Paradis fiscaux : le G8 une copie inachevée

LOUGH ERNE DECLARATION  

 

Private enterprise drives growth, reduces poverty, and creates jobs and 

prosperity for people around the world.  Governments have a special 

responsibility to make proper rules and promote good governance. Fair taxes, 

increased transparency and open trade are vital drivers of this.  We will make a 

real difference by doing the following: 

 

1.  Tax authorities across the world should automatically share information 

to fight the scourge of tax evasion. 

2.  Countries should change rules that let companies shift their profits across 

borders to avoid taxes, and multinationals should report to tax authorities 

what tax they pay where. 

3.  Companies should know who really owns them and tax collectors and 

law enforcers should be able to obtain this information easily.  

4.  Developing countries should have the information and capacity to collect 

the taxes owed them – and other countries have a duty to help them. 

5.  Extractive companies should report payments to all governments  -  and 

governments should publish income from such companies. 

6.  Minerals should be sourced legitimately, not plundered from conflict 

zones.  

7.  Land transactions should be transparent, respecting the property rights of 

local communities.  

8.  Governments should roll back protectionism and agree new trade deals 

that boost jobs and growth worldwide. 

9.  Governments should cut wasteful bureaucracy at borders and make it 

easier and quicker to move goods between developing countries. 

10.  Governments should publish information  on laws, budgets, spending, 

national statistics, elections and government contracts  in a way that is 

easy to read and re-use, so that citizens can hold them to account. 

  

18 June 2013