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Welcome to the Taxcast – the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast: around 30 minutes of unmissable corruption, scandal and analysis on tax havens, tax dodging and financial secrecy you won't hear anywhere else – we cover the battles for transparency, fairness and the public interest. Each month we … read more

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Crime DOES pay...?

March 28th, 2024

45:47

Crime doesn't pay - or does it?! Taxcast host Naomi Fowler talks to former police investigator, asset recovery specialist and co-author of The War on …

Taxing multinationals, unitary-style

February 29th, 2024

1:03:35

While we wait for a global tax body at the United Nations, what are the ways forward for nations desperate to tax multinationals fairly? We talk …

Farewell

February 22nd, 2024

0:39

An important message from RadioPublic

#139 People Power

January 26th, 2024

39:03

On the Taxcast this month: People power for tax justice is on the rise like never before. We kick off 2024 with inspiring stories on campaigns for tax reform from around the world: strategies, successes, limitations, …

Introducing The Corruption Diaries

January 18th, 2024

2:16

In this brand new Tax Justice Network weekly podcast we take listeners on a journey through the eyes of anti-corruption veterans who were on the frontline of events that have defined our world today, with stories and …

#138 Overturning a 100 year legacy: the UN tax vote

December 18th, 2023

56:23

In an extended Taxcast edition this month, a century of tax rule setting by the former imperial powers has been overturned: we look at the UN vote …

The People vs Microsoft

November 30th, 2023

38:38

On the Taxcast this month, the story of what happened when the US tax authorities, the IRS, decided to crack down on Microsoft, one of the world's biggest tech companies. Worthy of a thriller movie with its twists and …

Drug War Myths, Part 2

October 26th, 2023

38:53

The US government has spent an estimated $1 trillion on their ‘war on drugs.’ But over 50 years later, the cross-border flows of illegal drugs, arms and money have increased. In the second part of a two part series, we …

Drug War Myths, Part 1

September 28th, 2023

32:25

The US government has spent an estimated $1 trillion on their 'war on drugs.' But, over more than 50 years, the cross-border flows of illegal drugs, arms and money have increased. It's a mess. And it didn't need to be …

Who owns the climate crisis?

July 27th, 2023

39:04

We're experiencing the hottest global temperatures ever recorded. For millions of us, the climate crisis is already hitting hard. And we need to know, we must know - WHO are the beneficial owners of the climate crisis? …

Spoiled pets and private jets

June 29th, 2023

41:10

In this episode Naomi Fowler looks at how the very wealthy shape the world, why the rest of us really, really can't afford them. And, how it never ends just with the pet mansions and the cashmere-lined private jets, as …

Monopolies and market power

May 25th, 2023

41:46

When dominant multinationals get to run the world, it's not a happy place. Or a very secure one. For a long time governments have failed to take the …

Tax Saves Lives

May 1st, 2023

35:53

It's horrific that there are so many people across the world who still don’t have access to ‘survival rights.’ Things like basic sanitation, clean water, quality education, decent healthcare so that mothers can survive …

Organised crime and financial secrecy

February 23rd, 2023

40:04

After 30 years on the run, Italy's most wanted fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro of the Cosa Nostra has been arrested in Sicily. We look at the costs of organised crime, both economic and societal, the contagion that …

The Making of Tax Haven Mauritius

January 31st, 2023

44:34

In this extended special episode of the Taxcast, we look at the 'Desai Papers' - the story you probably never heard of: it goes back decades and looks at a key player in the making of tax haven Mauritius that's been …

The Day Global Power Shifted

December 16th, 2022

37:21

There's been a shift in global power, a tax justice milestone, and the powerful nations couldn't stop it...

