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🗣️🌏 The "UN Tax Convention Now! Rewriting the Global Tax Rules to Work for People and the Planet" conference has officially begun!

🇵🇭 Asian CSOs have come together in Quezon City for a multi-stakeholder forum and Asia strategy workshop co-hosted by GATJ + Tax and Fiscal Justice Asia

⚖️ is an urgent step to achieving social and environmental justice. As negotiations continue, we need a strong Terms of Reference (ToR) for a comprehensive which rewrites the global tax rules to work for us, and our planet.

➡️ Follow along over the next 3 days as we share updates from the conference.

"The zero draft ToR for the UN Tax Convention is a key step forward to making international tax cooperation effective and inclusive. The draft contains the principal elements that GATJ and the wider tax justice movement have been calling for.

We must now keep the ambition high.

At the next session in July, we will defend the major principles included, sharpen the weaker points, and get overlooked aspects added.”

- Dereje Alemayehu
Executive Coordinator, GATJ

Happening in 2 hours

Join us for a online forum "From Exclusion to Economic Justice: Rewrite the Rules, Make Taxes Work for Women"

During International Women’s Month, Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development and Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee jointly organizing a webinar on 7th March 2024. Let's come together to inspire inclusion, end social exclusion, and fight for tax and gender justice!

, Not the Poor!

The World Social Forum 2024 (WSF2024) was held in Kathmandu, Nepal on 15-19 February 2024. Taking advantage of this important meeting, Executive Director of The PRAKARSA .maftuchan will be one of the speakers at the event entitled “Wealth Tax for an Equitable Society”, which was attended by LDC Watch and SAAPE, in collaboration with APMDD, Rural Reconstruction Nepal, and TAFJA Nepal.

🗓️ Sunday 18 February 2024
🕙 11.30 - 13.00
📍 Nepal Law Campus, Block D Floor 1 Room 101

💸 Every year, countries lose $480 bn to global . The urgency for a has never been clearer. It's time to take action and ensure a fair global taxation system for all nations!

🌍 1/3 of the world's nations are left out when are shaped. It's high time for United Nations to lead the way, ensuring equal participation for all countries.

▶️ Learn more in this video and join the movement call for a : https://youtu.be/umzIPExzabg?feature=shared

With CSO Financing for Development Mechanism, Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe, Tax Justice Network Africa, Tax and Fiscal Justice Asia, Canadians for Tax Fairness, FACT Coalition

Make Multinationals Pay Their Share, Rewrite Global Tax Rules - Global Tax Justice Organised with TAFJA, C4TF & APMDD, the event is part of the commemoration activities of the 10th anniversary of GATJ

Join us on 19 October 2023, for a workshop on "FIGHTING FOR TAX JUSTICE IN THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY" jointly organized by the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), Tax Fiscal Justice-Asia (TAFJA), and The Prakarsa, Indonesia, and is part of the 2023 TSF on Mining and Extractivism in Semarang, Indonesia. Speakers include: Sreedhar Ramamurthi (Environics, India), Herni Ramdlaningrum (The Prakarsa, Indonesia), Jeannie Manipon (APMDD), Maxine Bezuidenhout (AIDC), and Rara Ada (SANLAKAS).

Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88390143574?pwd=aTFydjN1ZW10ZGwrMnNsTGtNK3l3Zz09
Meeting ID: 883 9014 3574
Passcode: tsf2023
TIME : 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Jakarta Time, 12 :00 to 2:00 PM Manila

The workshop will facilitate a sharing of knowledge and insights on some current issues in the extractive industry as they affect communities and economies, with a focus on corporate tax abuse, illicit financial flows, plunder of natural resources, human rights violations and other unjust practices. The event also seeks to share experiences and perspectives in advancing tax justice in the extractive industry and to promote solidarity in working for justice and seeking to build transformative and sustainable economies
that move away from extractivism.

GATJ Stands Firmly Behind Africa Group's Draft Resolution Calling for a UN Tax Convention - Global Tax Justice São Paulo, 17 October 2023 – The Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) expresses its strongest support for the UN General Assembly resolution on “Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the United Nations”, published today. It charts the logical next step to imp...

