By Barry Finnegan* (Griffith College) Barry Finnegan is a programme director and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism & Media Communications, Griffith College. He is also a researcher with the Irish branch of the international civil … [Read more...]
10 Reasons Why an Intergovernmental UN Tax Body Will Benefit Everyone.
A key step towards a coherent global system. Currently, the international tax system consists of a complicated web of thousands of bilateral tax treaties and different parallel international systems to regulate, for example, information exchange and … [Read more...]
An Attack on Whistleblowers and Freedom of the Press (LuxLeaks appeal trial 12 December 2016)
ATTAC IRELAND Press release: for release on Friday 9 December On 12 December, former PwC employees Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet, and journalist Edouard Perrin, will return to court after the verdicts of their initial trial earlier this year … [Read more...]
Claudine Gaidoni: “Tax dodging by Multinationals, a human rights violation”
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...]
Irish Fine Gael MEPs Must Not Obstruct Rule-of-Law Request In European Parliament
Statement by ATTAC (Ireland) supporting European Parliament vote scheduled for Nov. 23rd to request legal clarity from European Court of Justice on controversial investor protection mechanism in the CETA Law professors, legal experts and … [Read more...]