In this episode, Naomi Fowler gives you a …

Uncommon Wealth and the 'boomerang effect'

November 18th, 2022

40:47

In this episode, Taxcast host Naomi Fowler discusses sovereignty, the 'boomerang effect' and the relevance of the 'Third World Movement' today to our global economic system, with Dr Kojo Koram, author of Uncommon …

Education rights and tax justice

October 13th, 2022

26:12

In this episode: Nelson Mandela famously said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Yet millions of …

Tax and Racial Justice

September 22nd, 2022

30:36

In this episode, Taxcast host and producer Naomi Fowler explores tax as a tool for racial justice and the launch of a new report by Decolonising …

Crooked Crook Ltd: company registration scandals

July 28th, 2022

25:27

In this episode Taxcast host Naomi Fowler investigates the phenomenon of pop-up sweet shops on Oxford Street and the missing millions in taxes owed. The trail leads to the disgrace that is the UK's company registration …

Amazon's tax challenge

June 30th, 2022

34:36

Annual shareholder’s meetings used to be pretty staid and boring affairs. But, as inequality has boomed along with corporate profits, AGMs are …

Financial Secrecy Index 2022

May 18th, 2022

34:11

Which nations are the world's biggest financial secrecy offenders? And what does it tell us about the world, about politics and about democracy? How …

NonDoms unmasked

April 28th, 2022

33:17

On the Taxcast we ask - do politicians believe in the societies they serve or not? Are they really a part of them, or do they live in a parallel …

Butler Britain

March 22nd, 2022

32:52
In this episode of the Taxcast, Naomi Fowler speaks with journalist and anti-corruption campaigner Oliver Bullough about his new book ‘Butler to the …

Stolen Dreams

February 21st, 2022

29:33

In this episode we bring you the story of a pensioner robbed of his dream retirement and his fight for justice in multiple jurisidctions. Tax havens …

2022: Hopes and Fears

January 26th, 2022

45:18

In the first Taxcast for 2022, Naomi Fowler talks with tax justice and anti-corruption campaigners and experts in Europe, Africa, the US and Latin …

Jersey's Pandora's Boxes

December 16th, 2021

30:49

In edition 117 we take you to the tax haven of Jersey off the coast of France and the intruiging story of the discovery of 333 boxes of incriminating evidence of fraud. Those boxes have revealed some ugly truths about …

Tax Haven Ireland

November 25th, 2021

30:59

In this episode: Ireland only has 0.1% of the world’s population, but they became one of the biggest tax havens on the planet. What’s that meant for …

Rethinking economies

October 21st, 2021

40:05

In this episode Taxcast host Naomi Fowler discusses degrowth, rethinking economies and value in part 2 of her conversation with economic …

Degrowth: liberation from growthism

September 23rd, 2021

35:38

In this episode, Naomi Fowler explores degrowth and how we liberate ourselves from ‘growthism’ with economic anthropologist Jason Hickel. (The full …

The capture of Malta and the fight for justice

July 23rd, 2021

34:58

This month Naomi Fowler speaks with Paul Caruana Galizia, one of the sons of Malta’s incredible investigative journalist and anti-corruption champion …

Taxcast Extra: The Whiteness of Wealth (2)

July 15th, 2021

29:51

We’ve had the honour before on the Taxcast of speaking with law Professor Dorothy Brown in Part 1 of the Whiteness of Wealth Taxcast Extra. She’s been doing trailblazing work on systemic racism and tax justice in the …

The Real American Dream - in Scandinavia

May 27th, 2021

30:54

This month Taxcast host Naomi Fowler talks to millionaire and wealth tax campaigner Djaffar Shalchi of Millionaires for Humanity about his experience of moving from Iran at an early age to grow up in Denmark, and how …

Taxcast Extra: Hong Kong raises its stock transfer tax as Wall St escapes

April 27th, 2021

15:27

In this Taxcast Extra Naomi Fowler speaks to Jim Henry, economist, lawyer, investigative journalist and Tax Justice Network senior advisor about the campaign to persuade New York State (which is broke) to reinstate its …

From an uncaring to a caring economy

April 22nd, 2021

34:07

Caring for others is the highest thing anyone can do in this world. Yet our governments don’t value care either in the policies they create, and they …

Taxcast Extra: The Whiteness of Wealth

April 8th, 2021

41:51

Law Professor Dorothy Brown speaks with political economist Keval Bharadia and Taxcast host and producer Naomi Fowler about her book just released in …

How Economics Ruins Economies

March 25th, 2021

30:56

Much of the world is run on the basis of economic theories that have become accepted truths of our era. But they actually have very little evidence to back them up. This month, Naomi Fowler speaks to finance journalist …

