Below is an opinion piece by GUE/NGL MEP Matt Carthy published by the EU Observer, commenting on the new report on the Big Four by Corporate Europe Observatory, "Accounting for influence: How the Big Four are embedded in EU policy-making on tax avoidance", published on...
A report commissioned by the Left group in the European Parliament has found systematic tax evasion and abuse of legal loopholes by tech giant Apple between 2015 and 2017. It examines the corporate tax rate paid by Apple globally and in the European Union after it...
Digitalization changes everything. Disruptive technologies, such as blockchain do not only change the way financial transactions are made between individuals, but also affect taxation and especially money laundering. Trying to adapt legislation to the new challenges, on Thursday June 7th the TAX3 committee held a...
GUE/NGL MEPs have slammed the refusal by representatives of Apple to appear before a hearing of the European Parliament's TAX3 committee (special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance) scheduled for June 21. Irish MEP Matt Carthy said: "Today the TAX3 committee has received...
The murdered Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and LuxLeaks whistleblower Raphaël Halet have been named the first recipients of the inaugural GUE/NGL award for ‘Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information’. Named in honour of the late Maltese journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, the two have...