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You can find here the last articles published by the organisations we work with in the alterglobalization movement.
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Links May 22
Tax havens and social economy at the EESC plenary session European Economic and Social Committee
Plenary session 23-24 May 2012 - At the 481st plenary session of the EESC, the Committee will vote on important opinions regarding financial and tax havens, social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility. You can follow the plenary session live via this link.
Tax Inspectors Without Borders: A Seriously Good Idea Governance and Development
May 22 - "As some NGO have long argued, there is a need for some kind of international tax helicopter force to come to the aid of outgunned tax agencies at critical moments." See recent TJN blog on this issue. Hat tip Martin Hearson.
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Tax Inspectors Without Borders: A Seriously Good Idea
A seriously useful article from Mick Moore, from the UK's Institute of Development Studies, and the founding Chief Executive Officer of the International Centre for Tax and Development.
Its preamble goes:
In the struggle between developing countries’ tax systems and multinational companies, there are calls for an elite task force of international tax experts to assist the side of national tax agencies. Here is why I believe a new proposal by the OECD to create ‘Tax Collectors Without Borders’ is a good idea.We have given our cautious endorsement to the idea, too. Now read the rest of his article. It is short, and to the point.
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Indian government white paper on "black money" is strange
From India's First Post, looking at a new paper on illicit money from the Indian Ministry of Finance:
The IMF study estimated the flight of capital from India during 1971-97 at $ 88 billion, GFI, in its 2010 report, put the total illicit outflows from India at $213.2 billion. This sum, after adjustment for the possible returns earned on these funds (the money is not kept under a mattress), would amount to $462 billion.
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Links May 21
Files close on BCCI banking scandal Guardian
May 17 - BCCI, story of massive-scale money laundering, bribery, blackmail and organised crime, operating through a global secrecy network - TJN Senior Advisers Prem Sikka and Jack Blum were central players in bringing this case to light, see here.Luxembourg Defends Savings Tax Opposition Tax-News
May 21 - "Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Luc Frieden defended his decision to block the European Commission’s plans to negotiate new and stronger savings tax agreements with third countries, insisting that given recent developments, the automatic exchange of tax information is not necessarily the only solution to combating tax evasion." Hat tip: Offshore Watch.
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We've created a society for non-doms, but not for children in our schools
Read this fascinating article in The Observer on the UK's domicile rules, and their impact on society, here. It's very UK-focused, but it has implications for other countries that have variants of the UK's domicile rules.
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