Wanted for Dodging Tax Justice

‘... nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes...’ Sooo last century… if you are rich and powerful that is!

Ok, they’ve yet to work out a way to dodge death, but taxes appear to be a snitch. All you need is a team of crack-pot accountants and you too shall no longer be one of those ‘little people’ who contribute to society.

We’re not talking about the odd tenner, hundred or even thousand. The scale of the scandal is mind-boggling. Conservative estimates suggest that the world‘s wealthiest individuals have parked $11,500 billion offshore – dodging over $250 billion dollars each year in tax. To put it into perspective, this far exceeds what the UN has asked for its millennium project to tackle global poverty.

It’s about time we ‘little people’ demanded tax justice!

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New Internationalist (NI) workers' co-operative exists to report on issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide; to debate and campaign for the radical changes necessary to meet the basic needs of all; and to bring to life the people, the ideas and the action in the fight for global justice.