The taxation of financial transactions is back on the agenda. This WEED Factsheet focuses on the political momentum for the financial transaction tax, its feasibility and the possible generation and use of revenues.
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Tax Havens in Crisis: Transparency and New Rules for Tax and Regulatory Havens
Tue, 09/06/2009 (All day)
An event is to be held in Berlin, with TJN participation, on June 9: Tax Havens in Crisis: Transparency and New Rules for Tax and Regulatory Havens Participants: Jack Blum (Attorney and US government consultant); John Christensen (Tax Justice Network); Heike Göbel (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung); Gerhard Schick (Alliance ’90/The Greens)
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Tax Havens and the Financial Crisis
posted by fincrisis | Thu, 07/05/2009 - 11:02When an entire global financial system collapses, it is reasonable to expect some bickering over the ultimate fixing of things. Rumors of dissention and talk of stimulus-paved roads to hell made everyone squeamish going into the April summit of the G20 group of large and industrialized nations in London. French President Nicolas Sarkozy even threatened to walk out on the whole thing if he didn’t get his way.
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