Not the Poor!

A UN Tax Convention and UN Tax Body are essential to fix the broken and unequal global tax system. They are urgently needed to:

- Curtail the loss of billions in government revenues resulting from tax abuses by multinational corporations and wealthy individuals
- Increase available resources for meeting peoples' needs and rights
- End inequalities in global tax rules and rulemaking

We call on member states to negotiate on equal footing towards a 𝐔𝐍 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱!
Make the global tax system work for people and the planet!

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A UN Tax Convention and UN Tax Body are essential to fix the broken and unequal global tax system. They are urgently needed to:

- Curtail the loss of billions in government revenues resulting from tax abuses by multinational corporations and wealthy individuals
- Increase available resources for meeting peoples' needs and rights
- End inequalities in global tax rules and rulemaking
We call on member states to negotiate on equal footing towards a 𝐔𝐍 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱!

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In a world grappling with crises in healthcare, education, and climate change, Lidy Nacpil, APMDD Coordinator, underscores the need for transformative change in the global tax system.

A UN Tax Convention and UN Tax Body are essential to fix the broken and unequal global tax system. They are urgently needed to:

- Curtail the loss of billions in government revenues resulting from tax abuses by multinational corporations and wealthy individuals
- Increase available resources for meeting peoples' needs and rights
- End inequalities in global tax rules and rulemaking

We call on member states to negotiate on equal footing towards a 𝐔𝐍 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱!
Make the global tax system work for people and the planet!

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A UN Tax Convention and UN Tax Body are essential to fix the broken and unequal global tax system. They are urgently needed to:

- Curtail the loss of billions in government revenues resulting from tax abuses by multinational corporations and wealthy individuals
- Increase available resources for meeting peoples' needs and rights
- End inequalities in global tax rules and rulemaking
We call on member states to negotiate on equal footing towards a 𝐔𝐍 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱!

Make the global tax system work for people and the planet!

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A UN Tax Convention and UN Tax Body are essential to fix the broken and unequal global tax system. They are urgently needed to:

- Curtail the loss of billions in government revenues resulting from tax abuses by multinational corporations and wealthy individuals
- Increase available resources for meeting peoples' needs and rights
- End inequalities in global tax rules and rulemaking

We call on member states to negotiate on equal footing towards a 𝐔𝐍 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱!
Make the global tax system work for people and the planet!

Rewrite the Rules! UNGA 78th Session, 2023

The BEPS Framework is not only harmful to Global South countries, it is also undemocratic and exclusionary, a project conceived and spearheaded by the OECD and G20, clubs of the world’s largest economies that have benefitted the most from the elite biases of the global tax architecture.

REWRITE THE RULES!

The U.N. General Assembly opens amidst a global context of worsening multiple crises. Tax systems have played a role in exacerbating the impacts of the crises; and need to be transformed to make them work for people and the planet. The Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) in its Open Letter "UN Tax Convention Now, A Call for Urgent Tax Justice," calls on governments to push for a just, equitable and progressive reform of the international tax system and a UN Framework Convention on Tax that meets peoples' needs and rights. We urge UN Member States to consider Option 2 in the Secretary General's tax report.

Join our ONLINE FORUM entitled UN TAX CONVENTION NOW! A CALL FOR URGENT TAX JUSTICE" on Friday, September 22 at the following time zones:
Manila 5 PM
Jakarta/Hanoi/Bangkok 4 PM
Delhi 2:30 PM
Kathmandu 2:45 PM
Lahore 2 PM
London 10 AM
CET 11AM

Here is the link: bit.ly/taxjusticeforum2023

The forum is part of TAFJA and APMDD's Asia Days of Action for Tax Justice being held from 17-22 September 2023. See you online tomorrow as we echo the call and support for a UN Tax Convention."

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Our Urgent Call for Tax Justice:
Tax the Rich, Not the Poor!
End Inequalities in Global Tax Rules and Rulemaking!

Background
In a world marked by escalating crises, worsening inequalities, austerity, and failures of fiscal and tax systems, this year’s Asia Days of Action for Tax Justice is a resounding call to address the pressing global challenges that have disproportionately impacted the peoples of the Global South, particularly in Asia. The next few days will underscore the critical need to prioritize the needs and rights of people and the planet and the urgency of reforming our national and global tax systems.

