The G20 communique is weak. This is the best bit as far as I’m concerned: We underline the importance of comprehensive tax information exchange and
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The G20 and tax evasion
The G20 is to sign a convention on tax evasion on Friday. I have not a clue what is in it, if I am honest.
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The G20 needs to stop prevaricating and simply deliver on information exchange
The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors met a week or so ago – and as I was distracted I did not notice. In their final
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Sarkozy demands a Tobin Tax
As the Independent notes: The French President Nicolas Sarkozy opened his presidency of the G20 group of nations yesterday by calling for a $100bn (£62bn)
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G20 wishes
A group of civil society organisations in the U.S. has just published an open letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, outlining a series of
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G20 demands more involvement from stakeholders in the IASB – but will they listen?
The G20 finance minister’s communiqu?© says: We expressed the importance we place in achieving a single set of high quality, global accounting standards and urged
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G20 Transparency campaign
Global Financial Integrity (GFI) launched its "G20 Transparency" campaign today, an international grassroots sign-on drive to collect 100,000 signatures on a petition calling for greater
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Nine agencies call for country-by-country reporting from the G20
This letter went out today to the Finance Ministers of G20 countries, signed by nine organisations including the Tax Justice Network. For the pdf version,
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TJN USA reaction to G20
TJN USA has issued a statement following the G20: We are heartened by the G-20’s renewed commitment to cleaning up tax havens, building on the
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