Luxleaks committee demands overhaul of EU tax rules EUObserver LuxLeaks panel banks on voter rage Politico Benefits of 'double Irish' replacement tax in doubt Irish Independent Ireland is not paying ample tax — look at Danish model Irish Examiner How the Rich Can Keep Their Homes, … [Read more...]
Race to the Bottom
Links Jul 30
International Tax Justice Academy: Financing Africa´s economic development Global Alliance for Tax Justice Rich Nations Reject Global Tax Body allAfrica / The Observer (Kampala) See also earlier blog: Global tax body: “After 3 days of bullying, developing countries were run over” UBS Deal … [Read more...]
Links Jul 28
How tax havens are surviving Economia Cites TJN's Markus Meinzer How shedding light on company ownership will help beat financial crime The Guardian Moving Toward Exposing Corporate Secrecy in World Bank Contracting Global Witness Puerto Rico debt crisis: austerity for residents, but tax … [Read more...]
Links Jul 23
U.N. hopes 'tax inspectors without borders' will combat tax dodging Reuters UK: Plans for new 'special measures' for tax-avoiding companies STEP See also: Criminal charges loom over facilitating tax evasion Financial Times Mystery on Baker Street: Brutal Kazakh official linked to £147m … [Read more...]
Links Jul 20
Beneficial Ownership and Transparency Panel – The Debriefing Taxlinked.net Panel includes TJN's research director Alex Cobham Reactions to the Addis Ababa Action Agenda Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also our earlier blog: Global tax body: “After 3 days of bullying, developing countries … [Read more...]
Will the patent box break BEPS?
By Alex Cobham, our research director: first posted at Uncounted. The UK has successfully defended the 'patent box' against the charge that it is a major avenue for multinational corporate tax abuse. Now everybody wants one, even though the evidence suggests that only multinationals will … [Read more...]
Links Jul 15
Let's fix tax and fund development AVAAZ petition Latest posts from the Global Alliance for Tax Justice: Privatisation policies a major concern at FfD3 Snapshots: FfD3 in Addis Ababa Global Tax Body: in everyone’s interest How should the intergovernmental tax body be designed? Addis … [Read more...]
Should Nation States Compete? – download the workshop presentations here
TJN recently held its annual research workshop in conjunction with the Association for Accountancy & Business Affairs and City University at City University London. You can download the presentations given at that workshop from the links below. Matthew Watson – ‘Following in John Methuen’s … [Read more...]
Links Jul 10
Addis #FFD: An intergovernmental tax body? Uncounted Financing development: Tax them and they will grow The Economist "Poor countries need to get better at raising tax, and multinational firms need to get better at paying it" Building Tax Capacity in Developing Countries - Policy Briefing … [Read more...]
Links Jul 9
Tax Inspectors Shrug Off Borders to Track Multinational Evasion Bloomberg Cites TJN Director John Christensen Could tax breaks be on the agenda for big oil companies? World Finance Cites TJN's Nicholas Shaxson 'Corporate tax deals are robbing poor countries of teachers and nurses' The … [Read more...]
Links Jul 8
European Parliament sets the stage for Europe to embrace more corporate fiscal transparency Financial Transparency Coalition See also: The EU Parliament votes for public country-by-country reporting Tax Research UK The £93bn handshake: businesses pocket huge subsidies and tax breaks The … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Research Bulletin 1(6)
June 2015. Surprising everyone by actually arriving within the stated month, here’s the sixth Tax Justice Research Bulletin – a monthly series dedicated to tracking the latest developments in policy-relevant research on national and international tax, available in full over at TJN. This issue … [Read more...]
Links Jun 26
Stop the Bleeding campaign launched in Nairobi Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also: Stop Africa's $50 billion a year illicit outflow, campaigners say Reuters ActionAid: Tax Competition’s Impact on Developing Countries – Panel Discussion, 7 July, London Tax havens and tax evasion: a … [Read more...]
Links Jun 25
A “historic day” for the Fair Tax Mark UN estimates on tax dodging: Offshore tax zones cost developing countries $100 bln a year - U.N. Reuters, and Companies Avoid Paying $200 Billion in Tax The Wall Street Journal How could you not be excited by the Palma? Uncounted - Alex Cobham's … [Read more...]
Links Jun 23
Global Week of Action: final push for #TaxJustice Global Alliance for Tax Justice Tax Justice to fund free, quality Public Services Global Alliance for Tax Justice French Economist Piketty: Europe’s Stance on Greek Tax Reform Is Hypocritical Greek Reporter Tax matters - Greece bailout deal … [Read more...]
