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24 Oct 23
A minimum international tax charged on the world’s wealthiest people would raise $214bn a year, the EU Tax Observatory has said.
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20 Jun 23
Taxes on the world’s richest people and debt cancellation could help to fund climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in poorer countries and reverse growing inequalities, experts have said.
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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.
24 Oct 23A minimum international tax charged on the world’s wealthiest people would raise $214bn a year, the EU Tax Observatory has said.
26 Apr 22Tax 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-...
18 Feb 22Singapore’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.
12 Jan 22Chile’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.
8 Jul 21Covid-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...
4 May 21A tax on Argentina’s richest citizens collected 223bn pesos (£1.7bn) for the struggling government to spend on its ongoing response to the pandemic.
9 Apr 21Governments should consider implementing a one-off wealth tax to help pay for the cost of Covid-19 support packages, according the International Monetary Fund.
8 Mar 21Two 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.
4 Mar 21A 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.