Casino Capitalism and a just transition

February 25th, 2021

34:02

In this month's episode: we know the world’s broken. Apparently we need $9 trillion to fix it. We find out how we can pay for the pandemic and a just transition with Ben Tippet of the Transnational Institute. Plus: …

How we win

January 21st, 2021

32:46

This month Naomi Fowler speaks to activist and writer Ben Phillips about how past struggles for justice were won and how we can win them again. We discuss valuable lessons he learned from living and working around the …

Taxing Wall Street

December 17th, 2020

32:28

This month we take a look at the transformative power of financial transactions taxes. There’s a chance that New York, home to two of the world's …

How secrecy kills: Beirut explosion

November 19th, 2020

28:30

This month: we look at the terrible Beirut explosion and how the story of tracing those responsible tells us everything that's wrong with our world.

A reparational justice journey:

October 29th, 2020

34:38

This month we go on a reparational justice journey and speak to the Council for World Mission about their Legacies of Slavery project and economist and reparations specialist Priya Lukka. Plus: austerity's out, public …

'Competition' is killing us

September 24th, 2020

32:49

In this episode:

How a competition lawyer's eyes were opened to the dangers of letting companies get too big and form monopolies which act against …

The Taxcast Trailer: dip your toe in

September 9th, 2020

1:49

How do we stop ourselves sleepwalking into another Great Depression?

Join me Naomi Fowler and John Christensen for the Taxcast from the Tax Justice …

Taxcast Extra: How much wealth is stashed offshore?

July 27th, 2020

32:40

In this special extended interview we ask - how much wealth is stashed offshore? We speak to Tax Justice Network senior advisor Jim Henry on why his estimate for the Tax Justice Network of $21 to 32 trillion has been …

Racism and tax justice Part 2

July 23rd, 2020

31:09

This month we bring you part 2 on how tax justice can help address systemic racism in the US. Author Shawn Rochester, (The Black Tax: the cost of being Black in America) does some number crunching on the historic denial …

Racism and tax justice Part 1

June 25th, 2020

34:33

This month we look at the United States and how tax justice can help address systemic racism. Plus: did you know Britain's slave owners compensation loan was only settled by the government in 2015 on behalf of …

Tax collection, a labour of love

May 22nd, 2020

38:52

This month, we cover the story the mainstream media aren’t telling you – how governments around the world are undermining our tax collection …

Healthy economies

April 23rd, 2020

44:25

This month: from the ashes of this coronavirus crisis how can we build a better economic and socially just system that works for all of us? The pandemic also exposes the pile-up of unaddressed crises which we must also …

Climate crisis, transition and tax justice

March 19th, 2020

36:13

How many more signs do we need to tell us we must urgently reform our economies, keep essential services out of private hands and transition away from fossil fuels? As the world buckles up for a different crisis …

Financial Secrecy Index: who are the world's worst offenders?

February 20th, 2020

48:56

In this special extended Taxcast, Naomi Fowler takes you on a whistle-stop guided tour on an express train around the world, looking at the worst offenders selling secrecy services. What can nations can do to protect …

Another Great Depression or tax justice and transparency?

January 23rd, 2020

35:44

The Taxcast kicks off the new decade with:

  • the French strikes - tax justice and pensions vs financialisation
  • the EU countries who've missed the …

The financialisation of child and elderly care

December 19th, 2019

34:58

This month we ask - what's going on with our pre-school childcare and elderly care home services? We take a long hard look at the financialisation of …

Paradigm shifts on tax and 'the uncounted'

November 21st, 2019

38:44

This month we speak to Tax Justice Network CEO Alex Cobham on his new book The Uncounted on the politics of counting. Who's missing from the stats, …

Taxing wealth - how to triumph over injustice

October 25th, 2019

44:41

In this month's episode we speak to Gabriel Zucman about his new book with co-author Emmanuel Saez - Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay. Plus, as Extinction Rebellion has held a …

A New Vision for Europe amid the Brexit vortex

September 27th, 2019

34:31

In this month's episode we discuss a new vision for Europe amid, or in spite of the Brexit vortex: plus - Britain's about to become the neighbour from hell, post-Brexit: how can the EU defend citizens from the race to …

