Interesting news from Uganda, where the government announced in its latest budget that it has finished formulating its new tax treaty policy, and will be renegotiating treaties that don’t comply. Seatini and ActionAid Uganda will no doubt chalk this up as a success! The news report linked to above also states that the the government… Continue reading Visualising Uganda’s (and others’) tax treaties
Category: Academic research on tax
New data and working paper: measuring tax treaty negotiation outcomes
Today the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) and ActionAid are launching a new dataset that I’ve developed over the last year. It’s the product of over a year’s work, mostly by an intrepid team of research assistants in the LSE law department, to code the content of over 500 tax treaties signed by… Continue reading New data and working paper: measuring tax treaty negotiation outcomes
Tax treaties in sub-Saharan Africa: a critical review
The report I authored for Tax Justice Network-Africa is now available. It’s based on field research done a year ago and has been a little while getting into print. Here’s a link to read it online at academia.edu Here’s a link to download the PDF And here’s the introduction: There is growing attention on the… Continue reading Tax treaties in sub-Saharan Africa: a critical review
British tax treaties with developing countries, 1970-1981
It’s been quiet on here because of a field trip in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, of which more anon. In the meantime, I’ve been given the opportunity to present a paper based on a chapter of my thesis several times this autumn. It’s a historical study of the politics of Britain’s tax treaty negotiations. I… Continue reading British tax treaties with developing countries, 1970-1981
Dobbeltbeskatningsoverenskomster!
At the risk of turning this into a travel blog, here I am in Denmark’s parliament building, the Borgen, a treat for aficionados of the TV programme. I spoke yesterday at a hearing organised by the parliament’s fiscal affairs committee on Denmark’s tax treaties with developing countries. The hearing was provoked by ActionAid Denmark’s questioning… Continue reading Dobbeltbeskatningsoverenskomster!
The social construction of multinational firms’ tax behaviour
This week I am trying to help the undergraduate students that I teach to understand a range of scholarship that uses social constructivism to study the political economy. When you go back to first principles to teach something you often see some of your own work in a new light, and that is what I… Continue reading The social construction of multinational firms’ tax behaviour
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