Politicians have many bad tax habits. These include using tax inspections to punish political opponents; ensuring…
The government of Sri Lanka is right in claiming that an agreement with the IMF is essential. The economic situation allows no practical alternative….
March 20, when the IMF Board approved an Extended Fund Facility for Sri Lanka, now seems…
Last week, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) held an event on the global development and…
What is the connection between taxation and more open societies that the British aid programme aims…
Globally, tax collections are declining. Governments have cancelled or postponed some tax dues in the effort…
There is no scarcity of criticism of the methods that OECD governments have used – and…
Over the past decade, international attention has increasingly focused on the potential contribution of taxation to…
Nancy Lee from the Centre for Global Development (CGD) recently published a piece arguing for a…
In the past two decades, the debate on international taxation has changed considerably. While the system…
Sri Lankans sometimes like to claim perverse records for their country. You will likely have heard…
On Wednesday, 31 countries formally agreed to support and implement one of the main recommendations put forward by…