We aim to highlight the fundamental role of progressive taxation, wealth redistribution, and reforms in the global tax system as essential tools in tackling the multifaceted crises we face. We will expose the role that regressive tax policies, rampant tax abuses by corporations and the elite, and a broken international tax system play in the accumulation and concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, and in the historical and continuing transfer of wealth from the Global South to the North.

At its core, this initiative advocates for:
● Tax the Rich, Not the Poor!
● Wealth Tax Now!
● End unjust tax burdens on the People!
● End elite and gender biases in tax systems!
● Stop corporate tax abuses!
● End inequalities in global tax rules and rulemaking! UN Tax Convention Now! UN Tax Body Now!

We call on governments and the international community to advance progressive tax reforms and end inequalities in global tax rules and rulemaking. We reiterate our call to reject the OECD-G20 “Tax Deal of the Rich,” the Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) and to pursue decisive steps to realize a UN Tax Convention and UN Tax Body where all countries negotiate on equal footing. These are necessary measures toward ensuring that all nations have a voice in international tax reform efforts and in ending inequalities in global tax rules and rulemaking. These are crucial steps toward fixing our global tax system and plugging the leaks of corporate tax abuses and other types of illicit financial flows that drain our economies and deprive people across the world of essential rights and services.

In advancing our just demands for progressive taxation and reforms of the global tax system during the Asia Days of Action for Tax Justice, we highlight the solidarity of the tax justice movement in Asia as a beacon of hope in the pursuit of a just and equitable world where public resources serve the common good.

Goals and Outputs of Asia Days of Action Activities
1. Seeks to raise awareness of the multiple crises and to highlight the role that tax systems play in exacerbating the multiple crises and the need to transform them.
2. Advocate for reforms in national and global systems to end elite and gender biases and end inequalities in global tax rules.

Some Key Activities:
● Online Forum, “UN Tax Convention Now: An Urgent Call for Tax Justice
22 September 2023
The state of tax justice in Asia and the road to a UN Tax Convention will be discussed in an online forum jointly organized by Tax and Fiscal Justice Asia and Tax Justice Network. The forum will look at how offshore tax evasion and other tax abuses by corporations and individuals are affecting the lives of people in Asia. It also aims to amplify civil society demands for tax justice and a more democratic and inclusive global tax body under the auspices of the United Nations.

● An Open Letter to Governments and the International Community, and sign on statement.
The Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), a member of TAFJA, will release an Open Letter and sign-on statement on the 18th of September to kick off the Asia Days of Action for Tax Justice.

● Country activities and social media campaigns, 18-22 September.
TAFJA members and partners are enjoined to participate in a social media campaign and in country activities in Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines to deliver our urgent messages to governments in Asia, the Global South, and around the world.

ASIA DAYS OF ACTION FOR TAX JUSTICE 18-22 SEPTEMBER 2023 - Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) The Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) is a regional alliance of peoples' movements, community organizations, coalitions, NGOs and networks.

We call on our governments to support the historic move to establish a UN Tax Convention which will enable them to influence global tax rules in favor of people and the planet. Under the auspices of the UN, governments of the global South will have more power to fix the global tax system and plug the leaks that drain our economies of precious resources for public services. Being able to access safer and more efficient education, health, social, and other services will uplift the lives of women in Asia and beyond! There is no tax justice without gender justice! REWRITE THE RULES! MAKE TAXES WORK FOR WOMEN, PEOPLE, AND THE PLANET!

We call on our governments to support the historic move to establish a UN Tax Convention which will enable them to influence global tax rules in favor of people and the planet. Under the auspices of the UN, governments of the global South will have more power to fix the global tax system and plug the leaks that drain our economies of precious resources for public services. Being able to access safer and more efficient education, health, social, and other services will uplift the lives of women in Asia and beyond! There is no tax justice without gender justice! REWRITE THE RULES! MAKE TAXES WORK FOR WOMEN, PEOPLE, AND THE PLANET!