
Welcome to the twenty-eighth edition of our monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma and Osama Diab of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, also an investigative journalist. The programme is available for listeners to download and it’s also available for free to any radio stations who’d like to broadcast it or websites who’d like to post it. You can also join the programme on Facebook and on Twitter.
In the 28th edition of Taxes Simply: can the accumulated wealth in tax havens be taxed in order to mitigate the economic and health crisis that the world is facing?
In the second part of the programme, we present our summary of the most important tax and economic news from around the world, including:
- Denmark says it won’t consider companies registered in tax havens for bailouts
- The Netherlands disrupts European solidarity in facing the coronavirus – twice
- The IMF urges Kuwait to increase taxes and reduce its dependence on oil
- Prices for US oil contracts go negative due to lack of demand
الجباية ببساطة #٢٨ – فيروس الكورونا والملاذات الضريبية
أهلا بكم في العدد الثامن والعشرين من الجباية ببساطة. نتناول في هذا العدد مشكلة الملاذات الضريبية، وهل يمكن إخضاع الثروات المتراكمة هناك للضريبة من أجل التخفيف من حدة الأزمة الاقتصادية والصحية التي يعيشها العالم حاليا. في الجزء الثاني من البرنامج نعرض كالعادة ملخص لأهم أخبار الضرائب والاقتصاد من حول العالم، ويشمل ملخص الأخبار: ١) الدنمارك لن تدعم الشركات المسجلة في ملاذات ضريبية؛ ٢) هولندا تعطل التضامن الأوروبي في مواجهة كورونا مرتين؛ ٣) صندوق النقد الدولي يحث الكويت على زيادة الضرائب وخفض الاعتماد على النفط؛ ٤) عقود مايو/آيار للنفط الأمريكي تصل سعرها إلى سالب في ظل نقص الطلب على الوقود الأحفوري.
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