According to media reports, Ireland has been able to push through a far-reaching concession in the negotiations on the global corporate tax reform: The wording of the planned global minimum tax for companies is to be weakened at a crucial point. Until now, the plans of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS had referred to […]
Upside-down world at the EU finance ministers’ meeting: After PandoraPapers, EU tax havens list gets slashed
At today’s meeting of EU Economic and Finance Ministers (ECOFIN), a decision was made on the EU list of tax havens. Despite the biggest tax leak ever, the PandoraPapers, the list was shortened. The Caribbean islands of Anguilla and Dominica as well as Seychelles were removed from the list. Now there are only nine countries […]
Grotesque EU tax policy: while PandoraPapers show flourishing tax havens, EU finance ministers cut EU tax haven list
Tomorrow, 5 October, the decision on the new EU list of tax havens will be on the agenda of the meeting of the economy and finance ministers of the 27 EU member states. It has already become known that the list will be shortened: Anguila, the Seychelles and Dominica are to be removed from the […]
Invite: “Social Economy as an Industrial Ecosystem – A catalyst to Build Back Better & Fairer” – 7/10, in San Sebastian & Online
Dear friends, dear interested, It is now only weeks until the long-awaited release of the European Action Plan for the Social Economy by the European Commission on 8th December. One key point in the action plan will be how we as the European Union can support the Social Economy ecosystem as a whole to become […]
Invite: “Social Economy as an Industrial Ecosystem – A catalyst to Build Back Better & Fairer” – 7/10, in San Sebastian & Online
Dear friends, dear interested, It is now only weeks until the long-awaited release of the European Action Plan for the Social Economy by the European Commission on 8th December. One key point in the action plan will be how we as the European Union can support the Social Economy ecosystem as a whole to become […]
PandoraPapers: Tougher measures against tax evasion and money laundering need
New international investigative research by the International Consortium for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on the subject of tax evasion and money laundering was published today. The revelations are based on the largest tax data leak of all time. 600 journalists from 117 countries collaborated on this project. The enormous data set comprises 11.9 million documents from […]