In the past year, scandal after scandal has exposed companies using loopholes in the tax system to avoid taxation. Now more than ever, it is becoming clear that citizens around the world are paying a high price for the crisis in the global tax system, and the discussion about multinational corporations and their tax tricks […]
Read MoreTax haven: US ‘threatens’ global efforts to fight tax evasion, financial crimes
As the world is uniting to tackle tax evasion and improve financial transparency, the US “threatens progress,” a new survey has said. America is now ranked third among the world’s most attractive “tax havens,” trailing only Switzerland and Hong Kong. The US has jumped from sixth place to third in the Financial Secrecy index, which […]
Read MoreThe Tax Justice Campaign Falls Flat On Its Face. You’d Need A Heart Of Stone Not To Laugh
I’m sorry but I just couldn’t help but burst out laughing when I saw this story this morning. So is one of the more po-faced and puritan campaigns of recent times forced to face their own errors, their complete disregard for facts in any of their evidence. It’s here in The Guardian: The Treasury’s attempt […]
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