Tax Avoidance

Making tax work for women’s rights ActionAid See the report here. Illicit financial flows and tax havens: The poor supports the rich CMI Includes presentations from the conference 'Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Tax Havens, Capital Flows and Developing Countries"  Press release: the G20 must … [Read more...]

Egypt: How every dollar became ,000 in less than a decade for Gamal Mubarak Mada Masr Story produced with the assistance of Finance Uncovered. Economic Commission for Africa and partners commit to IFF fight as workshop ends in Nairobi African Business Africa: Economic Made Simple - Unpacking … [Read more...]

Cutting Company Taxes is a Race to the Bottom naked capitalism See here for more on the Race to the Bottom and Tax Wars. Virtual Briefing: Country-by-Country Reporting With TJN's Alex Cobham, and hosted by Financial Transparency Coalition, on December 6 Call for papers: Taxation and Sustainable … [Read more...]

Tax evasion: MEPs back automatic exchange of bank data to track account owners European Parliament Dutch journalist facing prison term in Panama for criminal libel The Guardian 'This prison sentence sends a signal that critical journalism on fraud and corruption is not possible in … [Read more...]

Expert committee urges Panama to reform financial services industry ICIJ EU consultation on disincentives for advisors for potentially aggressive tax planning schemes STEP New Law: Luxembourg to offer easy visa for ultra-rich Luxemburger Wort … [Read more...]

ICRICT's new report and recommendations on tax competition Global Alliance for Tax Justice ‘There’s an inordinate amount of preference being shown to multinationals and to prices’ The IrishTimes 'The Government’s reaction to the EU Apple tax ruling exposes a disconnect between tax and human … [Read more...]

International Tax Justice Academy (ITJA) 2016 - links to presentations Switzerland, Austria To Terminate 'Rubik' Withholding Tax Agreement Tax-News For announcement from Swiss Federal Council, see here. See also our 2014 blog on the Swiss/UK deal: Swiss “Rubik” secrecy deal – let’s make sure those … [Read more...]

Gender and Tax in Africa Workshop, Accra, 9-11 November 2016 International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) (Includes links to presentations) Trump and Taxes Bloomberg Gadfly 'International cooperation is needed to avoid sparking tax wars'. See TJN comment on tax wars here. Whistleblower … [Read more...]

EU Can't Afford to Fudge Tax Haven Blacklist Oxfam International via Common Dreams See also: Eurodad reaction to Council Conclusions on EU tax haven blacklist, and EU agrees screening process for tax havens, critics cry foul Reuters Multinationals still able to use ‘double Irish’ tax arrangement … [Read more...]

Pakistan’s Supreme Court hears PM’s Panama Papers reply ICIJ See also: Pakistan: Federal Board of Revenue breakthrough unlikely in Panama leaks probe The Express Tribune New Zealand: Urgent money laundering crackdown post Panama Papers seems to have slowed tvnz Argentina: The government is … [Read more...]

Tax Haven Free Zones in Spain Global Alliance for Tax Justice Aggressive tax avoidance raises risks for investors Financial Times (subscription) Is the Kenya Revenue Authority finally finding its feet on fighting tax evasion? Standard Media EY Created Facebook’s Tax Plan. And Lo, It Was Good, … [Read more...]