Following last week’s blog which highlighted Christian Aid’s arguments that tax should become an ethical issue in corporate responsibility debates, we note that they have now produced a new briefing paper making a business case for taking a responsible approach to tax. From an email from Christian Aid: Tax and Sustainability: A framework for businesses [...]
Tags: Briefing Paper, Business Case, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Responsibility, Csr, Developing Countries, Development Debate, Ethical Issue, Ftse100 Companies, Graphical View, Grey Area, Respondents, Responsibility Policy, Responsible Approach, Sustainability, Tax Authorities, Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion, Tax Strategies, Tax Strategy
From the Royal African Society: Monday 10th October, 7-9pm Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, London Join us to celebrate the release of Africa’s Odious Debts with authors James Boyce and Leonce Ndikumana. In the book Boyce and Ndikumana reveal the intimate links between foreign loans and capital flight and argue that, contrary to the popular perception [...]
Tags: African Governments, Book Launch, Capital Flight, Chair Professor, Director International, Foreign Debts, International Secretariat, James Boyce, John Christensen, Justice Network, Khalili, Lecture Theatre, Network Chair, Odious Debts, People Of Africa, Professor John, Ras Events, Soas London, Sub Saharan Africa, Tax Justice
Copied from the Treasure Islands blog: I have found a number for the amount of dirty money that is attracted into the United States on account of the secrecy facilities it provides: US$3 trillion. Yes, three trillion dollars. Which goes quite some way to explaining why the United States came top of the Tax Justice [...]
Tags: Development Assistance, Dirty Money, Financial Institutions, Financial Secrecy, Florida Banks, Florida Delegation, Foreigners, Haven Usa, Income Tax, Irs Regulations, Justice Network, Latin America, Nonresident Aliens, Privacy Laws, Tax Haven, Tax Justice, Tim Geithner, Treasure Islands, Trillion, Us Treasury Secretary
So far, we have counted 70 countries that have hosted media coverage of our Financial Secrecy Index – and our trawl for stories was by no means comprehensive. Read more here.
Tags: Countries, Financial Secrecy, Media Coverage, Trawl