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March 2022|
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Ukraine: Sanctioning Russian oligarch’s wealth and the urgent need to reform the offshore financial system

by Giulia Mascagni & Mick Moore

Last week, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) held an event on the global development and…

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February 2022|
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Is the Inclusive Framework tax deal in the interests of lower-income countries?

by Didier Jacobs

Last October, 137 of the 140 jurisdictions that are members of the Inclusive Framework reached a…

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November 2021|
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Imposing Standards: Lessons from tax history about the ‘global tax deal’

by Martin Hearson

G20 leaders are celebrating a new agreement to strengthen the taxation of tech firms and create…

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October 2021|
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Pandora’s box is open: What should lower-income countries do to tax the wealthy now?

by Giulia Mascagni & Rhiannon McCluskey

The recent Pandora Papers leak has exposed yet again the scandal of how the world’s rich…

October 2021|
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Time to reinforce the UN Model for taxing international shipping profits

by Bob Michel & Tatiana Falcão

From October 19th to 28th, the 23rd Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on…

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August 2021|
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The MFN clause in tax treaties is jeopardising tax revenue for lower-income countries

by Deepak Kapoor

The ‘Most Favoured Nation’ principle In international economic relations, the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) principle is the bedrock of…

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June 2021|
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Perspectives on the progress of global corporate tax reform

by Carlos Protto, Frederik Heitmüller, Mary Baine, Mustapha Ndajiwo, Suranjali Tandon & Yue Daisy Dai

On June 30th to July 1st, the 139 countries that are members of the Inclusive Framework…

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June 2021|
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The G7 tax deal: ‘historic’ and ‘global’?

by Rasmus Corlin Christensen

This weekend, the Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers completed a “historic global tax agreement,” a…

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May 2021|
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Africa follows up the Biden proposals for international tax reforms

by Sol Picciotto

Reforming global corporate taxation Proposals from the Biden administration have injected new life into the international…

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April 2021|
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US minimum tax proposal galvanises debate on corporate taxation in countries rich and poor

by Michael Durst

The Biden Administration’s proposal On March 31, the Biden Administration proposed, as part of its “Made…

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April 2021|
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Making the UN Tax Committee more effective for developing countries

by Abdul Muheet Chowdhary

As the current membership of the UN Tax Committee meets for the last time this week,…

October 2020|
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Addressing the tax challenges of the digital economy: More of the same?

by Fritz Brugger

When work on the taxation of the digital economy kicked off as part of the OECD/G20…