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Financial Transaction Taxes, Capital Markets Union and Brexit

March 20, 2016 by Attac Ireland Leave a Comment

Financial Transaction Taxes, Capital Markets Union and Brexit

Following the financial crisis of 2008, the European Commission introduced in 2011 a proposal for a tax to be levied on financial transactions. This did not meet with agreement from all member states, but eleven EU countries (Austria, Belgium, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attac Campaigns, Blog Post, Financial Transaction Tax, Tax Justice, Trade Tagged With: EU, Europe, Financial, financial justice, Financial Transaction Tax, party politics, Robin Hood Tax, social justice, Tax Justice

London Review of Books Lecture by James Meek. “Taxation, ‘Robin Hood in a Time of Austerity'”

February 18, 2016 by Attac Ireland Leave a Comment

London Review of Books Lecture by James Meek. “Taxation, ‘Robin Hood in a Time of Austerity'”

The Robin Hood Tax or Financial Transaction Tax (often labelled an FTT in the acronym soup of financial jargon) is a tiny tax on the financial sector, typically only a fraction of one percent. The key reasons for its implementation we can see from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Attac Campaigns, Financial Transaction Tax Tagged With: EU, Financial, financial justice, Financial Transaction Tax, Ireland, social justice, Tax, Tax Justice

Tax Justice Network Ireland Submission to Irish Political Party General Election Manifestos

January 29, 2016 by Attac Ireland Leave a Comment

Tax Justice Network Ireland Submission to Irish Political Party General Election Manifestos

Discourse on tax and human rights is somewhat recent, but has firmly established tax policy as a human rights issue with implications for citizen’s enjoyment of these rights in both Ireland and developing countries. The next General Election comes at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Financial Transaction Tax, Human Rights, Tax Justice, Uncategorized Tagged With: Ireland, party politics, Tax Justice, Tax Justice Network, Trade Justice

Launch event of the Robin Hood Tax Campaign: Dublin, January 26, 2016

January 19, 2016 by Attac Ireland Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Financial Transaction Tax, Tax Justice Tagged With: #MakeBankersPay, Robin Hood Tax, Tax, tax dodging, tax havens, tax heavens, Tax Justice

Robin Hood Tax Campaign website launched!

December 10, 2015 by Attac Ireland Leave a Comment

Robin Hood Tax Campaign website launched!

Over 40 leading civil society organisations have so far joined with Claiming Our Future to call for the introduction of a Financial Transaction Tax in Ireland. We are united in the belief that the brunt of the financial crisis should not be burdened … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Post, Financial Transaction Tax, Tax Justice Tagged With: banks, Financial Transaction Tax, Ireland, Justice, Tax Justice, Trade Justice, Transaction

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