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...]
Race to the Bottom
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...]
‘National Competitiveness’: a crowbar for corporate and financial interests
This was originally posted yesterday at the new Fools' Gold site, which is dedicated to understanding how nations do or don't 'compete'. The term "UK PLC" -- the 'PLC' bit standing for Public Limited Company -- evokes notions that whole countries behave like corporations. It is routinely trotted … [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...]
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...]
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...]
Links Mar 24
Tax transparency can work for companies if they do it right The Conversation Life After Loopholes Forces Luxembourg to Rethink Its Future Bloomberg Ex-Greek finance minister found guilty of tampering with tax list Reuters A tax haven crackdown would help the developing world Politics.co.uk … [Read more...]
What is competitiveness? #1 – Robert Reich
From the Fools' Gold blog, an article that speaks for itself What is Competitiveness? #1 Robert Reich This is the first in an ongoing series of articles we are planning, to explore what competitiveness is, from the perspective of particular public figures or intellectuals. For the first in this … [Read more...]
Links Mar 23
China steps up fight against tax evasion with new regulations on multinationals South China Morning Post See also recent blog: Developing countries and corporate tax – ten ways forward Demand for ‘equal’ tax regime for MNCs The Independent Bangladesh Development and Taxes, a Vital Piece of … [Read more...]
Meet TJN in Oxford to discuss the fallacy of tax “competitiveness”
Links Mar 19
New ruling highlights ongoing secrecy around Glencore tax case in Zambia Christian Aid The world can’t afford to exclude developing countries from new anti-tax evasion system Financial Transparency Coalition European Commission’s Tax Transparency Package keeps tax deals secret Eurodad See … [Read more...]
New Report: Ten Reasons to Defend the Corporate Income Tax.
UPDATES 2018 - Tax incentives in mining: minimising risks to revenue, OECD/Intergovernmental forum on mining, minerals, metals, and sustainable development. "Tax incentives are costly, leading many countries to forgo vital revenues in exchange for often illusive benefits. . . there is little … [Read more...]
Links Mar 17
Banks Say “Thanks for the Bailout,” Now We’ll Park our Profits in Overseas Tax Havens AllGov Tax Justice in Europe - time to stop hiding and start acting ActionAid UK: ‘Hard core’ tax dodgers to face strong crackdown Financial Times (paywall) Tax Cheat Hid $300 Million In Swiss Accounts … [Read more...]