Ethical accounting, Brexit crisis and threats to public health services

August 28th, 2019

42:41

In this month's Taxcast: ethics and accountancy - yes they can go together! Plus: as Britain sinks into full crisis-mode over Brexit, we bring you …

Immigration as Reparations for global inequality

July 23rd, 2019

36:58

Immigration as reparations: we speak with multiple award winning Suketu Mehta about his new book: This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto on …

Speaking tax justice in five languages

July 15th, 2019

25:19

The Tax Justice Network now speaks tax justice in five languages on radio stations and podcast platforms across the world, each with their own unique content and style – English, Spanish, French, Arabic and now

The Corporate Tax Haven Index

June 26th, 2019

34:45

This month we look at the new Corporate Tax Haven Index released by the Tax Justice Network. What does it tell us about the global economy and the international tax system? And how can we fix it?

More information on the …

Transforming local economies: the Preston Model

May 23rd, 2019

45:59

In this special extended edition of the May 2019 Taxcast we go to Preston in the North of England to see the Preston Model in action and how they're transforming their local economy and democratising wealth.

Plus: dark …

Tax haven Jersey: inequality and dysfunction

April 25th, 2019

44:32

In this special extended edition of the April 2019 Taxcast, broadcast from the tax haven of Jersey:

- we explore Jersey's poor showing in the OECD's Better Life Index and ask why Jersey's spending so much money on …

Media Misreporting on Finance

March 21st, 2019

33:29

This month we discuss misleading reporting from the mainstream media on the financial crisis: it was overloaded with finance 'experts', fed …

#LuxLeaks: why no EU investigation?

February 22nd, 2019

33:21

In the February 2019 Taxcast: why hasn't the European Commission investigated any of the secret tax deals that were exposed by the LuxLeaks …

Fair green taxes

December 18th, 2018

33:20

In this month's podcast: time's running out to tackle climate crisis facing us all. We look at environmental taxes and making them fair. Plus we discuss the gilets jaunes in France, a movement that's been widely …

Whistleblowers

November 22nd, 2018

35:54

In this month's Taxcast: we look at how governments can better protect, encourage and even incentivise whistleblowers. Also: what do the latest Brexit developments tell us about dark money, the 'influence industry' and …

The Finance Curse

October 25th, 2018

34:26

In the October 2018 Taxcast: we speak to Nicholas Shaxson about his new book "The Finance Curse: How Global Finance Is Making Us All Poorer" released …

Moneyland

September 20th, 2018

35:41

In the September 2018 Taxcast: we talk about 'Moneyland' and the transnational elite that have broken free of democratic control with journalist …

Bermuda: poverty in paradise

August 10th, 2018

35:28

In the August 2018 Taxcast: We ask why many Bermudians are leaving their beautiful island & why inequality levels have become so extreme despite …

Firewall vs Big 4 accountants

July 24th, 2018

31:48

In the July 2918 Taxcast: a firewall to protect EU citizens from the Big Four accountancy firms and the tax avoidance lobby. Plus, we discuss UN …

How accountants broke capitalism

June 28th, 2018

31:49

We’ve had leak after leak, whistleblower after whistleblower. But no matter what the scandal is, when it comes to financial secrecy and tax dodging, the so-called big four accountancy firms are key players. We interview …

Why we can’t afford the rich

May 29th, 2018

34:27

In this month's Taxcast: We discuss why we can’t afford the rich and challenge ideas about wealth, entrepreneurialism and investment.

Also: ten years …

Women, girls, rights and tax

April 24th, 2018

33:31

In this month's Taxcast: Tax justice, women and UN human rights conventions: how we may be beginning to hold governments to account. Also: we discuss …

Laundering with language

March 22nd, 2018

34:55

In this month's Taxcast: They say history is written by the victors. So how can we rethink the way we use words about tax havens that reflect the …

Killing the American Dream

February 27th, 2018

33:09

In this month’s Taxcast: we look at the United States, Trump’s tax reforms and the killing of the American Dream. Plus: as we see yet another school …

