ATTAC.IE Taxation Expert Claudine Gaidoni: Transnational corporations violate human rights by using tax avoidance mechanisms. Interview: Victoria Mutti, Nueva Sociedad, Argentina ( Originally published in Spanish New Society ) Mutti: Tax … [Read more...]
Civil Society demand for Country By Country Reporting (CBCR)
Jean-Claude Juncker President of the European Commission 200, Rue de la Loi 1049 Brussels Brussels, 5 April, 2016 Commission proposal on disclosure of income tax information by certain multinational corporations Dear President Juncker, We, … [Read more...]
Launch event of the Robin Hood Tax Campaign: Dublin, January 26, 2016
source: Press Event notice, 19th January 2016 A coalition of 40 Irish Civil organisations are launching the Robin Hood Tax Campaign Ireland, united in the belief that it is time to make Irish financial institutions pay their fair share in tax to … [Read more...]
Disarm the Markets! The ATTAC case for a Financial Transaction Tax
by Marie Moran / Attac Ireland originally published in LookLeft vol.2, issue 19, The Rising Tide, September 2014 ‘Close down the Casino Economy! Disarm the markets!’ These have been the two main slogans of the global organisation ATTAC … [Read more...]
Legal but immoral: The scourge of corporate tax dodging
by Claudine Gaidoni and Marie Moran // Attac Ireland - 25 June 2015 Tax dodging by corporations is a major cause of inequality and poverty. It deprives governments of badly-needed revenue which could otherwise be spent on public services, on … [Read more...]