G20 Summits in Russia & OECD report on tax avoidance
Russia hosted the G20 summits in Moscow between 19-20 July and in St. Petersburg on 5 Sept. The issue of corporate tax avoidance was high on the agenda in both summits.
On the occasion of the July G20 summit, the OECD released the "Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting" (BEPS), a report commissioned by the G20 group of nations. The report sets out 15 actions the international community needs to take to modernise the tax system and crack down on corporate tax avoidance. Below is a selection of media coverage concerning the G20 summits and the OECD report.
September G20 Summit (St. Petersburg)
Tax Avoidance Crackdown Agreed By G20 Leaders
Sky News, 6 Sept 2013
G-20 Summit: Consensus On Tax Evasion Measure
International Business Times, 6 Sept. 2013
G20 summit participants agree to tighten global tax rules
UPI.com, 6 Sep 2013
George Osborne hails G20 agreement on preventing tax avoidance
Telegraph (UK), 6 Sept. 2013
G20: How global tax reform could transform Africa's fortunes
Kofi Annan, for Guardian (UK), 5 Sept 2013
G20 Russia Summit to Focus on Tax Avoidance and Fed Stimulus Cut,
International Business Times, 5 Sept 2013
Unemployment and inequality challenge global growth, warn unions on eve of G20 Summit
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), 4 Sept 2013
Oxfam urges G20 to curb tax avoidance that harms Africa
BBC News, 3 Sept 2013
July G20 Summit (Moscow)
G20 finance ministers: frenetic activity, little progress
European Network on Debt and Development, 30 Jul 2013
OECD BEPS report confirms the international tax system is failing rich and poor nations
African Business News, 29 Jul 2013
Tax Avoidance: G20 and OECD 'Duck Big Issue'
International Business Times, 22 Jul 2013
Amazon told: time is up for tax avoidance
Guardian (UK), 19 Jul 2013
G20 backs plan to stop global tax avoidance and evasion
BBC News, 20 Jul 2013
Crackdown on big business tax avoidance planned
Guardian (UK), 19 Jul 2013
OECD report
U.K., Germany, France Urge G-20 Action on Tax Avoidance
Bloomberg (USA), 16 Feb 2013
OECD calls for crackdown on tax avoidance by multinationals
Guardian (UK), 12 Feb 2013
For further information on tax avoidance please see our special page: "Tax avoidance: An introduction", which makes the connection between tax avoidance and infringement of human rights.
For media coverage concerning tax avoidance and the G8 meeting see our special page "June 2013 G8 summit tax avoidance coverage".
For a coverage of major allegations of tax avoidance against companies, government-announced regulatory steps and commentaries in the UK see our special page "UK corporate tax avoidance - 2012-2013".
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G20: How global tax reform could transform Africa's fortunes
Author: Kofi Annan, for Guardian (UK)
When G20 leaders discuss global tax reform at their summit in St Petersburg...[I] urge them to take the sub-Saharan perspective into account...With a young and rapidly growing population, Africa represents not just the world's largest untapped source...
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G20 backs plan to stop global tax avoidance and evasion
Author: BBC News
Finance ministers from the G20 group of leading nations have formally backed plans to tackle international tax avoidance and evasion. A statement...supports the automatic exchange of tax information between countries. It also backs plans by the...
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Crackdown on big business tax avoidance planned
Author: Patrick Wintour, Guardian (UK)
Governments risk "global tax chaos" as they chase dwindling revenues from multinational companies unless the international tax regime is radically overhauled, according to a report commissioned by the G20 group of nations...The...report...says "a bold...
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U.K., Germany, France Urge G-20 Action on Tax Avoidance
Author: Gonzalo Vina & Rainer Buergin, Bloomberg [USA]
Britain, Germany and France called on other Group of 20 nations to curb tax avoidance by international corporations that shift profits to territories where they can pay the lowest amounts...Following the OECD’s analysis, Britain will now lead an...
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OECD calls for crackdown on tax avoidance by multinationals
Author: Phillip Inman, Guardian [UK]
Governments need to modernise their tax systems to catch international companies that dodge paying corporation tax, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has warned. The ease with which companies shift profits around the world to...
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