The Financial Secrecy Index

January 30th, 2018

32:50

In the January 2018 Taxcast we explore the results of the Tax Justice Network's Financial Secrecy Index just out, that tell the real story of global …

Secrecy World: Mossack Fonseca

December 14th, 2017

36:26

We speak with Jake Bernstein about his new book 'Secrecy World' - we ask what makes offshore players like Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca tick, and what do the Panama Papers and now the Paradise Papers tell us about …

Paradise Papers

November 23rd, 2017

30:05

In the November 2017 Taxcast: we discuss the latest offshore scandal, the Paradise Papers with one of the journalists who got the scoop, Frederik Obermaier of Suddeutsche Zeitung. We interpret the enquiries to Jersey …

Passports and residency for sale

October 23rd, 2017

31:19

In this month’s Taxcast we look at the booming business of passports and residency for sale, and why it should worry us all. Also, even the IMF now …

The problem with GDP

September 21st, 2017

30:00

In the September 2017 Taxcast we look at our over-reliance on unhelpful economic measures, like Gross Domestic Product and how it constrains us. …

10 years after​ the crash

August 17th, 2017

31:49

In the August 2017 Taxcast: #10yearsafter the crash we ask - what will the next one look like? Can we avoid it? Also:

  • Panama Papers fallout - …

Land Value Tax

July 20th, 2017

30:24

In this month’s July 2017 Taxcast: we explore Land Value Tax and the billions in revenue we’re missing out on. Plus: Tax Haven USA signs up to …

Tax justice tested by voters

June 22nd, 2017

32:42

In the June 2017 Taxcast we ask - has the UK just had its first tax justice general election? Are we seeing a popular shift towards tax justice in …

Britain’s Second Empire

May 24th, 2017

32:26

In the May 2017 Taxcast: we talk to film director Michael Oswald about his new film The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire. Watch it here. Also, we discuss booming Sweden’s ‘reverse-Trumpism’: its economy grew almost …

The Panama Papers, 1 year on

April 20th, 2017

31:25

We look at the Panama Papers, one year on - we talk to the journalists who got the scoop. Plus: we discuss the raid on Credit Suisse, and new data exposing the profit shifting shennanigans of the EU's biggest banks.

The High Cost of our Finance Sectors

March 23rd, 2017

30:15

We look at the high price we’re paying for our finance sectors – we look at staggering statistics showing how the US finance sector is a net drag on their economy. Also, as the British government initiates Brexit …

Financial transaction taxes

February 23rd, 2017

33:01

In the February 2017 Taxcast: how financial transaction taxes can protect us from finance sectors dragging our economies down. Plus: the Swiss referendum - taxpayers have refused to pick up the tab for corporate tax …

Public contracts: tax dodger free zones

January 19th, 2017

31:08

In the January 2017 Taxcast we look at tax justice and public procurement - the efforts to hit tax dodging companies where it really hurts on a local level – trying to stop them bidding for public money for public …

Trusts and ownership avoidance

December 20th, 2016

31:51

In trusts we trust? We look at the new game in town: beneficial ownership avoidance, the booming industry in alternative escape vehicles from public registers and why we must shine the spotlight on all of them. Plus: we …

Tax Inspectors Without Borders

November 17th, 2016

29:51

We look at Tax Inspectors Without Borders – a practical project that’s changing lives and aiming to level the global playground of tax minimising …

The offshorisation of Iceland

October 20th, 2016

31:17

We look at the offshorisation of Iceland's economy, its collapse and recovery. Also, Brazil adds Ireland to its tax haven black list and Panama …

The laundromat and the conman

September 23rd, 2016

30:24

How a conman can devastate the lives of thousands of ordinary people, aided and abetted by the offshore industry - with banks, law firms and accountants all happy to look the other way and not ask questions. Plus, we …

Breaking up the Big 4 accountancy firms

August 19th, 2016

29:41

The Big Four accountancy firms: Are they in fact more like the Big One? And should they be broken up? Also: the Duke of Westminster's 9 billion tax …

'Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data?' Panama Papers

July 21st, 2016

30:09

'Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data? I'm happy to share.' We talk to the two journalists who got the Panama Papers scoop, Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier who've written a book about their experience. …

