UN tax convention Archive

Five key trends in 2023: Financial transparency, tax justice and inequality
January 16, 2023
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares We’re pleased to share this very useful look ahead to 2023 from our friends and colleagues at the Financial Transparency Coalition, originally posted here and written by FTC’s Executive Director Matti Kohonen. Financial transparency and tax justice: Five key trends in 2023 The year 2023 is going to be crucial for financial transparency

2022: developments, successes and looking forward to 2023
December 26, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares As 2022 comes to an end, we would like share our reflections on the Tax Justice highlights of 2022 – a year of shifting power dynamics and increasing momentum. We’ll begin with our CEO Alex Cobham: Organisationally, this has been a key year with the first major refresh of the board for some

The day global power shifted: the Tax Justice Network podcast, the Taxcast
December 16, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Welcome to the latest episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast. You can subscribe either by emailing naomi [at] taxjustice.net or find us on your podcast app. There’s been a shift in global power, a tax justice milestone, and the most powerful nations couldn’t stop it… In this episode, Taxcast host Naomi Fowler

UN resolution for an intergovernmental tax framework: What does it mean, and what’s next?
December 15, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Following the momentous passing of the resolution to begin intergovernmental discussions on a globally inclusive UN tax framework, our chief executive Alex Cobham spoke to the German Tax Justice Network, Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit, about why the resolution passed, what it means and what happens next. (The original German post is here). 1. Last Wednesday,

A win for African leadership on international tax
December 7, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Denied a seat at the table to decide tax rules, African countries moved the table to the UN. Malawi loses US$58 million in tax per year due to cross-border tax abuse by multinational companies. And this is just the tip of the iceberg as it’s hard to count illicit money because it’s hidden.

Copa do Mundo das injustiças #43: the Tax Justice Network Portuguese podcast
November 24, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Welcome to our monthly podcast in Portuguese, É da sua conta (‘it’s your business’) produced and hosted by Grazielle David and Daniela Stefano. All our podcasts are unique productions in five different languages – English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Portuguese. They’re all available here. Here’s the latest episode: Copa do Mundo das injustiças #43 Paraísos fiscais, violação de direitos trabalhistas de imigrantes, empresas de apostas desportivas online

🔴 Live blog: UN vote on new tax leadership role
November 22, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Countries are expected to approve by majority vote on Wednesday 23 November a UN resolution mandating the UN to take on a global tax leadership role. The vote by the UN General Assembly will mark the end of the OECD’s sixty-year reign as the world’s leading rule maker on global tax, and trigger

Uncommon Wealth and the ‘boomerang effect’: the Tax Justice Network podcast, the Taxcast:
November 18, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Welcome to the latest episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast. You can subscribe either by emailing naomi [at] taxjustice.net or find us on your podcast app. In this episode, Taxcast host Naomi Fowler discusses sovereignty, the ‘boomerang effect’ and the relevance of the ‘Third World Movement’ today to our global economic system

Carta abierta:La OCDE no cumple los mandatos del G20
November 15, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares La Tax Justice Network publica hoy esta carta abierta al G20 junto con el Estado de la Justicia Fiscal 2022, en el que se informa que la decisión de la OCDE de permitir a las empresas multinacionales divulgar sus informes país por país de forma privada en lugar de pública ha llevado a

Lettre ouverte: L’OCDE ne remplit pas les mandats du G20
November 15, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Le Tax Justice Network publie aujourd’hui cette lettre ouverte au G20 ainsi que “Justice Fiscale: État des Lieux 2022“, qui rapporte que la décision de l’OCDE de permettre aux multinationales de divulguer leurs rapports pays par pays de manière privée plutôt que publique a conduit les gouvernements à renoncer à 89 milliards de