European Parliament tax investigation: Special committee extension blocked to protect Juncker and Dijsselbloem Sven Giegold Special Report: Greek shipowners talk up their role to protect tax breaks Reuters Wanted: central bank boss to fix 1,700-year-old European tax haven Reuters So Pfizer … [Read more...]
Secrecy
Links Nov 24
Tackling tax across borders Public Finance International Mozambique PM rues Africa tax collection crisis Star Africa India: Are shell companies behind the over-estimation of GDP? LiveMint Bob Jessop: an historical approach to national competitiveness Fools' Gold - rethinking … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Focus – The Whistleblower edition
The latest edition of our newsletter Tax Justice Focus, with a special focus on whistleblowers, is now available for download here. Guest edited by Mary Alice Young of the University of the West of England, this edition is both an exploration of the difficulties confronting people who want to … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network’s November 2015 Taxcast
In the Tax Justice Network’s November 2015 Taxcast: Why is the City of London losing so much business to New York, Hong Kong and Singapore? Our conclusions are quite different from those of a British Bankers Association report on the subject. Listen to the Taxcast here. … [Read more...]
Links Nov 19
Crackdown on Caribbean tax havens a surprise boon for Hong Kong South China Morning Post Why we need public country by country reporting Global Alliance for Tax Justice UN Principles for Responsible Investment: Engagement guidance on corporate tax responsibility Investor Brief on Tax … [Read more...]
Links Nov 18
”Global citizenship is essentially a branding exercise” and passport shopping is big business Quartz Fascinating piece on citizenship-for-sale, and speaking on the tax issues Getting to Good – towards responsible corporate tax behaviour Discussion paper by Christian Aid, ActionAid and … [Read more...]
Links Nov 17
Tough debate with multinational companies on corporate tax practices European Parliament News Facebook, Google Quizzed by EU Lawmakers on Dutch Sandwich Deals Bloomberg UK sets out beneficial ownership register demands on territories STEP The demands stop short of a public central … [Read more...]
Links Nov 16
World leaders agree to close multinationals' tax loopholes Yahoo News But measures are not yet enough. See: Still Broken: major new report on global corporate tax cheating TJN Africa’s challenge to “loophole-ridden” Kenya-Mauritius tax agreement to be heard in Kenya High Court MNE … [Read more...]
Links Nov 13
ECOSOC published a shocking report indicating that national governments lose billions in uncollected global corporate income tax revenues each year. New Europe Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Opposes Tax Incentives The Herald Two states ordered to recover unpaid corporation tax The Irish … [Read more...]
Britain can force its tax havens to curb secrecy. But will it?
Jolyon Maugham, a UK tax barrister, has written a useful blog looking at promises the UK coalition government made before the last election about getting its offshore satellites to curb financial secrecy -- and then he has compared those promises to the actions that have been taken since then. Do … [Read more...]
Links Nov 12
Bangladeshi rights groups demand Tax Transparency Global Alliance for Tax Justice Brazil lower house passes amnesty for unreported offshore assets Reuters Australia: Senate repeals tax secrecy law after 'astroturf' revelations Cootamundra Herald "It's a great day for democracy when a sneaky … [Read more...]
Links Nov 10
Who runs our countries: us, or global finance? Fools' Gold - rethinking competition UK’s bank levy reforms will cost £4.2bn in tax over 5 years Fools' Gold - rethinking competition G20 Among Biggest Losers in Large-Scale Tax Abuse but Poor Countries Relatively Hardest Hit Oxfam Great new … [Read more...]
Links Nov 9
#Luxleaks protest in support of whistleblowers Video: Tax campaigners protesting outside the European Commission and Council, in support of the whistleblowers who exposed the Luxleaks scandal, and against tax dodging multinational corporations. Internal EU Documents: How the Benelux Blocked … [Read more...]
Links Nov 6
Video summaries of #LuxLeaks stunts Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also: #LuxLeaks anniversary marked with protests, calls for action ICIJ, A year after LuxLeaks, it is high time for EU action on corporate tax-dodging The Guardian, and A Year On, Europe's Tax Affairs Are Still A Mystery New … [Read more...]
The 2015 Financial Secrecy Index in the global media
Since its first publication in 2009, TJN's Financial Secrecy Index has helped transform public understanding of the geography of tax havens. This has been helped by the huge international press coverage the index receives. This week's launch of the 2015 FSI results has been no exception, with … [Read more...]