The missing trillions offshored #54

June 23rd, 2016

30:10

How different could the lives of those in poverty have been without secrecy jurisdictions? We give you the very latest estimates on the missing …

Corruption's not what you think #53

May 21st, 2016

30:08

What is corruption? Well, that's a political question, and the answer depends on who you ask. We discuss the anti-corruption summit in the City of …

Whistleblowers, prisoners of conscience #52

April 22nd, 2016

34:00

We discuss the biggest offshore leak in history, the #PanamaPapers: could it provide an opportunity for nations to expand their secrecy market share? …

Bank Whistleblowers United #51

March 23rd, 2016

31:22

Is the US president really serious about tackling corruption in the finance sector? Are the presidential candidates? Now they can prove it. Bank …

Tax haven USA undercover investigation #50

February 19th, 2016

32:39

Which country is the second easiest in the world after Kenya to set up an anonymous shell company? We shine the spotlight on Tax haven USA and the lawyers secretly filmed by Global Witness advising a fake corrupt …

What's Scotland got to do with the plunder of Moldova? #49

January 22nd, 2016

32:11

What's Scotland got to do with the plunder of Moldova? We take a look at the 'Wild West' of Scottish Limited Partnerships. Also, we discuss the …

Inside the world of the wealth managers #48

December 15th, 2015

30:54

We get some insights into the usually closed world of the wealth managers who serve the super-rich. Plus:on a par with Kissinger being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? We discuss how the British Banker's Association's got …

#LuxLeaks, more secrets 1 year later #47

November 21st, 2015

30:05

Why is the City of London losing so much business to New York, Hong Kong and Singapore? Our conclusions are quite different from those of a British Bankers Association report on the subject. Plus: the crazy UK-China …

The remittance cartel: 'taxing of the poor' #46

October 23rd, 2015

29:41

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 …

Derivatives and the next financial crisis #45

September 23rd, 2015

30:18

When's the next financial crisis? We look at offshore and the trillion dollar derivatives market. Plus: we discuss how Mexico's trying to force …

Sun, sea and tax: multinationals and tourism #44

August 20th, 2015

30:18

Sun, sea and tax: the Taxcast goes to Mexico and looks at how multinational tourism operates there. Plus: why Luxembourg is printing euros like …

Crisis in Greece #43

July 19th, 2015

37:04

In an extended Taxcast special we look at the crisis in Greece and ask whatever happened to European unity? Plus we discuss the European Parliament's …

Corruption in international football #42

June 20th, 2015

30:44

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 …

Making Parliamentarian's tax returns public: the Pakistan case #41

May 22nd, 2015

29:03

In the May 2015 Taxcast: Do our politicians believe in the societies they serve or not? The Taxcast looks at making the tax returns of our elected …

Women, unpaid work and tax justice #40

April 23rd, 2015

31:08

How just are our tax systems towards women? One Texan husband did the sums on what his stay-at-home wife's unpaid work was really worth in monetary terms. Plus: one of the USA's biggest corporations (and tax avoiders) …

Democracy for sale: tax haven-friendly donors #39

March 21st, 2015

30:14

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 …

What does a bank have to do to lose its licence?! #38

February 22nd, 2015

28:57

Just what does a bank have to do to lose its licence?! We look at the fall out from HSBCLeaks and ask how can we genuinely tackle criminality in global finance? Also: the latest research on crimes and fines in banking; …

The Offshore Game: football's own goal #37

January 23rd, 2015

29:46

How offshore is ruining the 'Beautiful Game' - the Taxcast scrutinises football's own goal. Also: how banks with criminal convictions are being …

'Mafia Capitale': corruption of democracy #36

December 16th, 2014

29:26

In the December 2014 Taxcast: how mafia is corrupting democracy at the heart of Europe in Italy's capital city of Rome. Also, the #LuxLeaks whistleblower is arrested and makes his first public statements on why he did …

Ukraine teaches the world about tackling corruption #35

November 24th, 2014

29:51

In the November 2014 Taxcast: 'You can lie and you can steal from us but this time we'll know who you are': Ukraine becomes the first country in the world to introduce a public registry of the real owners of companies. …

