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Talking Tax Justice at the Vatican

– The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS) and the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT) will host a high-level event titled “Tax Justice and Solidarity: Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Common Home” on Thursday, 13 February 2025.

The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS) and the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT) will host a high-level event titled “Tax Justice and Solidarity: Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Common Home” on Thursday, 13 February 2025.

G20 discusses plans for global minimum tax on the super-rich – ICRICT reactive.

February 29, 2024. As for the first time a proposal for a global minimum tax on the super-rich was discussed at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in São Paulo earlier today, Nobel laurate and ICRICT co-chair Joseph Stiglitz said:

“Under Brazil’s leadership, the issue of taxing the super-rich is finally being discussed by the G20. I urge G20 leaders to adopt this new agenda on international tax coordination to ensure that these individuals start paying their fair share to enable governments to face the challenges of climate change, pandemics, and inequality, and make essential investments in education, health, infrastructure and technology.”.

Renowned economist and ICRICT co-chair Professor Jayati Ghosh said:

“We applaud the leadership of Brazil in pushing a new international tax agenda focused on taxation of the super-rich and we urge G20 leaders to embrace this much needed agenda. It is time that we put an end to the ability of the super-rich to pay less taxes than a teacher in Delhi or a factory worker in Sao Paulo, which is enabled by the failures in our international tax system.”

The US and the EU should back a un tax convention

Nov 21, 2023 NEW YORK – This week will witness either a historic achievement in creating a more equitable global economy or a terrible failure. A vote at the United Nations decides whether the future of global decision-making on taxation will emerge from the negotiation of a genuinely inclusive framework convention, or if a group […]