Essay: Time to end tax havens for Russian oligarchs, crooked politicians and criminals
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article published by Religion News Service, writes about why tax havens should be eliminated…
G20 leaders endorse tax deal, pledge more vaccines for the poor
Rome, ItalyReuters Leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies endorsed on Saturday a global minimum tax aimed at stopping big business from hiding profits in tax havens, and also agreed to get more COVID vaccines to poorer nations. Attending their first in-person summit in two years, G20 leaders broadly backed calls to extend debt relief […]
‘Pandora Papers’ bring renewed calls for tax haven scrutiny
Washington DC, USAP Calls grew Monday for an end to the financial secrecy that has allowed many of the world’s richest and most powerful people to hide their wealth from tax collectors. The outcry came after a report revealed the way that world leaders, billionaires and others have used shell companies and offshore accounts to […]
Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Netherlands top list of “world worst corporate tax havens”, says Oxfam report
Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Singapore top a list of the “world’s worst corporate tax havens”, according to an Oxfam report. The report – Tax Battles: The dangerous global race to the bottom on corporate tax – exposes the 15 nations which it describes as the “worst tax havens used globally by […]