How much is corporate welfare costing us? #34

October 22nd, 2014

26:15

How much is corporate welfare costing us? Across the US they're going to start publishing the subsidies and tax breaks. We take a look at the latest …

'Unpatriotic corporate deserters' #33

September 23rd, 2014

29:41

In the September 2014 Taxcast: 'unpatriotic corporate deserters'? We ask why so many US companies are relocating. Also, the less reported side of the Scottish vote on independence, the OECD's latest 'action' plan on …

High denomination bills and money laundering #32

August 22nd, 2014

29:05

In the August 2014 Taxcast: when was the last time you used a £100 bill, a 500 euro note or a 1,000 Swiss Franc note? We look at how Western Central banks and Treasuries are facilitating crime through high denomination …

Don't be evil Google! Tax justice at the shareholder meeting #31

July 22nd, 2014

28:36

What really happened at the Google Shareholder meeting vote on a proposal for ethical tax principles? Plus: we discuss what the new tax …

Capital in the 21st Century #30

June 23rd, 2014

29:57

In the June 2014 Taxcast: the guillotine vs progressive taxation. the Taxcast looks at Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the 21st Century. Also: welcome to the temporary tax haven of World Cup Brazil; the EU Commission …

Privatisation and tax justice #29

May 23rd, 2014

27:51

In the May 2014 Taxcast: the Taxcast looks at privatisation and tax: what happens when public assets or services get into private hands? Also, …

US States are doin it for themselves: DIY tax justice #28

April 23rd, 2014

In the April 2014 Taxcast: Forget Congress! The Taxcast looks at the latest US state to take matters into its own hands and legislate against tax havens. Also: the scandal of how the Bank for International Settlements …

Londongrad and the offshore threat to global security #27

March 21st, 2014

24:27

In the March 2014 Taxcast: Russia, Ukraine, Londongrad and the offshore threat to global security. Also: modern day colonialism? Niger battles France …

The Bahamas is broke - tax the poor?! #26

February 19th, 2014

23:49

In the February 2014 Taxcast: Are European tax havens getting 'illegal state subsidies'? The European Union's Competition Commissioner thinks so. Are the world's tax havens really going to become more transparent? We …

Tax incentives, Africa-style #25

January 21st, 2014

23:06

In the January 2014 Taxcast: Tax justice goes to the Cayman Islands; we look at the latest fall-out from #OffshoreLeaks, the expose on tax havens from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists; and HOW …

Lawyers and tax justice: how long can business as usual continue? #24

December 20th, 2013

22:15

In the December 2013 Taxcast: the clock's ticking for Swiss banks, OECD countries are failing to collect enough information on the real owners of …

President Kennedy vs tax havenry + pariah States #23

November 21st, 2013

20:03

In the November 2013 Taxcast: the movers and the shakers in the 2013 Financial Secrecy Index, the pariah states trying to wreck new global transparency measures, and 50 years ago this month US President John F Kennedy …

The oil company with 60 sets of books #22

October 22nd, 2013

23:07

In the October 2013 Taxcast: Swiss villagers send some of profit shifting mining giant GlencoreXstrata's money to humanitarian projects, tax havens do some window dressing and HOW many sets of accounts does a …

what do Tina Turner and Muammar Gadaffi have in common? The Swiss shuffle #21

September 23rd, 2013

23:12

In the September 2013 Taxcast: The Netherlands is getting worried about it's bad reputation - and not because of it's red light district, China steps aboard the G20 automatic information exchange train and what do Tina …

The Carbon Tax in British Columbia #20

August 23rd, 2013

22:33

In the August 2013 Taxcast: we look at why development money is being invested in developing countries via tax havens and the under-reported elements of the tensions between Spain and Britain over the territory of …

Unilateral action vs corporate tax cheating, no more summits #19

July 22nd, 2013

24:39

In the July 2013 Taxcast: We analyse the OECD's Action Plan it says is going to tackle corporate tax cheating. And who needs the OECD, the G20 or the …

Nations read the small print of tax treaties and pull out #18

June 25th, 2013

23:27

'Coulds' and 'shoulds' but any real action? We analyse what the G8 summit did for tax justice and why some tax havens may get a competitive …

