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26 Apr 22
Tax campaigners have urged world leaders to create a global asset registry to help deal with tax havens that they say deprive governments, particularly in the developing world, of billions in much-...
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18 Feb 22
Singapore’s finance minister has increased taxes targeted at corporations and the rich, in order to fund higher spending in the wake of Covid-19 and in the face of the city-state’s ageing population.
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12 Jan 22
Chile’s lower legislative house has passed the introduction of a tax on the country’s super rich to fund a new state pension, paving the way for a standoff with the president who rejects the idea.
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8 Jul 21
Covid-19 has created a “profound debt crisis that will turbo-charge global inequality”, with governments in poorer countries unable to support their vulnerable citizens, a Public Finance Live 2021...
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4 May 21
A tax on Argentina’s richest citizens collected 223bn pesos (£1.7bn) for the struggling government to spend on its ongoing response to the pandemic.
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9 Apr 21
Governments should consider implementing a one-off wealth tax to help pay for the cost of Covid-19 support packages, according the International Monetary Fund.
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8 Mar 21
Two experts take opposing stances on the merits of a targeted tax on the rich, following a UK Commission finding a one-off wealth tax would help the country recover from the pandemic.
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4 Mar 21
A group of progressive Democrats in the US senate has introduced a bill for a 3% annual tax on wealth exceeding $1bn, and 2% on that above $50m.