LuxLeaks trial to be whistleblower showcase euobserver See also our earlier blog In the dock: Antoine Deltour, Edouard Perrin – or Luxembourg? Whistleblowing International Network calls on PricewaterhouseCoopers to withdraw its complaint against LuxLeaks whistleblower Public Concern At … [Read more...]
Secrecy
Links Apr 25
Tell Luxembourg: Don’t jail whistleblower “heroes” Global Alliance for Tax Justice See the article for support websites for whistleblower Antoine Deltour and French journalist Edouard Perrin. In our April 2016 Podcast, we ask why protections for whistleblowers are being eroded and what it says … [Read more...]
Guest blog: Panama, the secret garden of the Colombian oligarchy
Update: Colombia and Panama reach agreement on information-sharing. Panama, the secret garden of the Colombian oligarchy This guest blog is written by a political news writer in Colombia, who wishes to remain anonymous. As everywhere else in the world, the disclosure of the Mossack Fonseca … [Read more...]
BEPS Monitoring Group on curbing tax treaty abuses
From the BEPS Monitoring Group, a TJN-backed civil society organisation tasked with monitoring the OECD's so-called "Base Erosion and Profit Shifting" (BEPS) proposals to crack down on international corporate tax avoidance. The (wonkish but important) submission here concerns so-called "non-CIV" … [Read more...]
Links Apr 22
‘Global tax collaboration platform’ yet another distracting measure Global Alliance for Tax Justice "An inclusive UN global tax body is the only real solution to broken international system" Measuring illicit flows in the SDGs Deliver2030.org By TJN's research director @alexcobham LuxLeaks … [Read more...]
Links Apr 21
Event on 26 April: S&D Conference: Together for Tax Justice: Why EU tax policy matters for developing countries Developing countries left out of global tax decisions Eco-Business An obvious solution for offshore: Transparency Economía Crítica (In Spanish) UK’s Chancellor Osborne … [Read more...]
Links Apr 19
Winners announced of 2016 Tax Justice and Human Rights Essay Competition See our blog post on the competition here. Friedrich List and the pre-history of Modern-Day Competitiveness Thinking Fools' Gold - rethinking competition How Ghana started but failed to remain a tax haven Ghana … [Read more...]
How the OECD had a ‘bad Panama Papers’ – and why it matters
This is a long read, with three main components. First, we examine the OECD's position as an international tax organisation - and the gradual weakening of its preeminence. Second, we consider two specific aspects of the OECD's work as a watchdog for noncooperative jurisdictions, as they have played … [Read more...]
Links Apr 18
Press release: The world needs a United Nations Global Tax Body now Global Alliance for Tax Justice "The most equitable way to create a fairer global tax system." Oxfam report: The IFC and tax havens Global Alliance forTax Justice "51 of the 68 companies that were lent money by the World … [Read more...]
Finance ministers: “hammer blow against tax evasion” – or a feather-swipe?
. . . with new updates, April 18th The Finance Ministers of Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Spain have announced a new plan to share information about the beneficial ownership of companies, trusts, foundations and other structures, complementing existing efforts by the OECD (the Common … [Read more...]
Links Apr 15
LuxLeaks trial: "Deltour regrets nothing" Luxemburger Wort See also our blog: Will Antoine Deltour become a prisoner of conscience? Panama Papers: Is the U.S. giving Mossack Fonseca a Pass? Newsweek "There’s an old rule to conducting criminal raids for authorities who would, frankly, … [Read more...]
Trove of secret Swiss bank data released to European countries: now use it!
Back in 2014 Reuters reported, in a pre-echo of the Panama scandal: "Authorities in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia [NRW] have bought a CD containing data about several thousand German clients of a Swiss bank, German newspaper Bild am Sonntag said on Sunday without citing its … [Read more...]
Links Apr 14
What the Panama Papers Mean for Global Development Inter Press Service The Panama Papers: Working Towards A Solution Huffington Post Canada Cites @nickshaxson's book Treasure Islands: Tax Havens And The Men Who Stole The World Broken at the top: How America’s dysfunctional tax system costs … [Read more...]
Links Apr 13
'A system of privilege and benefits': is a global tax body needed? The Guardian Panama Papers and the broken global tax system ActionAid UK "It is the world’s poorest people who are paying the price." ActionAid: 2016 Make Tax Fair Everywhere Speaker Tour Activists from Africa & Latin … [Read more...]
Area more than three times the size of Greater London owned in UK by secret companies in offshore tax havens
From Global Witness (no further comment from us is needed): Area more than three times the size of Greater London owned by secret companies in offshore tax havens An area of British land more than three times the size of Greater London is owned by secret companies in offshore jurisdictions like … [Read more...]
