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Public Finance

Germany collects more taxes than ever before

Taxes collected by the German state reached a record high in 2014, and the trend is set to continue, the finance ministry predicts. Last year’s total tax revenue was €593bn […]

Progress in Tax Transparency – Mexico More Compliant Than Austria

More countries than ever are making progress in exchanging information on tax matters for increased transparency. However, the programme to push this forward is resulting in some unexpected outcomes. The […]

How Tax Information Exchange Treaties Are Working

With the hunt for offshore money laundering picking up pace, how are the laws being implemented? The core element is the OECD’s Tax Information Exchange Treaties, which in 2013 built […]

Sovereign borrowing set to fall – OECD report

Although the economic outlook remains challenging, a new report from the OECD estimates that global gross borrowing requirements will fall in 2014. The Sovereign Borrowing Outlook 2014 estimates a global […]

Christian Aid calls for “severe tax policy reforms” in sub-Saharan Africa

Inequality in some of Africa’s largest countries is set to worsen unless their governments introduce significant tax reforms. That is the conclusion of a new report by Christian Aid and […]