WHILE THE WORLD is still masticating the revelations from the ‘Panama Papers’, chewing over and then spitting out the information contained in 149 documents – … Why Oxfam’s latest tax haven report mattersRead more
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Why Isn’t Everyone In Favor of Taxing Financial Speculation?
Why is there so little discussion about one of Bernie Sanders’s most important proposals – to tax financial speculation? Buying and selling stocks and bonds … Why Isn’t Everyone In Favor of Taxing Financial Speculation?Read more
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Philadelphia Just Became the First Big City With a Soda Tax
Philadelphia became the first major US city to adopt a tax on carbonated and sugary drinks. The 1.5 cent-per-ounce tax will apply to sodas, diet … Philadelphia Just Became the First Big City With a Soda TaxRead more
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America’s corporate tax dodging
Tax dodging by multinational corporations costs the US approximately $111 billion each year and saps an estimated $100 billion every year from poor countries, preventing … America’s corporate tax dodgingRead more
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Oxfam Exposes the Great Offshore Tax Scam of US Companies
Using an “opaque and secretive network” of subsidiaries in tax havens, top American corporations have stashed $1.4 trillion offshore, a new report from Oxfam shows. … Oxfam Exposes the Great Offshore Tax Scam of US CompaniesRead more
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Inside the Secretive World of Tax-Avoidance Experts
A sociologist realized that if she were ever going to understand global inequality she would have to become one of the people who helps create … Inside the Secretive World of Tax-Avoidance ExpertsRead more
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US government, Soros funded Panama Papers
[tweet 717458064324964352] Washington is behind the recently released offshore revelations known as the Panama Papers, WikiLeaks has claimed, saying that the attack was “produced” to … US government, Soros funded Panama PapersRead more
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Will The Panama Papers Kill Journalism?
As you read these lines, revealing stories about the Panama Leaks are written all around the world, but allow me to rush and make a … Will The Panama Papers Kill Journalism?Read more
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We Stopped Pfizer’s Tax Dodge, Now Let’s End the Buybacks
Now that new Treasury Department rules have effectively thwarted Pfizer’s attempt to evade its U.S. tax obligations by using its proposed merger with Allergan to … We Stopped Pfizer’s Tax Dodge, Now Let’s End the BuybacksRead more
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Why are there so many anonymous corporations in Delaware?
From the Federal Election Commission’s suggestion that it might finally begin scrutinizing donations to super PACs from mystery limited liability corporations (LLCs) to the revelations … Why are there so many anonymous corporations in Delaware?Read more