Joseph Stiglitz s kolegi je naslovil odprto pismo na ameriškega predsednika Josepha Bidena, da uveljavi pravično obdavčitev ameriških multinacionalk. Za začetek predlagajo minimalno stopnjo davka na dobiček 21% ne glede na to, ker podružnice ameriških multinacionalk ustvarjajo dobičke. V splošnem pa predlagajo, da se v mednarodnih pogajanjih o obdavčitvi dobičkov multinacionalk uvede minimalna stopnja davka na dobiček v višini 25%, kar bi onemogočalo multinacionalkam, da skrivajo dobičke po davčnih oazah oziroma državah s posebno davčno ureditvijo (Irska, Luksemburg, Nizozemska, Ciper, Malta itd.).
For too long, international institutions have failed to deal with one of the most toxic aspects of globalization: tax avoidance and evasion by multinational corporations. Fair taxation of multinationals is needed to create the type of societies that we aspire to, and it must be a central part of any progressive tax system aimed at driving economic growth and creating high living standards for all. Ending corporate tax avoidance is also one of the best ways to tackle rampant inequality of wealth and income.
By shifting their profits to tax havens, large companies deprive governments worldwide of at least $240 billion per year in fiscal revenues. This shortfall affects not only the United States, where some 50% of overseas profits made by US multinationals are transferred to tax havens each year, but also the Global South, where revenue sources are more limited and hence reliance on corporate tax receipts to fund public services is greater.

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