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Research suggests punishing tax cheats can re-establish a sense of justice among the general public, so authorities should use their resources to ensure culpable offenders are held accountable.
It’s become hard to tell where avoidance stops and evasion starts. Tax havens enable both.
Five years after David Cameron was pushing for tighter rules around disclosure of beneficial owners, nothing much has changed.
Juicy stories of political leaders stashing loot overseas make good headlines. But the real story is the need for systemic solutions, especially on property rights and transparency.
A taxation expert explains why South Dakota has become a favorite state for the ultra-rich when it comes to squirreling away their wealth.
The latest instalment of leaks about the super-rich using offshore tax havens to hide their wealth has been published.
Megachurches and the men who lead them can be superrich. So why don’t the IRS and local authorities see a cent in taxes? A scholar explains.
Wriggling out of paying taxes may be legal, but is it right? Aristotle, Immanuel Kant – and others – have their say.
To weigh the prospects of a transformation, it pays to look at the markets.
Lost revenue is money that could be spent on lifting people out of poverty.
Not content with swinging behind a global digital tax, now the US treasury secretary wants to put paid to bargain corporation tax rates in general.
In claiming the election was “stolen” from him and using the office of the president to the benefit of his family, Trump dips into the authoritarian playbook to convert power into property.
Congress tends to use the tax code to implement policy, which increases complexity and creates loopholes wealthy taxpayers like Trump can exploit.
Some tax deductions for the cost of managing tax affairs exceed $1 million, but high wealth individual\s can write off the expense in other ways.
Some EU countries have said they won’t help companies based in tax havens – but that doesn’t include the EU’s own tax havens.
Media Files: investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé.
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Today we meet Bastian Obermayer, the Pulitizer prize-winning journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into global tax evasion.
A fundamental driver of inequality is the race to the bottom in how governments set their corporate tax rates.
It’s tax season. That’s why Canadians must pay close attention to the possibility of going from the tax avoidance realm into tax evasion when preparing their tax returns or hiring an accountant to do so.
The candidates most likely to be chosen as independent directors are those good at avoiding tax.
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD Candidate, casual academic, University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Accounting, University of Essex, University of Essex
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Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of International Politics, City, University of London
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney
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Lecturer/Accounting, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Accounting Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, The Open University
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Pat McConnell is a Friend of The Conversation.
Visiting Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University
