Alex Cobham

Nov 28, 2024 | taxjustice.net | Alex Cobham

PUBLIC COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REPORTING REQUIREMENT WILL REVEAL PROFIT SHIFTING PATTERNS AND CURB TAX ABUSE In the final session before elections, the Australian Senate has voted to pass world-leading legislation on corporate tax transparency.[1] The measure, which is projected to yield billions in additional revenues by curbing the profit shifting of multinational companies, follows the long-running campaigning of Tax Justice Network-Australia, along with CICTAR (Centre for International...

Oct 15, 2024 | odi.org | Sara Pantuliano |Alex Cobham |Hazel Granger |Andrés Velasco

Income inequality is high or worsening within many countries globally. This not only raises serious moral concerns. It also contributes to political instability and undermines inclusive economic growth. Governments can use taxation to reduce inequality.

Oct 8, 2024 | taxjustice.net | Alex Cobham

LEADING INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS WRITE TO AUSTRALIAN SENATORS, AS LEGISLATION FACES ‘WILD’ CORPORATE LOBBYING With the Australian Senate poised to vote on long-delayed, world-leading legislation on corporate tax transparency, international civil society organisations and leading economists have written to the Independent senators whose votes could be pivotal, urging them to resist damaging amendments that have been tabled by the main opposition party.1 This unusual step reflects the global...

Sep 10, 2024 | taxjustice.net | Alex Cobham

‘Tax justice delayed is tax justice denied,’ says the Tax Justice NetworkThe Tax Justice Network welcomes the ruling of the European Court of Justice, that Apple must repay EUR 13 billion in underpaid taxes.1 But the ruling only serves to highlight the abject failure of international tax rules to protect the right of countries to tax the economic activity located in their own jurisdictions.

Jul 30, 2024 | socialeurope.eu | Alex Cobham

The summer issue of the Progressive Post magazine is now available! Among the highlights of the latest issue of the Progressive Post magazine: • Special Coverage EU 2024: the unpredictable well-known analyses the results and attempts to predict what to expect from this new, more right-leaning, European Parliament.