Blogs

Africa responds to the Inclusive Framework’s digital tax agenda

by Martin Hearson

Africa has an important role to play in current plans to reform international tax rules in…

August 2019|

Taxing Digital Transnational Corporations: Indian Policy Initiatives

by Lakshmi Narayanan

The difficulties of taxing digital TNCs Taxing Trans-National Corporations (TNCs) that do business through digital platforms…

by Martin Hearson & Rasmus Corlin Christensen

Europe is targeting Big Tech with new taxes. It’s straining the transatlantic alliance.

Trump’s new investigation is only the latest skirmish in this new divide. Last week, President Trump…

by Ronald Labonte, Fastone Goma, Jeffrey Drope & Raphael Lencucha

Cautionary tale of tax incentives for cigarette makers from Zambia

Tobacco companies are zeroing in on one of the last global markets still ripe for exploitation:…

by Rhiannon McCluskey & David Pedley

Tax and Accountability: How to strengthen the links?

British civil servants sign up to core values enshrined in the Civil Service Code: integrity, honesty,…

by Wilson Prichard, Nora Lustig, Ian Gary, Sanjeev Gupta, Warren Krafchik & Brahima Coulibaly

Tax to finance the SDGs, but not to undermine them

This blog was jointly authored by Wilson Prichard (ICTD), Nora Lustig (CEQ), Sanjeev Gupta (CGD), Warren…

May 2019|

by Rhiannon McCluskey, Patrick Schröder & Lakshmi Narayanan

Taxing plastic production: a solution to India’s plastic waste crisis?

With the plastic waste crisis gaining increasing attention, both developed and developing countries are under pressure…

by Martin Hearson & Catherine Ngina Mutava

Reflections on the Kenya-Mauritius Tax Treaty Ratification

Just over a week ago, the Kenyan High court declared the double tax avoidance (DTA) agreement…

by Neil McCulloch & Tom Moerenhout

What Nigerians really think about tax

Nigeria’s performance on collected taxes is poor. Non-oil revenue in the country is around 3-4 percent…

A new stage of change for international tax

by Sol Picciotto

The international tax event of the year took place on the 13-14th of March in Paris….

Why better tax research is crucial to Nigeria’s development

by Mustapha Ndajiwo

There is an international consensus that taxation is a critical means for financing sustainable development. It…