Op-Ed: A UN Tax Convention to Curb Tax Evasion & Finance Sustainable Development
Without global tax rules that close loopholes and eliminate corporate tax avoidance and abuses by high-net-worth individuals, countries in the Global South will continue to have limited capacities to mobilise the domestic resources needed to meet basic human and economic development.
Op-Ed: Without Tax Justice, There is No Social Justice
Fiscal justice is always, and everywhere, social justice.
Op-Ed: Effective International Tax Cooperation Is Needed to Alleviate Crises
The current international tax system is broken and must be completely overhauled. There is a solution: a UN Tax Convention.
Press Release: 200+ Civil Society Organisations and Trade Unions Submit Joint Comments on the Zero Draft Terms of Reference for the UN Tax Convention
The Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) submitted joint comments to the UN Ad Hoc Committee on the zero draft Terms of Reference (ToR) for a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UN Tax Convention). The comments were submitted through the Civil Society Finance for Development (CS FfD) Mechanism Tax Justice Workstream which is facilitated by GATJ and Eurodad, a member of GATJ. The joint submission, signed by over 200 civil society organisations and trade unions, highlights the role of international tax cooperation in providing public resources, particularly to fulfil the international commitments related to development, human rights, and environmental protection.
Communiqué: UN Tax Convention Now! Rewrite the Global Tax Rules to Work for People and the Planet
We, the people of Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, and Sri Lanka) convened as members of grassroots peoples’ movements, experts from academia and public sector institutions, alongside fellow Global South allies, gathered in Manila, the Philippines, from the 20th to the 22nd of June 2024 for a Multi-Stakeholders’ Forum and Asia Strategy Workshop under the theme of “UN Tax Convention Now! Rewrite the Global Tax Rules to Work for People and the Planet.” The conference was jointly organised by the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) and Tax and Fiscal Justice-Asia (TAFJA), in collaboration with the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) and Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN).
200+ CSOs and Trade Unions Submit Comments on the UN Tax Convention Zero Draft Terms of Reference
Over 200 organisations and trade unions submitted a joint submission to the Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Terms of Reference (ToR) for a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (FCITC). The submission was made by the Civil Society Finance for Development (CS FfD)’s Tax Justice Workstream which is facilitated by the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) and supported by GATJ’s member, the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad).
Joint Press Release: Rewrite the Global Tax Rules to Work for People and the Planet!
Press Release: Rewrite the Global Tax Rules
We Are Hiring: Africa Campaigns Coordinator and Tax & Gender Lead
GATJ is hiring an Africa Campaigns Coordinator and Tax & Gender Lead
We Are Hiring: Senior Finance and HR Officer
GATJ is hiring a Senior Finance and HR Officer.
GATJ abre la convocatoria de inscripción de actividades para la campaña de 2024 sobre justicia fiscal para los derechos de la mujeres
Read this article in English En preparación de la 8ª edición de los Días de Acción Global sobre Justicia Fiscal por los Derechos de las Mujeres, que tendrán lugar del 18 al 22 de marzo de 2024 bajo el lema “Impuestos justos para cuidados transformadores de género”, la Alianza Global por la Justicia Fiscal […]
