The European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has announced she is now going to investigate what we hope is the first of many secret tax deals arranged between accountancy firm PwC and the Luxembourg tax authorities. We asked recently along with Simon Bowers of the International … [Read more...]
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Job vacancy: Tax Justice Network Conference Intern
We’re hiring again! Details of the role below, and job information pack to download here. Update 20 March: This post has now closed and applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Key facts: Application closing date: Sunday 17 March 2019 Start date: Monday 8 … [Read more...]
Why has the European Commission not investigated #LuxLeaks tax deals?
Today Simon Bowers of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists asks a very pertinent question, which you can read in full here. Some of the deals signed behind closed doors, brokered by accountancy firm PwC, known as “tax rulings” — meant some companies were able to pay less than 1 … [Read more...]
Brexit and the future of tax havens
This week the Tax Justice Network's John Christensen spoke at this event at the European Parliament organised by the European Free Alliance of the Greens on Brexit and the future of tax havens. Here's more information on the event and you can watch the whole thing here. John spoke on the impact of … [Read more...]
Dos nuevos puestos en América Latina (two new jobs in Latin America)
Estamos buscando un/a investigador/a y un/a responsable de proyectos en América Latina. We are hiring a researcher and a project manager in Latin America. Investigador/a (researcher): https://www.taxjustice.net/lar (aplicar en / apply at … [Read more...]
Whistleblower Rudolf Elmer’s court victory: the long arm of Swiss secrecy law gets shorter
We've written many times about Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer's (pictured above) long legal battles against Swiss banking secrecy here, here, here and here. He's endured 48 prosecutorial interrogations, 6 months in solitary confinement and 70 court rulings. Of one thing you can be sure - if the … [Read more...]
The case for supporting economic justice
The crisis of philanthropy “We live in an age that loves the solution. But a lot of problems are problems of justice rather than problems of tinkering with an engine. And when you have a problem of justice, you can’t just move forward. You have to evaluate the whodunit.” So says the author and … [Read more...]
Call for papers: Tax Justice Network annual conference #tjn19
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS 2-3 July 2019 City, University of London Download PDF summary | Submit abstract or panel proposal The challenges of tax justice do not exist in a vacuum. It is not an accident that billions of dollars are lost worldwide each year to tax … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network seeks two new board members
The Tax Justice Network board ensures that we have the necessary resources, systems and policies to achieve our objectives, and works closely with the rest of the team to ensure that we have identified the right strategic and tactical priorities and opportunities. The Tax Justice Network is an … [Read more...]
Guest blog: Long Overdue Arrival of “Tax Justice Aotearoa New Zealand”
We are delighted to bring you this announcement from TJANZ, and to welcome them wholeheartedly to the growing global family of tax justice organisations: Tax Justice Aotearoa New Zealand (TJANZ) has just been launched in Wellington. As a partner of the international Tax Justice Network, we will … [Read more...]
Edition 7 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast/radio show الجباية ببساطة
Here’s the seventh edition of our new monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. (In Arabic below) Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma and Osama Diab of the Egyptian Initiative for … [Read more...]
Blacklist, whitewashed: How the OECD bent its rules to help tax haven USA
We’ve criticised for years the farcical nature of ‘tax haven’ blacklists, whether EU or OECD ones. They all turn out to be politicised, misleading and ineffective. If you want an objectively verifiable ranking you need look no further than the Tax Justice Network’s Financial Secrecy Index. But … [Read more...]
More open data, greater transparency and layout changes added to the Financial Secrecy Index
The Tax Justice Network published today an updated layout version of the Financial Secrecy Index’s database reports. The Financial Secrecy Index (FSI), which ranks jurisdictions according to their secrecy and the scale of their offshore financial activities, is a transparent living document that we … [Read more...]
Country by country reports: why “automatic” is no replacement for “public”
A critical battle is currently being waged in the international tax policy arena over the implementation of country by country reporting, a reporting process that deters and detects tax avoidance by multinational companies, among other things, by requiring companies to provide a global picture of … [Read more...]
Ending secret ownership: we assess the progress and challenges
The richness of the Tax Justice Network’s Financial Secrecy Index is such, (conveying so much more information than just a ranking of the largest contributors to global financial secrecy), we’re now publishing a visual report describing the current state of play with legal and beneficial ownership … [Read more...]
