ICRICT welcomes the establishment of a United Nations High Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (Copy)
See the press release in English. Lea el comunicado de prensa en español aquí. PRESS RELEASE 02 March 2020 ICRICT is delighted that three of its commissioners, José Antonio Ocampo – who is ICRICT Chair -, Irene Ovonji-Odida and Magdalena Sepúlveda have been appointed to serve as members of the High Level Panel on International […]
2 March 2020
The OECD’s proposed reform will fail to generate meaningful additional tax revenue, especially for developing countries
Today, the OECD has presented its impact analysis of its proposed reform to address the tax avoidance by multinational corporations. If ambitious enough, it could bring a significant change to century old international tax rules unfit for the digital age and generate substantial additional revenues. According to the OECD impact analysis, its proposed reform […]
13 February 2020
Fix the global tax system to fix the inequality crisis
See the press release in English. Lire le communiqué de presse en Français. Lea el comunicado de prensa en español aquí. Photo by Evangeline Shaw on Unsplash The inequality crisis remains unaddressed and out of control. Hundreds of millions of people are living in extreme poverty while large rewards go to those at the very top. In 2019, […]
20 January 2020
Fix the global tax system to fix the inequality crisis
See the press release in English. Lire le communiqué de presse en Français. Lea el comunicado de prensa en español aquí. Photo by Evangeline Shaw on Unsplash The inequality crisis remains unaddressed and out of control. Hundreds of millions of people are living in extreme poverty while large rewards go to those at the very […]
20 January 2020
ICRICT’s study of asset ownership information available in the UK: a stepping stone towards a Global Asset Registry
En français ici. En español aquí. Wealth inequality poses serious risks to economies, to societies more broadly, and to the functioning of democracies. And yet the actual magnitude of wealth inequality is unknown because of the deep financial secrecy that surrounds it. It also allows individuals and entities to hide proceeds of corruption, engage in […]
19 December 2019
Rapport de l’ICRICT dédié aux informations disponibles sur la propriété des actifs au Royaume-Uni : vers un Registre Mondial des Actifs
En español aquí. In English here. L’inégalité de la richesse fait peser de graves risques sur les économies, sur les sociétés en général et sur le fonctionnement des démocraties. Pourtant, l’ampleur réelle de l’inégalité des richesses est inconnue en raison du profond secret financier qui l’entoure. Ce dernier permet également aux particuliers et aux entités […]
19 December 2019
Taxing multinationals: ICRICT calls for an ambitious global minimum tax to stop the harmful race to the bottom
Lire le communiqué de presse en français Read the press release in English. Lean el comunicado de prensa en español. Since its creation in 2015, ICRICT calls to stop the harmful race to the bottom in both corporate tax rates and the artificial shifting of corporate profits to low-tax jurisdictions by putting a floor to […]
9 December 2019
EU Tax avoidance legislation rejected: ICRICT condemns countries that are blocking reform
29 November 2019 Yesterday, twelve European Union (EU) countries, have blocked a new directive that would require multinational companies to reveal how much profit they make and how little tax they pay in each of the EU’s 28 member states. Tax-dodging companies deprive national coffers of between €50 billion and €70 billion a year, the […]
29 November 2019
ICRICT urges OECD to bring G24 proposal back to the table and to publish economic impact analysis so that the debate can be both transparent and objective.
Read the press release in English. Lean el comunicado de prensa en español Lire le communiqué de presse en français Last month, under the mandate of the G20, the OECD Secretariat has presented a proposal to address the challenges of taxing multinational corporations in the digital era. It is now being discussed within the “Inclusive […]
15 November 2019
ICRICT: “OECD’s proposals are canonising gradualism and increasing inequality”
Por favor, baje el comunicado de prensa en español aqui. Télécharger le communiqué de presse en français ici For immediate release – 9 October 2019 What is happening today? Today, under the mandate of the G20, the OECD Inclusive Framework has just presented a new stage of the BEPS 2.0 initiative, to address the challenges […]
9 October 2019