The merry women and men at the Robin Hood Tax coalition worked with ‘Skippy’ our campaign mascot to write our submission to the Government’s upcoming Tax Forum.
“The Robin Hood Tax Australia Coalition is pleased to present this submission in response to the Australian Government Tax Forum Discussion Paper released on 28 July 2011. Our network… More >>
In the lead-up to the national Tax Forum on 4-5 October, the invited participants of this event have been able to submit statements of what they believe are the reform priorities for the Australian tax system.
Frank Stilwell, Professor of Economics at the University of Sydney with over thirty years of teaching experience and well known… More >>
That’s right – this is your chance to hit the front pages alone with Bill Nighy, Sir Ben Kingsley, Emma Thompson and many many more. And it is so easy. All you need is a couple of minutes and a little bit of creative spirit!
The G20 leaders meeting is in early November. Now, more than… More >>
This blog is copied from Owen Tudor’s post on the Touchstone the Trade Union Congress blog.
We’re definitely into the final furlong for political agreement on a Robin Hood Tax, although of course implementation will take time. On Friday, the French and German Finance Ministers sent EU Commissioners a three page letter with a four page… More >>
Re-posted from Owen Tudor blog (Head of the UK’s Trade Union Congress’s European Union and International Relations Department)…..
As part of their agreement yesterday – which in general still falls well short of a solution to the Eurozone’s problems, as the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) pointed out – French President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel… More >>
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) fiscal affairs department yesterday posted a new working paper on “Taxing Financial Transactions: An Assessment of Administrative Feasibility”, which examines the practical issues countries should deal with in the introduction and application of a financial transactions tax (FTT).
The report states that “in principle, an FTT is… More >>
The Robin Hood Tax Coalition has just sent a copy of our open letter to Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard to all Australian federal Members of Parliament and Senators.
We wrote:
“As nations seek to provide for citizens and avoid another devastating financial crisis, we need action now to raise funds for real social needs… More >>
The European Parliament poll called the ‘Eurobarometer‘ shows that Europeans are strongly in favour of a tax on financial transactions initially at the European Union level if global agreement is not possible.
“This Eurobarometer survey on “Europeans and the crisis” is the third such survey realised by the European Parliament. The first one was carried out… More >>
Some call it the Robin Hood Tax, others call it the Financial Transaction Tax, others call it a really good idea.
This tiny tax could take $US400,000,000,000 globally out of the pockets of the those who got rich by crashing the economy and use that money to stop domestic service cuts and help the people… More >>
The past months have seen many countries formally endorse and promote financial transaction taxes. And most importantly José Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, has announced that they will introduce legislation to the European Union for the implement financial transaction taxes. The legislation is expected after the European summer after the Commission tables… More >>
