Tax Justice - Fighting Corporate Tax Dumping & Taxing Wealth. 21 April
Part 2
From Tax Fraud to Tax Justice:
Corporate Tax Dumping and Taxing Wealth
PROGRAMME
Tuesday, 21st April 2015, 9.00-9.15
Room ASP 1G2
Opening Remarks
Interpretation available in EN, FR, DE, IT, NL, DA, ES, PT, FI, SV, CS
MEP Dimitris PAPADIMOULIS, Vice-President of the European Parliament
Tuesday, 21st April 2015, 9.15-10.30
Room ASP 1G2
Session 1: Problems of Tax Evasion in Europe: Extent, Consequences and Political Responsibility
Interpretation available in EN, FR, DE, IT, NL, DA, ES, PT, FI, SV, CS
Nick MATHIASON, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, London
Rudolf ELMER, Whistle-blower Swiss Julius Bär Bank, Cayman Islands Work on the EP Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Tax Avoidance (TAXE)
MEP Fabio DE MASI, GUE/NGL
Tuesday, 21st April 2015, 10.30-12.30
Room ASP 1G2
Session 2: How to Break the Tax Evasion Cartel
Moderator: MEP Rina Ronja KARI, GUE/NGL
Interpretation available in EN, FR, DE, IT, NL, DA, ES, PT, FI, SV, CS
Automatic Information Exchange
Koen ROOVERS, Financial Transparency Coalition Trust, Free ports and Tax Havens
Prem SIKKA, Professor of Accounting, University of Essex, UK The EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive
Valentina BARBAGALLO, Policy & Advocacy Office, ONE Campaign
Questions and discussion with moderators & discussants
Tuesday, 21st April 2015, 12.30-14.00
Lunch Break – Sandwich lunch in front of ASP 1G2
Tuesday, 21st April 2015, 14.00-15.45
Room PHS 7C50
Session 3: Wealth Taxation: Economic and Geographical Concepts and Successful case studies
Moderators:
MEP Josu JUARISTI, GUE/NGL
MEP Matt CARTHY, GUE/NGL
Interpretation available in EN, FR, DE, ES
Questions and discussion with moderators & discussants
A progressive Wealth Tax in Ireland
Tom MCDONNELL, Think Tank for Action on Social Change (TASC)
The political value of the taxation of wealth: Features of Wealth and Great Fortunes Tax
Helena FRANCO, Regional (Foral) Deputy for Treasury and Finances
General Criteria for Effective Taxation of Wealth in Europe
Txema MENDIBIL, President of the Regional (Foral) Economic-Administrative Court
Questions and discussion with moderators & discussants
Tuesday, 21st April 2015, 15.45-17.15
Room PHS 7C50
Session 4: GUE/NGL Agenda for a Fair and Progressive Taxation
Moderator: MEP Marisa MATIAS, GUE/NGL
Interpretation available in EN, FR, DE, ES
António Carlos DOS SANTOS, Professor at UAL, Visitant Professor at IDEFF, Law
Faculty of Lisbon and former Coordinator of the Economy and Finance Centre at REPER and former Director of the GAJE office of the VAT services, Portugal
Eugénia PIRES, PhD Student in Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London
Questions and discussion and closing remarks
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