Financial Transparency Coalition

The March edition of Taxcast, a podcast by Tax Justice Network

LONDON - The OECD’s Global Forum peer review, the main mechanism for assessing the effectiveness of Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs), is seriously flawed and therefore contributes to failure in reducing rampant tax evasion. The findings of a new Tax Justice Network report published today run directly counter to claims made by the OECD that its TIEAs represent the new international standard on tax transparency.

Audio: TJN's February edition of Taxcast, where they discuss the month's biggest tax evasion and avoidance stories.

In TJN's inaugural Taxcast, rounding up tax justice news at the end of January, they discuss the implications of the Vodafone vs India landmark tax case, compare Bill Gates and Mitt Romney's attitudes to taxation and visit the Occupy camp outside St Paul's Cathedral in London.