Tax Inspectors Without Borders – a great joint OECD / UNDP programme in which John Christensen, formerly of the Tax Justice Network has played a
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Tax spillovers: the podcast
I have for the last two years or so been doing a lot of work on what my Sheffield University colleague Professor Andrew Baker and
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Tax justice progress is dependent on finding effective solutions we know exist
I noted a letter I and others had sent to the OECD on taking tax justice forward yesterday. As is my usual practice I tweeted
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It’s time to celebrate a global tax deal, and then to ask what’s next for tax justice to deliver
The OECD’s new global tax deal has been ratified by the G20, to no great surprise to anyone. There is almost universal condemnation of this
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Why the tax justice movement needs to move its thinking on
As I noted in a post at the weekend, the OECD has now concluded its latest global corporation tax deal. It is imperfect. It was
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It’s time to celebrate a global tax deal that delivers much for tax justice – and to now move on to other more pressing tax issues that need more attention now
The OECD global tax deal has been signed by 140 countries and jurisdictions. Some are claiming it represents a sell-out by the OECD and a
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The day I took on Arthur Laffer – and won
I was reminded of this debate between Arthur Laffer (yes, him of the Laffer curve) and me that took place three years ago by a
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Why are so many well known firms of accountants still operating in tax havens?
The Pandora Papers continue to draw attention to tax abuse. As I mentioned yesterday, the real need is to mention solutions though. We have known
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The Pandora Papers are old news: the question is whether the measures now being taken are already impacting what is happening offshore?
I have not given the so-called Pandora Papers that are exciting some of the media and the tax justice movement much attention. There are a number
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