Rather than 'moral debt', let's claim Reparations, including Restitution, Compensation, Rehabilitation,
Satisfaction, Guarantees of non-repetition #FixtheFinance ! #TaxJustice and #WealthTaxes are key. It's a matter of rights, not only morality. Read more: bit.ly/climatefinance…

EU Tax & Customs 🇪🇺 In the negotiations on the outcome statement of the #FfD4 conference, the EU attempts to strip out language that welcomes the #UNTaxConvention negotiations - casting doubt on the sincerity of EU's claims to now engage constructively in those negotiations.
csoforffd.org/2024/04/22/civ…

'This will supersede them all.' Out soon on The Taxcast, the Tax Justice Network podcast, an offshore specialist & human rights lawyer sounding the alarm on the fast development of 'blockchain havens' as financial secrecy business is in decline, slowly squeezed by transparency regs

The bravery of Corinne Fowler in embracing AND confronting the past:
“Eventually… against most advice, she decided to do the most courageous thing: she started to answer her hate mail with courtesy… Almost always, she says, these exchanges ended cordially… she came to the

'This will supersede them all.' Out soon on The Taxcast, the Tax Justice Network podcast, an offshore specialist & human rights lawyer sounding the alarm on the fast development of 'blockchain havens' as financial secrecy business is in decline, slowly squeezed by transparency regs

For too long #tax rules have been rigged, with 'whiteness' in their design perpetuating the legacy of #colonialism .
Got 60mins to join us on what an #inclusive & #equitable global tax regime should then look like?
Register: rb.gy/1ssaov and come engage in the debate.

Big Tech's 'rent extraction' isn't new, but with AI, the stakes are higher. In The Conversation, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose's Tim O'Reilly, Ilan Strauss, Rufus and I call for economic recalibration to align AI with public interest, not just private profits ⬇️ theconversation.com/to-understand-…

A great investigation OjoPúblico. Tells you everything about not only harmful enriching activities but the network of enabler jurisdictions & how silly the Financial Action Task Force 'grey list' is (UAE recently removed) vs the Financial Secrecy Index
ojo-publico.com/5070/india-and…

Ahead of vital tax discussions at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Washington, D.C., we have a clear message for them all - tax us, the super rich! We would be proud to pay more.

'Farmers are being burdened by debt, squeezed by powerful retailers & agrochemical companies, battered by extreme weather, & undercut by cheap foreign imports, for years — all while relying on a subsidy system that favors the big players' A useful summary
politico.eu/article/farmer…

Singapore is ranked #3 in the Tax Justice Network's Financial Secrecy Index, #9 in Corp Tax Haven Index. 'Good governance' AND accommodating 'the management of massive wealth by offering advantages such as low taxes and banking secrecy' DO NOT go together... bbc.com/news/world-asi…

'Who’s more deserving of jail? The trader who asked colleagues for tweaks of interest rate estimates of one 100th of a percentage point? Or bankers who helped a murderous drug gang launder $881m' at 'the drug cartel’s go-to bank, HSBC'? asks Andy Verity andyverity.substack.com/p/jail-the-tra…

'Who’s more deserving of jail? The trader who asked colleagues for tweaks of interest rate estimates of one 100th of a percentage point? Or bankers who helped a murderous drug gang launder $881m' at 'the drug cartel’s go-to bank, HSBC'? asks Andy Verity andyverity.substack.com/p/jail-the-tra…

Water privatisation was a disaster.⏰There are 6 weeks for our govt (with the same ideology that caused this mess) to decide Thames Water’s future. Pls email Steve Barclay to demand no bailout for shareholders, we need Thames Water back into public hands weownit.org.uk/dont-bailout-t…

Singapore is ranked #3 in the Tax Justice Network's Financial Secrecy Index, #9 in Corp Tax Haven Index. 'Good governance' AND accommodating 'the management of massive wealth by offering advantages such as low taxes and banking secrecy' DO NOT go together... bbc.com/news/world-asi…

Last month, 200+ researchers and campaigners from across the world gathered in Paris to explore the benefits of a #UNTaxConvention to combat #Inequality #TaxEvasion and respond to the #ClimateCrisis
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🚨📰🎞️🧵 1/3 NEW REPORT!

Today we release a new report with Tax Justice UK reviewing how Britain’s Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories have fared in setting up public registers of beneficial ownership.

Progress is “painfully slow”: Rachael Henry

ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/beneficia…