A human rights based approach to corporation tax (and its avoidance)
As the Dáil begins a full day debate on corporate tax avoidance and the specific case of unlawful State aid to Apple, it is worth recalling that Irish and international human […]
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New article on corporate tax avoidance & business and human rights
Corporate tax avoidance has received considerable media, civil society, governmental and scholarly attention in recent years, but it has not yet been fully engaged with within the business and human rights […]
Irish Parliament debates corporate tax avoidance, inequality and human rights
Ireland has often found itself at the centre of global attention regarding tax avoidance by multinational corporations. A low corporation tax rate of 12.5%, coupled with high-profile exploitation of tax rules […]
Corporation tax & the UN Business and Human Rights agenda
Last week I participated in Christian Aid Ireland’s conference ‘The Human Rights Impact of Tax and Fiscal Policy’ in Dublin. It was an excellent event, with the keynote speech by the UN Special […]
Is corporation tax a human rights issue?
Hardly a week goes by without the subject of Ireland’s corporation tax being in the news. At the beginning of March this year, it was reported that Apple enjoyed an even […]
Ireland and the NSA surveillance scandal
As readers may be aware, several of the world’s major information technology companies have their European headquarters in Ireland. Many of these companies, such as Google, Facebook and Apple have […]
Taxing times for human rights, but not for multinational corporations
Ireland is one of many countries that is being put through the mill of so-called austerity measures. Cuts all across public services, including in health and education, as well increased […]
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