EU agrees new rules to tackle multinationals tax avoidance The Guardian Don't bank on the EU to create a reliable list of tax havens, TJN's Financial Secrecy Index is more credible. See also: EU finance minister meeting: Blacklist is whitewashing tax havens Sven Giegold Denmark would not oppose … [Read more...]
Secrecy
Links Feb 17
Tackling Illicit Financial Flows - Can Africa Rise to the Challenge? United Nations Economic Commission for Africa / via allAfrica New Zealand to enact tighter foreign trust disclosure rules STEP See also: Trusts – Weapons of Mass Injustice: new Tax Justice Network report Ireland: Finance … [Read more...]
Links Feb 15
Global Week of Action to #EndTaxHavens! - 1 to 7 April 2017 Global Alliance for Tax Justice ICTD Summary Brief 6: Tax and Gender in Developing Countries: What are the Issues? International Centre for Tax and Development The Political Economy of Long-Term Revenue Decline in Sri Lanka International … [Read more...]
Links Feb 13
Brazil’s corruption scandal spreads across South America The Guardian Founders of Panama Papers Law Firm Arrested on Money Laundering Charges ICIJ Swiss voters soundly reject corporate tax overhaul Reuters See also: Switzerland says no to yet more tax abuse Tax Research UK International experts … [Read more...]
Trusts – Weapons of Mass Injustice: new Tax Justice Network report
It is a fact that the trust laws of some tax havens openly promote illegality. The reality that some tax havens will not enforce foreign laws (e.g. ensuring non-recognition of foreign laws and judgements that favoured legitimate heirs and former spouses) is even publicly advertised by some offshore … [Read more...]
Links Feb 10
New recommendations to help investors engage on tax UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Banks take bigger role in Latin America fight against tax evasion Reuters New Zealand, a haven for global billionaires to park their money, has a murky trust issue Bloomberg Panama Papers: Mossack … [Read more...]
Links Feb 8
Global investment flowing through tax havens grows by 0bn Public Finance International Luxembourg expects more companies to leave over tax scrutiny Financial Times "Finance minister expects some international groups to follow lead set by McDonald’s" 'Appealing Apple tax decision a mistake' - … [Read more...]
Links Feb 3
U.S. Congress votes for corruption by overturning historic transparency law in gift to big oil Global Witness See also: U.S. Congress Votes to Kill Anti-Corruption Safeguard FACT Coalition, and Oxfam condemns Senate’s shameful gutting of bipartisan anti-corruption rule, Section 1504 Oxfam … [Read more...]
Links Feb 1
Cutting company tax won't drive investment: Australia Institute Camden Haven Courier UK ‘can’t afford tax cuts to attract more firms after Brexit’ The Telegraph See our recent blog Tax haven UK? It already is… The Irish model: How low should taxes go? BBC News See also our recent blog: Is tax … [Read more...]
Links Jan 30
EU Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs - Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion Live stream 31 Jan at 9.30am (Brussels time) Africa: Accelerated Agenda on … [Read more...]
Links Jan 27
What a #fightinequality week it has been… Global Alliance for Tax Justice Canada Papers investigation: joint investigation by CBC/Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star: Snow washing: Canada is the world’s newest tax haven - Part 1 How a Quebec company hid millions from tax collectors - Part … [Read more...]
Links Jan 23
European Parliament's new hearing on Panama Papers: lawyers, accountants and bankers Global Alliance for Tax Justice Ecuador and NGOs' plea for a Global Tax Body Global Alliance for Tax Justice Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries The Guardian … [Read more...]
Links Jan 19
Fight Inequality week of action is live - together we are stronger Global Alliance for Tax Justice See also: The scourge of inequality: There can be no peace or freedom while it persists An Economy for the 99%: It?s time to build a human economy that benefits everyone, not just the privileged few … [Read more...]
Links Jan 10
Tax Avoidance, Illicit Financial Flows, and Global Development: A Call for a United Nations Tax Body Global Alliance for Tax Justice Event in Washington DC on 12 January Eva Joly's op-ed on French Country-by=Country Reporting Global Alliance for Tax Justice The 24 loopholes in the OECD's Common … [Read more...]
Links Jan 6
Switzerland fights to maintain tax allure as referendum looms The Irish Times World Bank publishes transfer pricing handbook for developing countries MNE Tax Penalties now in force in UK for 'enablers' of offshore tax evasion STEP … [Read more...]
