Rasmus Corlin Christensen & Martin Hearson (2019). The new politics of global tax governance: taking stock a decade after the financial crisis, Review of International Political Economy, 26:5, 1068-1088 As the new academic year gets underway, it’s time for me to promote a review piece that Rasmus Christensen and I published over the summer. We… Continue reading The new politics of global tax governance: taking stock a decade after the financial crisis
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China’s challenge to international tax rules and the implications for global economic governance
Hearson, M & W Prichard, 2018. China’s challenge to international tax rules and the implications for global economic governance, International Affairs 94(6): 1287–1307. In scholarship on international economic governance – areas such as trade, the monetary system and development assistance – a lot of attention is now devoted to the rise of China. This literature… Continue reading China’s challenge to international tax rules and the implications for global economic governance
Time we scrutinised China’s tax treaty practice, too
On Monday the UK parliament took a total of 17 minutes to scrutinise new tax treaties with Zambia, Iceland, Germany, Japan and Belgium. I’ve complained before about how paltry these debates tend to be, and was all set for another blog along those lines. There was, indeed, much to grumble about. No questions from the… Continue reading Time we scrutinised China’s tax treaty practice, too
Thoughts on Deloitte and the China-Mauritius-Mozambique route
Sunday’s Observer carried a story, prompted by ActionAid, based on a presentation given by Deloitte to a group of Chinese investors. The presentation explained how to avoid withholding tax and capital gains tax in Mozambique by routing the investment through Mauritius. It’s great to see this kind of common or garden tax arbitrage highlighted and… Continue reading Thoughts on Deloitte and the China-Mauritius-Mozambique route
UN transfer pricing manual: what Brazil, India and China do differently
‘Country Practices’. The title of Chapter 10 of the new United Nations Practical Manual on Transfer Pricing [pdf] doesn’t exactly set the pulse racing. But as I noted in my blog on the manual as a whole, this document is politically very significant. It’s probably the only detailed description of Brazil, China, India and South… Continue reading UN transfer pricing manual: what Brazil, India and China do differently
What did we learn from yesterday’s BEPS ‘tweetchat’?
140 character exchanges are unlikely to be the most revealing and nuanced on a topic as complex as the OECD’s ‘base erosion and profit shifting‘ project. But it was interesting that the OECD decided to reach out in this way, and also that questions did not just come from the usual suspects – the Institute… Continue reading What did we learn from yesterday’s BEPS ‘tweetchat’?
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