This report is aims at bringing to the fore the regressive nature of the taxation system in Nepal and the grave concerns of fiscal indiscipline, including the issues of policy corruption, avoidance and evasion, associated with taxation in Nepal. Challenging the narrative that the country is significantly resource-constrained to financeContinue Reading
Support for a UN Convention on inclusive and effective tax cooperation resounded in an international conference on tax justice here as the Convention is being deliberated at the UN. Independent experts and CSO leaders from the Philippines, Indonesia, Zambia, Argentina, Canada and other parts of the world, said that profitContinue Reading
This Thursday (9 November), the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) started the international conference “Tax and extractives: Make multinational corporations pay their share, rewrite global tax rules” – organised together with its regional networks Tax and Fiscal Justice Asia (TAFJA) and Canadians for Tax Fairness (C4TF), and member Asian Peoples’ Movement on DebtContinue Reading
Rather than delivering long-overdue and much-needed finance for climate action, the US government has repeatedly denied liability for reparations, continually funded fossil fuels, advanced unjust climate finance arrangements, and kept its climate finance pledges unfulfilled. This coming Second Pledging Conference of the Green Climate Fund on October 5, and 4thContinue Reading
In a world marked by escalating crises, worsening inequalities, austerity, and failures of fiscal and tax systems, this year’s Asia Days of Action for Tax Justice is a resounding call to address the pressing global challenges that have disproportionately impacted the peoples of the Global South, particularly in Asia. TheContinue Reading
A UN Tax Convention should establish an intergovernmental body with a Secretariat and decision making Conference of Parties to harmonize the work of the various organizations setting international tax rules. Part I of this paper briefly summarizes the history of double tax treaties and the conceptualization of a global taxContinue Reading