The Taxcast
Tax Justice Network
The Taxcast is a monthly podcast/radio show from the Tax Justice Network with the latest from the world of tax havens, financial secrecy and tax abuse. We explore these most challenging ethical and economic issues of our times with transformational economic analysis you won't hear anywhere else.
Available on most podcast apps: https://pod.link/620020246
Website: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/production/taxcast/
Subscribe by email: naomi [at] taxjustice.net
Available on most podcast apps: https://pod.link/620020246
Website: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/production/taxcast/
Subscribe by email: naomi [at] taxjustice.net
Episodes
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Nov 22, 2012 • 17min
The Finance Curse #11
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 Finance Curse - why an oversized finance sector's bad for an economy. A special extended edition.
Oct 22, 2012 • 15min
Following the money: dictators and the selling of secrecy #10
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 money: asset recovery, dictators and the selling of secrecy.
Sep 22, 2012 • 15min
The 'pin-stripe mafia' aka the 'big 4' accountancy firms #9
In the September 2012 Taxcast: A whistleblower reward threatens Swiss banking secrecy - where will the money go next? Bangladesh considers expanding a regressive VAT tax and Professor Prem Sikka on the neglected role of the Big Four accountancy firms aka the 'pin-stripe mafia.'
Aug 23, 2012 • 16min
The Spirit Level: inequality #8
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 writers Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson on tax and inequality. There's even an extra minute this month!
Jul 22, 2012 • 15min
The temporary tax haven of the Olympics #7
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 wealth is higher than anybody thought. And we look at the temporary tax haven of the London Olympics.
Jun 24, 2012 • 15min
Trade mispricing - the tricks of the trade #6
In the June 2012 Taxcast: celebrity tax avoidance, Greece's missing billions, what should have been on the G20 agenda and trade mispricing - the tricks of the trade.
May 23, 2012 • 15min
Europe considers Financial Transaction Taxes #5
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.
Apr 23, 2012 • 15min
Zambian miners paying more tax than the mining company #4
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 more tax than the multi-national mining company.
Mar 22, 2012 • 15min
The ABCs of setting up letterbox companies. It's child's play! #3
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!
Feb 23, 2012 • 15min
The City of London tax haven: state within a state #2
In the February 2012 Taxcast: Are City of London Police really serious about prosecuting financial crimes? Are bankers paying fair taxes on their bonuses? And how Facebook is saving billions in tax via Ireland and Bermuda. Special focus this month: the tax haven of the City of London, semi-autonmous state within a state.