The Lord of War: how secrecy kills #17

May 23rd, 2013

22:23

In May's 2013 Taxcast: Google and Apple are forced to defend their tax affairs in public, how anti-EU sentiment serves offshore interests and the Taxcast looks at tax havens and the arms trade: how secrecy kills. The …

Fake foreign direct investment in India #16

April 23rd, 2013

20:30

In April 2013's Taxcast: offshore leaks blows the lid off secrecy for sale, the G20 endorse greater transparency (but let's not get too excited) Luxembourge agrees to lift its banking secrecy, Austria next? And the …

A frustrated corporate tax inspector speaks #15

March 24th, 2013

19:49

In March 2013's Taxcast: the crisis in Cyprus and the risk tax havens pose to the global economy, a surprise earthquake for UK-affiliated tax havens and a frustrated corporate tax inspector speaks out on the corrupting …

The trouble with the OECD #14

February 21st, 2013

18:41

In February 2013's Taxcast: Transparency for French banks, taxing the digital economy aka how to worry Google and Amazon, G8 leaders talk up reform of the global tax system - but will they walk the talk? And...is it a …

Google Capitalism #13

January 23rd, 2013

19:50

In January 2013's Taxcast: a significant ruling against Dell in Spain, India delays rules that would have tackled corporate tax abuse until 2016, the …

Google's not doing real business in Bermuda...#12

December 20th, 2012

15:03

In the December 2012 Taxcast: Are banks too big to prosecute? Thanks but no thanks to Starbucks cynical offer to pay some corporation tax after all and we discuss a new system rating corporate tax responsibility for …

The Finance Curse #11

November 22nd, 2012

16:42

In the November 2012 Taxcast: is it the beginning of the end of tax avoidance by multi-national corporations? Some countries fight back. And the …

Following the money: dictators and the selling of secrecy #10

October 22nd, 2012

15:17

In the October 2012 Taxcast: Helsinki declares itself a tax haven-free zone, Starbucks joins the tax avoidance Roll of Dishonour and we follow the …

The 'pin-stripe mafia' aka the 'big 4' accountancy firms #9

September 22nd, 2012

15:02

In the September 2012 Taxcast: A whistleblower reward threatens Swiss banking secrecy - where will the money go next? Bangladesh considers expanding …

The Spirit Level: inequality #8

August 23rd, 2012

16:07

In the August 2012 Taxcast: capital flight in Africa AND now in Europe, Olympian Usain Bolt fails to champion his tax affairs, and the Spirit Level …

The temporary tax haven of the Olympics #7

July 22nd, 2012

15:03

In the July 2012 Taxcast: Why there are no prosecutions at HSBC bank, a tax justice victory in Norway, new research reveals the amount of offshore …

Trade mispricing - the tricks of the trade #6

June 24th, 2012

15:06

In the June 2012 Taxcast: celebrity tax avoidance, Greece's missing billions, what should have been on the G20 agenda and trade mispricing - the …

Europe considers Financial Transaction Taxes #5

May 23rd, 2012

15:04

In the May 2012 Taxcast: Tax haven insiders speak out, the co-founder of Facebook unfriends the US, and Europe considers a Financial Transaction Tax.

Zambian miners paying more tax than the mining company #4

April 23rd, 2012

15:04

In the April 2012 Taxcast: Amazon's tax affairs, the global tax cut race to the  bottom, India tackles tax havens and the miners in Zambia who pay …

The ABCs of setting up letterbox companies. It's child's play! #3

March 22nd, 2012

14:34

In the March 2012 Taxcast: Apple i-tax dodging, reclaiming Arab Spring country assets, the rich country club of the OECD and the ABCs of setting up letterbox companies. It's child's play!

The City of London tax haven: state within a state #2

February 23rd, 2012

14:52

In the February 2012 Taxcast: Are City of London Police really serious about prosecuting financial crimes? Are bankers paying fair taxes on their …

The Occupy camp and the 99% #1

January 30th, 2012

15:00

In our inaugural Tax Justice Network monthly podcast we discuss the implications of the Vodafone vs India landmark tax case, compare Bill Gates and Mitt Romney's attitudes to taxation and visit the Occupy camp outside …

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