• Quote of the day - state capture

    Updated: 2012-01-30 08:16:00
    : Tax Justice Network Why tax havens cause poverty Monday , January 30, 2012 Quote of the day state capture From the UK parliament Our newspapers , reflecting the reality that most-with some honourable exceptions-are owned and run by non-UK taxpaying moguls who live all over the place but not the UK , probably do not want to run too many stories about UK tax dodgers . They prefer benefit fraud , as in the Daily Mail . That is a much more attractive story This is from a much longer and widely ranging discussion of tax avoidance led by Lord Dykes , which is well worth reading in full : stuffed with other quotable . quotes posted by TJN at 12:16 AM 0 : Comments Post a Comment Links to this : post See links to this post posted by Create a Link About Me : Name TJN The Tax Justice Network TJN is

  • IMF: race to the bottom on tax in developing world

    Updated: 2012-01-26 08:29:00
    : : Tax Justice Network Why tax havens cause poverty Thursday , January 26, 2012 IMF : race to the bottom on tax in developing world From the IMF This paper assembles a new dataset on corporate income tax regimes in 50 emerging and developing economies over 1996-2007 and analyzes their impact on corporate tax revenues and domestic and foreign investment . It computes effective tax rates to take account of complicated special regimes , such as partial tax holidays , temporarily reduced rates and increased investment allowances . There is evidence of a partial race to the bottom countries have been under pressure to lower tax rates in order to lure and boost . investment In the case of standard tax systems i.e . tax rules applying under normal circumstances the effective tax rate reductions

  • Not Broke, Just Twisted; USA Under Attack By Tax Havens

    Updated: 2012-01-25 08:48:00
    : , Tax Justice Network Why tax havens cause poverty Wednesday , January 25, 2012 Not Broke , Just Twisted USA Under Attack By Tax Havens For those who missed this video last time round , its worth seeing again in the context of President Obama's State of the Nation speech Addressing the Union yesterday , Obama put tax justice firmly onto the agenda which will shape this year's presidential . elections posted by TJN at 12:48 AM 0 : Comments Post a Comment Links to this : post See links to this post posted by Create a Link About Me : Name TJN The Tax Justice Network TJN is an international , non-aligned coalition of researchers and activists with a shared concern about the harmful impacts of tax avoidance , tax competition and tax havens . www.taxjustice.net View my complete profile

  • Online Banking Safety measures: Avoid OddJob Trojan

    Updated: 2012-01-16 02:42:09
    If you have been using on the net bank in the past, then you know no doubt that it’s a intelligent pattern to sign from your world-wide-web treatment when you complete a contract. Put on just close up the window. You need to ensure that no-one can consider your dealings and also your code. So [...]

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