African countries, rich in resources, easily fall prey to aggressive tax planning and tax evasion facilitated by offshore companies.
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Wins for small business; significant superannuation reform; multinational tax avoidance addressed; and more.
The Turnbull government has promised company tax cuts to stimulate investment and action to prevent middle-income earners moving into a higher tax bracket, in a budget that will launch its election campaign.
The finger of blame has been pointed at HMRC over the multinational’s ‘sweetheart deal’. That’s not fair.
The drop of tax data showing hundreds of major companies did not pay tax needs parsing; but there must be crackdown on aggressive tax planning.
Governments may pledge to stop big companies from exploiting tax avoidance loopholes, but are they being honest?
The EU is thought to be losing one trillion Euros from tax avoidance, evasion and arrears. But the latest tax reform is unlikely to fix that.
The tax package recently announced by the Federal Labor party is clearly well intentioned but it misses the point about multinationals paying their fair share.
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of Accounting, University of Essex, University of Essex
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Reader in Sociology and Public Policy, Aston University
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Associate professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation (CBT), University of Oxford
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Professor of Finance, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Taxation, University of Lagos
