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Ireland Climate Advisers Push EU Carbon Tax
July 20, 2016
John FitzGerald of the Irish Climate Change Advisory Council writes that the body has advised the Irish government to support a "floor" price for EU carbon emissions permits that would essentially impose a minimum tax for companies emitting greenhouse gases throughout the EU.
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EU-funded Project Seeks Airline Ticket Tax
July 19, 2016
The EU-funded FairTax project has called for the EU to introduce a "carbon-based flight ticket tax" for all flights departing from and arriving at EU airports in order to create a new source of funding for EU initiatives independent of the bloc's member states.
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EU Proposal Expands Disclosure on Corporate Taxes
July 19, 2016
CCH Daily describes proposals from the European Commission that will require companies to disclose to EU member states their "beneficial ownership" of companies that could be used for tax avoidance and that will place pressure on so-called "tax havens" outside the EU to implement global standards on corporate taxation.
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Symposium Article Calls for BHR Arbitration
July 19, 2016
As part of an online symposium hosted by the Harvard International Law Journal, attorneys Claes Cronstedt and Robert Thompson call for the extension of existing international arbitration bodies and standards to pressure corporations to bind themselves to arbitration decisions on the UN's business and human rights agenda.
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NGO Network Asserts Rights Obligations in Tax Policy
July 19, 2016
The nongovernmental organization network RightingFinance has published the fourth portion of its summary of the findings of a UN special rapporteur describing countries' human rights obligations to prevent corporations from avoiding taxation in order to help pay for the fulfillment of the global economic, social, and cultural rights agenda.
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