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Bermuda: inequality and poverty in UK Overseas Territory
We’re very pleased to share this important report on the British Overseas territory of Bermuda, written by Bermudian economist Robert Stubbs, formerly Head of Research for Bank of Bermuda. There are more details on him and his work at the end of this fascinating and timely report. which we reproduce in full below. We’ll be interviewing him soon on the
Read the full article…UK overseas territories fight back against financial transparency measures
Ten years ago the Tax Justice Network was told it’d never happen, but recently British Members of Parliament voted to stop secret ownership of companies in British Overseas Territories. Unfortunately the Crown Dependencies were not included in the measure because, as we understand it, politicians were advised wrongly in our view, that such different constitutional arrangements apply to them as
Read the full article…Will the EU really blacklist the United States?
In our latest Financial Secrecy Index assessment, the United States moved up to second place. With its now unparalleled commitment to secrecy at scale, and its influence on international reforms, it has become the leading driver of tax abuse and corruption risk around the world. Years ago we called on the European Union to impose a withholding tax against jurisdictions
Read the full article…Tax Justice Network’s June 2018 Spanish language podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast, junio 2018
Welcome to this month’s latest podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, free to download and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónica! (abajo en Castellano). In this month’s programme: World cup football in Russia: money, bribes and tax havens in the planet’s most
Read the full article…New report: extreme poverty and human rights in the United States
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Professor Philip Alston has recently released the results of his fact-finding mission to the United States, also ranked number 2 in our Financial Secrecy Index. You can read Professor Alston’s full report here. As part of our exploration of President Trump’s tax reforms and the killing of the American
Read the full article…Edition 5 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast/radio show الجباية ببساطة
Here’s the fifth 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 Personal Rights, also an investigative journalist. The programme is available for listeners to download
Read the full article…Why we can’t afford the rich: our May 2018 podcast
In this month’s Taxcast: We discuss why we can’t afford the rich and challenge ideas about wealth, entrepreneurialism and investment. Also: ten years ago the Tax Justice Network was told it’d never happen, but this month British Members of Parliament voted to stop secret ownership of companies in British Overseas Territories. The Crown Dependencies got away for now. But the
Read the full article…Guest blog: Depositors disciplining banks. What’s the impact of scandals?
We’re pleased to share this guest blog from Mikael Homanen, a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Finance at Cass Business School in the UK. Can depositor (or customer) activism make a real difference? New research presented at the Chicago Booth Stigler Center suggests that banks see significant decreases in deposit growth after experiencing tax evasion, corruption and environmental scandals.
Read the full article…Addressing profit shifting in the mining sector through excessive interest deductions: our advice
The Tax Justice Network has responded to the following call by the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development: For many resource-rich developing countries, mineral resources present an unparalleled economic opportunity to increase government revenue. Tax base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), combined with gaps in the capabilities of tax authorities
Read the full article…#LuxLeaks verdict: hope for whistleblowers as Antoine Deltour is acquitted
We’ve always said that the #LuxLeaks whistleblowers Antoine Deltour, Raphaël Halet and investigative journalist Edouard Perrin should never have been charged because the disclosures they were involved in were so obviously in the public interest, helping to expose the industrial scale on which Luxembourg tax authorities were rubber-stamping corporate tax dodging schemes and draining huge amounts of revenue from the
Read the full article…Our May 2018 Spanish language podcast: Justicia ImPositiva, nuestro podcast, mayo 2018
Welcome to this month’s latest podcast and radio programme in Spanish with Marcelo Justo and Marta Nuñez, downloaded and broadcast on radio networks across Latin America and Spain. ¡Bienvenidos y bienvenidas a nuestro podcast y programa radiofónica! (abajo en Castellano). In this month’s programme: The use of private data taken from facebook users: what other skeletons do Facebook, Google, Apple
Read the full article…Unhappy meal: tax avoidance still on the menu at McDonald’s
We’re sharing this press release from EPSU, the European Public Service Union which comprises 8 million public service workers from over 265 trade unions. Here’s their joint statement on their new research on McDonald’s, entitled Unhappy Meal report. Today we release a new report on McDonald’s tax practices, focusing on the company’s use of tax avoidance mechanisms in Europe and
Read the full article…Guest blog: Tax incentives – common ground between business and civil society?
Tax incentives – common ground between business and civil society By Oliver Pearce, Oxfam Tax Policy Advisor Tax is a highly contested issue, but there is more common ground than might be thought. A new paper published by the Confederation of British Business (CBI) and development NGOs Action Aid, Christian Aid and Oxfam outlines overlapping perspectives on when and how
Read the full article…Video discussion: ‘Taming Digital Capitalism’ through public country by country reporting
There were some important debates in Brussels recently where Hans Böckler Stiftung held a two-day symposium with the European Trade Union Institute looking at the changes citizens in Europe are facing in the workplace and examining the challenges for the new leaders who will be in place as a result of the May 2019 EU elections. As the Hans Böckler
Read the full article…Edition 4 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast/radio show الجباية ببساطة
Here’s the fourth 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 now regular contributor Osama Diab of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, also an investigative journalist. The programme is available for
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