Via email, we just received this: "This Wednesday « Collectif Tax Justice Lëtzebuerg » went public. Initiated following the Luxleaks revelations, this collective brings together about thirty citizens calling for a public debate which questions the usefulness, the legitimacy and the merits … [Read more...]
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Short animation: tax is paid by everyone, for everyone
From TJN-Israel and law students at Israel's College of Law and Business, an excellent short animation reminding people of the roles that tax plays in civilised society. Enjoy. … [Read more...]
Still Broken: major new report on global corporate tax cheating
Update, Dec 7, 2015: a new paper in the Journal of World Business, which contains this: "Home country statutory corporate tax rates have a small impact on tax haven use. In general, corporate tax rates are an important factor in driving MNEs to set up tax haven subsidiaries. However, … [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...]
Finance Uncovered: a proper introduction
We've linked to Finance Uncovered on several occasions -- not least this week -- but never as comprehensively as this. From the Byline website, a proper introduction, which nicely illustrates our operating model. Introducing Finance Uncovered Global finance has no borders – neither do we. … [Read more...]
The Offshore Wrapper: a week in tax justice #70
MTN’s Mauritian Billions A group of investigative journalists in Africa working with Finance Uncovered, a TJN supported project have discovered that Africa’s largest mobile phone network, MTN, has been moving billions of Rand in revenue to the island of Mauritius. … [Read more...]
Tax Haven Germany – New TJN Book
Today TJN’s Markus Meinzer publishes a book (in German) whose translated title is “Tax Haven Germany – why many rich don’t pay tax here.” Listen here to a German national radio interview this morning with the author today; also read about it in Der Spiegel (or in web English here.) The official … [Read more...]
The West African Tax Giveaway: new report
An important joint report has been published by TJN-Africa and Actionaid looking at corporate tax incentives and their impact in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) -- and in particular Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal. The report's first finding is that: I. … [Read more...]
New publication: The Greatest Invention – Tax and the Campaign for a Just Society
Available Worldwide, September 24, 2015 The Greatest Invention: Tax and the Campaign for a Just Society … [Read more...]
Islands (the play): the conversation shifts
From the subtitle of an article in The UK's Guardian newspaper by Caroline Horton about her play Islands, a dark skewering of tax havens which has been significantly inspired by by TJN's work. "The appalling reviews for our show about tax havens led me to wonder if I’d ever work again. But then … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network Podcast, July 2015
In the July 2015 Taxcast: in a special extended programme we look at the crisis in Greece and ask whatever happened to European unity? Also: we discuss the European Parliament’s vote for multinational corporations to report their activities on a public, country by country basis: the push to give … [Read more...]
Did NGOs invent a pot of gold? (No.)
By Alex Cobham, our research director: first posted at Uncounted. A draft paper by Maya Forstater, circulated by the Center for Global Development in time for the Financing for Development conference in Addis, attacks the integrity of many people and NGOs working on tax justice and illicit … [Read more...]
Tax Justice Research Bulletin 1(6)
June 2015. Surprising everyone by actually arriving within the stated month, here’s the sixth Tax Justice Research Bulletin – a monthly series dedicated to tracking the latest developments in policy-relevant research on national and international tax, available in full over at TJN. This issue … [Read more...]
First global week of action for tax justice hits 43 countries
Calling for sustainable government funding for vital public services and an end to corporate tax dodging, members of the world’s largest labour, NGO and faith organizations have united across borders in the first ever Global Week of Action for #TaxJustice, June 16-23, 2015. On the ground public and … [Read more...]
The Tax Justice Network Podcast, June 2015
June 2015 Tax Justice Network Podcast: … [Read more...]
