In the October 2015 Tax Justice Network Podcast: We look at the ‘remittance cartel’, their ‘taxing of the poor’ with monopoly prices in a juicy $450-500 billion market. Also: ‘comfort letters’ and the game changing European Commission ruling that the

In the September 2015 Tax Justice Network podcast: The next financial crisis? We look at offshore and the trillion dollar derivatives market. Plus: we discuss how Mexico’s trying to force multinational companies to pay more tax, how recent market madness

Sun, sea and tax: this month @TheTaxcast goes to Mexico and looks at how multinational tourism operates there. Plus: we discuss why Luxembourg is printing euros like there’s no tomorrow, whether Brazil’s offer of a tax amnesty to its tax dodgers will work and

Tax Justice Network July 2015 podcast looks at the crisis in Greece. Also: we discuss the European Parliament’s vote for multinational corporations to report their activities on a public, country by country basis: the push to give poorer nations a

Tax Justice Network July 2015 podcast looks at the crisis in Greece. Also: we discuss the European Parliament’s vote for multinational corporations to report their activities on a public, country by country basis: the push to give poorer nations a

Racketeering, money laundering and bribery in international football: the FIFA scandal demonstrates everything that’s wrong with global finance and attitudes to business. Also: the EU Commission releases a laughable tax haven blacklist with some glaring omissions, we put FIFA’s auditors

Democracy for sale: how our politics are heavily reliant on tax haven-friendly donors. Also, we ask: why is HSBC shutting down offshore accounts in Jersey? Are we in the final few years of the corporate income tax? Is Australia’s exempting

Democracy for sale: how our politics are heavily reliant on tax haven-friendly donors. Also, we ask: why is HSBC shutting down offshore accounts in Jersey? Are we in the final few years of the corporate income tax? Is Australia’s exempting

Just what does a bank have to do to lose its licence?! In the February 2015 Taxcast we look at the fall out from #HSBCLeaks and ask how we can genuinely tackle criminality in global finance? Also: the latest research

Just what does a bank have to do to lose its licence?! In the February 2015 Taxcast we look at the fall out from #HSBCLeaks and ask how we can genuinely tackle criminality in global finance? Also: the latest research

Just what does a bank have to do to lose its licence?! In the February 2015 Taxcast we look at the fall out from #HSBCLeaks and ask how we can genuinely tackle criminality in global finance? Also: the latest research

Given today’s news that the accounting firm PwC has been condemned in a new report by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for providing misleading evidence to Parliament and “promoting tax avoidance on an industrial scale”, it seems like

Given today’s news that the accounting firm PwC has been condemned in a new report by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for providing misleading evidence to Parliament and “promoting tax avoidance on an industrial scale”, it seems like

Offshore vs football in the January 2015 Taxcast: how offshore is ruining the ‘Beautiful Game’ – the Taxcast scrutinises football’s own goal. Also: how banks with criminal convictions are being allowed to continue to handle your money, how people may