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Five Questions About Property Taxation in Africa: Insights from the ICTD Roundtable
It is widely recognised that property taxation is the most viable, efficient, and progressive means of raising local government revenue,
Will Google dispute spark global tax war, despite OECD tax agreement?
On Wednesday, 31 countries formally agreed to support and implement one of the main recommendations put forward by the OECD
Is responsible tax behaviour the next frontier of CSR?
In the past decades, the evolution of international norms has led fair labour practices and environmental sustainability to become core
G20 leaders adopt BEPS package for International tax reform
There’s surprising news from Antalya, where the G20 leaders met last weekend. The meeting was obviously dominated by immediate crises
OECD plan means governments no longer taxing in the dark
Two years on from a project triggered by scrutiny of the “successful” tax avoidance structures of multinationals such as Apple,
Taxpayers’ perceptions on local government taxation in Sierra Leone
The Centre for Economic Research and Capacity Building (CERCB), just concluded a week-long regional dialogue workshops, where findings on recent
Wanted Worldwide: Sensible Property Taxes, and a Property Tax Champion
What are property taxes? Broadly, they are taxes on the ownership, occupation or legal transfer of land and buildings. They
The 2015 edition of the ICTD Government Revenue Dataset (GRD)
Highlights of the Updated GRD – Contains new government revenue data until 2012 and in many cases, 2013. – Better
More than naming and shaming needed to stop corporate tax avoidance
The report of the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into corporate tax avoidance comes with the subtitle – “You cannot
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