no longer fears or even respects them. Why? … [Read more...]
The offshore wrapper: a week in tax justice
Welcome to this week's Offshore Wrapper by George Turner: a look back over the past week in tax justice European Parliament backs crackdown on money laundering On Thursday the European Parliament took an important step towards ending financial secrecy and dodgy shell companies when a … [Read more...]
The offshore wrapper: a week in tax justice
Welcome to this week’s Offshore Wrapper, by George Turner: a look back over the last week in tax justice. … [Read more...]
New TJN briefing: OECD’s BEPS project for developing countries
TJN is pleased to publish a new briefing paper looking at the implications for developing countries of the OECD's widely referenced Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, which is designed to find ways to tackle the deficiencies in the international tax system. It is available in English … [Read more...]
TJN responds to new OECD report on automatic information exchange
PRESS RELEASE New OECD report on automatic information exchange: will developing countries be left out? … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: the week in tax justice, Olympic edition
Welcome to the Olympic Edition of the Tax Justice Network’s Offshore Wrapper. … [Read more...]
