Switzerland fights to maintain tax allure as referendum looms The Irish Times World Bank publishes transfer pricing handbook for developing countries MNE Tax Penalties now in force in UK for 'enablers' of offshore tax evasion STEP … [Read more...]
Race to the Bottom
Links Jan 5
European Commission welcomes entry into force of new transparency rules for tax rulings - press release Code of Conduct group: Finance Ministers must end blockade of tax justice Sven Giegold Where’s the organised civil society pushback on big finance and monopolies? Treasure Islands blog By … [Read more...]
Links Jan 3
Voices in the Humanosphere 2016: How massive global tax avoidance fuels poverty Interview with TJN's chief executive Alex Cobham Jean-Claude Juncker blocked EU curbs on tax avoidance, cables show The Guardian Luxembourg to sharpen tax rules for intra-group financing Reuters India: The … [Read more...]
Links Dec 20
Sierra Leone: Open Tax Initiative unveiled Concord Times Media-led advocacy, increasing tax education and calling for a fair, just and accountable tax system. Apple fights back with appeal against EU Irish tax ruling BBC News See also: Apple Tax Ruling by EU Could Be Overturned WSJ, Apple appeals … [Read more...]
Ownership Avoidance, the Great Escape in the Tax Justice Network December 2016 Podcast
In our December 2016 Taxcast: In trusts we trust? We look at the new game in town: beneficial ownership avoidance, the booming industry in alternative escape vehicles from public registers and why we must shine the spotlight on all of them. Plus: we discuss two big stories we think will define … [Read more...]
Links Dec 16
Massive civil society mobilization for the #LuxLeaks appeal trial opening Global Alliance for Tax Justice No Easy Task: Quantifying Illicit Financial Flows Financial Transparency Coalition … [Read more...]
Links Dec 13
Illicit Financial Flows Undermining Gender Justice Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Paper by Veronica Grondona, Nicole Bidegain Ponte and Corina Rodriguez Luxleaks trial: The “vital combat” of whistleblowers Luxemburger Wort OECD's BEPs measures seriously flawed economia See also our earlier blog - For … [Read more...]
Links Dec 9
Africa's crackdown on tax avoidance nets £204m to boost development The Guardian Listen to news on Tax Inspectors Without Borders in our November 2016 podcast, here. BRICS nations vow to automatic sharing of tax information Business Standard Global public accounts committees unite for tax … [Read more...]
Beneficial Ownership and disclosure of trusts: challenging the privacy arguments
On July 22nd, 2016 the French supreme constitutional court ruled on a case brought by a US American citizen resident in France who had created a trust, allegedly to distribute her inheritance. She was contesting moves by France to set up a public register of trusts connected to France in an attempt … [Read more...]
Links Dec 6
Financing Matters: A toolkit on domestic financing for education Global Alliance for Tax Justice Panama Struggles to Shed Its Image as a Magnet for Shady Deals The New York Times African union-led tax justice platforms throw their support behind ICRICT Foreign Affairs … [Read more...]
Links Dec 2
Panama Papers Have Had Historic Global Effects — and the Impacts Keep Coming ICIJ Journalists Hang Tough in Face of Backlash Against Panama Papers Reporting ICIJ No more fear of transparency - register of beneficial ownership should become public TJN Germany (In German) Kenya to lend its tax … [Read more...]
Links Dec 1
Making tax work for women’s rights ActionAid See the report here. Illicit financial flows and tax havens: The poor supports the rich CMI Includes presentations from the conference 'Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Tax Havens, Capital Flows and Developing Countries" Press release: the G20 must … [Read more...]
Links Nov 29
Egypt: How every dollar became ,000 in less than a decade for Gamal Mubarak Mada Masr Story produced with the assistance of Finance Uncovered. Economic Commission for Africa and partners commit to IFF fight as workshop ends in Nairobi African Business Africa: Economic Made Simple - Unpacking … [Read more...]
Links Nov 25
Cutting Company Taxes is a Race to the Bottom naked capitalism See here for more on the Race to the Bottom and Tax Wars. Virtual Briefing: Country-by-Country Reporting With TJN's Alex Cobham, and hosted by Financial Transparency Coalition, on December 6 Call for papers: Taxation and Sustainable … [Read more...]
Links Nov 23
Tax evasion: MEPs back automatic exchange of bank data to track account owners European Parliament Dutch journalist facing prison term in Panama for criminal libel The Guardian 'This prison sentence sends a signal that critical journalism on fraud and corruption is not possible in … [Read more...]
