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It's the wrong time to publish a blog, but this couldn't wait - A UN Tax Convention - then a U-turn https://www.taxjustice.net/2020/09/04/a-un-tax-convention-then-a-u-turn/ via @taxjusticenet Last night, the UN published recommendat

The @OECD calls for reforms of the UK tax system to make it more efficient and fairer as we build back from the covid crisis https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-surveys-united-kingdom-2020_2f684241-en 1/ The OECD wants

A thread on @TaxJusticeUK's big 3,000 person poll on attitudes to public spending, tax and wealth. It was carried out as we went into lockdown. Full details here: https://www.taxjustice.uk/blog/new-poll-reveals-concern-about-the-state-of-public-s

prformativcontr

This is really good by @oeufling and engages with @AdkinsProf thesis that wealth, rather than income from work, is the key factor determining your chance of securing a moderate middle

Here are some alternative facts. 1. British Virgin Islands (BVI) ranks #1 in the Corporate Tax Haven Index https://corporatetaxhavenindex.org/introduction/cthi-2019-results and #9 in the Financial Secrecy Index https://fsi.taxjustice.net/en/introduct

Human Impact Partners

HumanImpact_HIP

On #TaxDay we're talkin' bout #TaxesForHealth#COVID19 has made the need to organize for strong infrastructure and social supports urgently clear. Since 2018, @PHAwakened and partners have been building our narrative

Richard Branson moves assets from the U.S. to the British Virgin Islands, highlighting his use of tax havens while one of his businesses seeks a state bailout because of the

Can you believe this week’s cover of Dutch news magazine Elsevier Weekblad?! (“Not a penny more to South Europe”). 3 Nordic blonds running around in their work uniforms, while dark

Broadbent Institute

Acc to a new report by @PBO_DPB, a one-time 15% pandemic excess profits tax would raise $8 BILLION. We break it down for you. THREAD:Full report:https://www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca/en/blog/news/RP-2122-002-M--cost-estimate-an-excess-profits-tax--mont

Tax Justice Network

Following bans from Denmark, Poland and Argentina on companies registered in tax havens from receiving #COVID19 bailouts, we've published a "bail or bailout" test to clarify uncertainty on how govt's

It's not every day that a niche question of statistical definition represents a significant step forward for global policy. But today... is that day! (Excessively long thread follows) A little

This resolves one international tax mystery, but raises another set of questions. It turns out that *France* proposed the trivially low 12.5% rate for a global minimum corporate tax... https://twitter.com/JohanLangerock/status/1382641937681

Johan Bernardo Langerock

The #Apple State Aid case due tomorrow 11am. Time for a refresher and what to expect (taking into account previous judgement on #Fiat and #Starbucks). So I made this small

In the midst of the #COVID19 crisis, lawyers urge corporations to defend their profits & challenge governments’ emergency measures in #ISDS corporate courts. Our new report with @corporateeurope reveals their

The OECD blueprints for corporate tax reform are out today, but I must confess they've been so comprehensively leaked in advance, and are so disappointing, that I'd forgotten we should

This is fantastic - really impressive set of questions and issues raised on the international approach to illicit financial flows. There's a lot to say so I'll thread the replies