Not content with swinging behind a global digital tax, now the US treasury secretary wants to put paid to bargain corporation tax rates in general.
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Some 10,000 people are likely to give up their US passport this year, way above average. Are they fleeing COVID-19? Nasty politics? Taxes? None of the above, says an expert on American citizenship.
The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare Europe’s vulnerability to drug-supply disruption. Still, it remains by far the world leader in pharmaceutical products.
At 33%, New Zealand’s highest income tax rate is relatively low compared to other economies. Lifting it and cutting tax for low-income earners could improve welfare.
Media Files: investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé
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Today we meet Bastian Obermayer, the Pulitizer prize-winning journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into global tax evasion.
A fundamental driver of inequality is the race to the bottom in how governments set their corporate tax rates.
It’s tax season. That’s why Canadians must pay close attention to the possibility of going from the tax avoidance realm into tax evasion when preparing their tax returns or hiring an accountant to do so.
What do the Carlos Ghosn scandal, the rising power of algorithms and the “gilets jaunes” have in common? The need to extend the spatial and temporal definitions of responsibility.
Steinhoff was the darling of investors, asset managers, analysts and financial journalists. But its success was built on shaky foundations.
Ghanaians respond positively to financial appeals from churches compared to how they respond to paying taxes. Here’s how, and why, Ghana’s government should learn from religious groups.
The administration’s plan to significantly cut the tax rate on so-called pass-through entities will likely lead to creative tax planning and outright evasion, damaging faith in the system.
The wealthy evade taxes and are less likely to donate to charity, but does this mean they’re more selfish than everyone else? New research suggests not.
The success of the first phase prompted financial observers to hail Indonesia’s tax amnesty program as one of the most successful in the world.
As long as the ATO doesn’t question why companies are reporting zero tax payable on their income, the public won’t know if serious tax avoidance is happening.
A number of Australian companies have released tax reports to the public in a bid to show transparency, however those reports are still incomplete.
The government should follow through on setting up a register of beneficial ownership of companies if it wants to get serious about tax evasion.
Irish tax case shows the real cost of competition – our democracy.
The number crunchers who helped create our capitalist world have been measuring the world since ancient times.
In Africa, commercial activities are the largest component of illicit financial flows. This is followed by organised crime and then public sector corruption.
The basic difference is that avoidance is legal and evasion is not. But it’s not quite as simple as that.
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Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD Candidate, casual academic, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Global Political Economy and Development, University of Leeds
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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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Professor of International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Global Professor of Law, New York University
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Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Organisation Studies, University of Bristol
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Professeur en management & théories des organisations, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
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Senior Lecturer in Tax, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Business and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Otago
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Partner, Government & Public Sector, Providence / Honorary Fellow, Australian National University