Gender and tax justice Open Democracy An article from the Tax Justice Focus: the Gender Edition New Oxfam report: ‘Africa: Rising for the few’ Global Alliance for Tax Justice U.S. Tax Informant Dodged Prison, Now Seeks $22 Million Reward Bloomberg BVI gives UK non-doms four more months to … [Read more...]
Secrecy
Links Jun 8
End transnationals' 2 billion tax dodge on poorest countries The Ecologist Legal but secret: the story of tax rulings Europarl TV See also: Eurodad: Statement to the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect Blowing the whistle on … [Read more...]
Australia may try to exempt wealthy via scaremongering
The Sydney News reports: "The Australian government has produced draft legislation to classify the financial accounts of private wealthy families, in order to deter kidnappers." and there's more, summed up by The Guardian: … [Read more...]
Links Jun 5
Tax haven: Belgium to blacklist Luxembourg Luxemburger Wort Belgium targets £390m in unpaid tax as HSBC considers job cuts The Guardian How the Cayman Islands Became a FIFA Power The New York Times See also: A U.S. Tax Investigation Snowballed to Stun the Soccer World The New … [Read more...]
Norwegian Parliament votes for public registry of ownership
Guest blog from Sigrid Klæboe Jacobsen of TJN Norway On the 5th of June, a unanimous Norwegian Parliament voted for establishing a beneficial ownership registry. … [Read more...]
HSBC, money-laundering and Swiss regulatory deterrence
Number-crunching, à la Private Eye: the case of HSBC and its Swiss fine for “organisational deficiencies” in relation to money-laundering. $42.8 million Fine imposed on HSBC by Geneva authorities for "organisational deficiencies" related to money-laundering uncovered in … [Read more...]
Links Jun 3
Support-antoine.org - newsletter: We support Antoine Deltour, the whistleblower of the Luxleaks revelations! Your can donate to the Support Committee for Antoine Deltour here. Luxleaks whistle-blower Deltour wins broad support in European Parliament European Parliament News Luxleaks … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Research Bulletin 1(5)
May 2015. Welcome to the fifth Tax Justice Research Bulletin, a monthly series dedicated to tracking the latest developments in policy-relevant research on national and international taxation. This issue looks at a fascinating thesis on the different people and organisations that influence the … [Read more...]
Links May 29
How to tackle tax evasion and tax avoidance? The case for tax transparency to contain and end tax wars Presentation by TJN's Markus Meinzer at the ALDE seminar: How to tackle tax evasion and tax avoidance? Paving the way for fair tax competition in Europe. Reflecting on Progressive Realisation … [Read more...]
Links May 22
Special Report - Britain's home-grown tax haven Reuters Costa Rican bill would allow tax authority to seize assets without court order STEP See the article in Spanish here. Swiss Bankers Respond To Privacy Initiative Tax-News … [Read more...]
Links May 21
Alan Rusbridger: press can't afford to cover corruption and tax avoidance The Guardian "Guardian editor-in-chief says newspapers retain the power to hold companies to account, but their declining fortunes are making it difficult" Lux Leaks Scandal. Juncker Gets A Step Closer to Hot Seat … [Read more...]
Financial Secrecy Index: new academic paper
Cross-posted with the Uncounted blog: a forthcoming paper in Economic Geography. The Financial Secrecy Index is the Tax Justice Network's flagship index of secrecy jurisdictions, or 'tax havens'. The idea emerged from discussions at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, in January 2007. In … [Read more...]
Links May 18
Should tax targets for post-2015 be rejected? Uncounted - Alex Cobham's Blog Uncounted: has the post-2015 data revolution failed already? Uncounted - Alex Cobham's Blog UNESCAP and Government of Indonesia - Asia Pacific High Level Consultation for Financing for Development Equity BD Links … [Read more...]
Links May 15
OECD insists tax playing field will be level swissinfo See also: OECD approval uncertain over tax transparency request procedures STEP (note references to "stolen" rather than leaked data), and see recent blogs: When a tax haven invokes the ‘level playing field’, run for the hills, and Swiss … [Read more...]
Links May 14
Live! Tax justice TV drama! Global Alliance for Tax Justice View recent sessions of the UN Financing for Development negotiations, including the paragraph by paragraph debate of text relating to tax justice Lessons and legacies of the financial crisis in Latin America Global Alliance for Tax … [Read more...]
