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...]
Reports
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...]
Links Feb 11
Fragile States 2014: Domestic Revenue Mobilisation OECD A Solution for the Inequality Politics of Post-2015? Center for Global Development … [Read more...]
Links Feb 6
Global version of FATCA could be a reality in a few years, say industry officials Thomson Reuters / Compliance Complete See also: No more delays for FATCA, says IRS STEP Greek-Swiss tax deal remains elusive Reuters Is Switzerland retreating on Rubik? … [Read more...]
Links Jan 31
African leaders must seize the initiative on global tax reforms Institute of Development Studies Is the new EBRD policy a turning point for the acceptability of tax havens in development finance? Eurodad … [Read more...]
Links Jan 28
OECD BEPS work for consultation in March Accountancy Live BEPS next major tax initiative to impact Cayman Compass Cayman … [Read more...]
Links Jan 24
"ChinaLeaks" Stories Censored In Mainland China ICIJ See also: China mobilizes cyber-cops after leak on elite overseas wealth globalpost, Chinese media speaks no evil over Offshore Leaks Deutsche Welle, Latest update: Release Of Offshore Records Draws Worldwide Response and searchable Offshore … [Read more...]
The Price of Offshore, Revisited
July 22, 2012 Update, June 2014: TJN responds to attacks on the report (pdf here). MAIN REPORT 1 - The Price of Offshore Revisited: TJN's in-depth and unprecedented study into the size of the offshore system of tax havens and/or secrecy jurisdictions. The report estimates that some $21-32 … [Read more...]
Do tax cuts promote growth? Part MCXIV
The world's economists have been arguing over this question for decades. Which is odd, because the evidence is rather clear on this point. … [Read more...]
New report: how Finnish multinationals use tax havens
Our partners at Finnwatch have just published an important new report looking at the activity of Finnish multinational corporations in tax havens. … [Read more...]
TJN Briefing BEPS
TJN Briefing BEPS … [Read more...]
Finance Curse
The Finance Curse: how oversized financial centres attack democracy and corrupt economies: Click here … [Read more...]
Illicit Capital Flows and the Offshore Economy
For a general "Magnitudes" page giving estimates of the size of illicit financial flows and other measurements that are of interest to TJN, click here. < Update: March 2009. Christian Aid's False Profits: robbing the poor to keep the rich tax-free estimates that between 2005 and 2007, the … [Read more...]
