In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast: We look at the terrible Beirut explosion and how the story of tracing those responsible tells us everything that's wrong with our world.Plus, we discuss what President-elect Biden's win could mean for tax and economic … [Read more...]
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Tax Justice Network Spanish language monthly podcast: Una nueva justicia impositiva #53
Welcome to this month’s podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, free to download and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónico! Estamos en iTunes y tenemos un sitio web. Envien un … [Read more...]
Paying for the Pandemic and a Just Transition
The Transnational Institute has just published a report setting out ten proposals to mobilise resources to cover the cost of the global COVID-19 pandemic and to pay for the transition away from the fossil fuel economy. As the report points out in its conclusion, the multiple crises facing both the … [Read more...]
New publication on beneficial ownership transparency for companies listed on the stock exchange
This new paper describes why beneficial ownership regulations shouldn’t exempt companies listed on a stock exchange. In essence, securities’ disclosure regulations aren’t enough to identify beneficial owners. In addition, definitions are subject to loopholes that affect identifying all relevant … [Read more...]
From outrage to action: how to prevent another 11 years of inaction after the FinCen files
The FinCen files leak disclosed information on “suspicious transaction reports” filed by banks between 2000 and 2017 to the US Financial Intelligence Unit (“FinCen”) in charge of monitoring anti-money laundering. Although a lot could be said about this leak, there are many outrageous highlights: … [Read more...]
A reparational justice journey: the Tax Justice Network podcast, October 2020
In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast, we go on a reparational justice journey and speak to the Council for World Mission about their Legacies of Slavery project. Plus: austerity's out, public investment is now in?! We discuss the IMF's hypocritical turn around … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network Portuguese podcast #18: Quem tem medo da tributação sobre transações financeiras?
Quando impostos se destinam a taxar poderosos a elite econômico-financeira do mundonos faz acreditar que são verdadeiros fantasmas. Mas o episódio #18 do É da sua conta desmistifica a tributação sobre transações financeiras e mostra como esse imposto pode, com um desenho adequado, … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Winning the Fight for Tax Justice – how do we make multinationals pay?
Yes, we can build an open and transparent tax system that works fairly for everyone. Do you know how multinationals shift their profits to dodge their taxes and how we can stop them? Our beautifully illustrated new videos tell you how, narrated in five different languages by our tax justice podcast … [Read more...]
‘Competition’ is killing us: the Tax Justice Network podcast, September 2020
In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast: How a competition lawyer's eyes were opened to the dangers of letting companies get too big and form monopolies which act against our interests. We talk to Michelle Meagher about her book just out: Competition is Killing … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network Portuguese podcast #17: É hora de Facebook, Amazon e Google pagarem o justo de impostos
Google, Facebook, Amazon e muitas outras empresas da economia digital são muito lucrativas e, ao mesmo tempo, pagam menos impostos que uma loja perto da sua casa, proporcionalmente. É que governos de todo o mundo têm dificuldades para tributar a propaganda nas redes sociais ou serviços de streaming … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Network Spanish language monthly podcast: Deuda, coronavirus, renegociación #51
Welcome to this month’s podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, free to download and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónico! (Ahora también estamos en iTunes y … [Read more...]
Join the Global Days of Action for Tax Justice!
Even before the Coronavirus pandemic hit, international tax abuse was pillaging government coffers all over the world of resources desperately needed to fund essential public services like health care. Now that the world is struggling to tackle both the direct health impacts of the crisis and the … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network’s Francophone podcast: Propriété réelle en Afrique, L’OCDE qui bouge, l’Affaire Dan Gertler en RDC édition 18
Pour cette 18ème édition de votre podcast « Impôts et Justice Sociale, nous revenons sur plusieurs actualités qui ont animé la justice fiscale et sociale dans le monde. Le programme débute sur la publication mi-juin 2020 d’un rapport concernant la transparence sur la propriété réelle en Afrique. … [Read more...]
Systemic racism and tax justice: the Tax Justice Network podcast, July 2020
In this episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast we bring you part 2 on how tax justice can help address systemic racism in the US: Author Shawn Rochester, (The Black Tax: the cost of being Black in America) does some number crunching on the historic denial of equality … [Read more...]
Exploring UK companies’ legal ownership chains to detect red flags and verify beneficial ownership information: Part 1
By Andres Knobel and Oliver Seabarron The Tax Justice Network in cooperation with the CORPNET group at the University of Amsterdam (@UvACORPNET) and the Data Analytics and Society Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Sheffield (@DataCDT) has mined and applied advanced analytics to … [Read more...]
