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January 2016|
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Will Google dispute spark global tax war, despite OECD tax agreement?

by Mick Moore

On Wednesday, 31 countries formally agreed to support and implement one of the main recommendations put forward by…
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September 2015|
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Wanted Worldwide: Sensible Property Taxes, and a Property Tax Champion

by Mick Moore

What are property taxes? Broadly, they are taxes on the ownership, occupation or legal transfer of…
April 2015|
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The Sustainable Development Goals – Reject Tax Targeting

by Mick Moore, Wilson Prichard, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Nora Lustig, Richard Bird, Nancy Birdsall & Richard Manning

There is good news in the agenda for the Third Financing for Development Conference to be held in…
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January 2015|
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How Property Tax Would Benefit Africa

by Mick Moore & Nara Monkam

New publication by Nara Monkam and Mick Moore The developmental benefits of governments taxing citizens, even…
Tax Justice Campaigning: Is Tough Always Smart?
July 2014|
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Tax Justice Campaigning: Is Tough Always Smart?

by Mick Moore

  The Tax Justice Network has just published a report that starts from the assertion that the OECD…
India’s firm stance on tax could actually help investors
February 2014|
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India’s firm stance on tax could actually help investors

by Mick Moore

  India keeps getting into arguments with foreign firms over tax; is it wise to do…
Measuring the Performance of Tax Collectors: Good Sense, Quietly Buried
July 2013|
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Measuring the Performance of Tax Collectors: Good Sense, Quietly Buried

by Mick Moore

Does Argentina collect its taxes more efficiently and effectively than Azerbaijan? Brazil than Burundi? Chad than…
The Great Tax Awakening? Three Reservations
May 2013|
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The Great Tax Awakening? Three Reservations

by Mick Moore

  Never has there been such extensive popular and political interest in tax reform. Never have…
Donors, be strategic. Aid and domestic resource mobilisation in sub-Saharan Africa
January 2013|
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Donors, be strategic. Aid and domestic resource mobilisation in sub-Saharan Africa

by Mick Moore

Along with a colleague who is a specialist on Latin America, I recently attended a meeting…
Better coordination key to more tax and less aid
November 2012|
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Better coordination key to more tax and less aid

by Mick Moore

  In August of this year, the UK Parliament’s International Development Select Committee published a report on…
November 2012|
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Are You Getting Excited about ‘Formulary Apportionment’?

by Mick Moore

I thought not. And, by the way, formulary apportionment is not directly connected to children’s milk food formulae…
Understanding the Tax Man: How to improve public revenues in Sri Lanka
August 2012|
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Understanding the Tax Man: How to improve public revenues in Sri Lanka

by Mick Moore

In November of last year I visited Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a conference on tax and development. It…