Taxation and leaks like Paradise Papers ... an endless story

Daniela Platsch, Walter Palmetshofer This talk is an update on what happened in the last year in the international taxation sphere. We will also provide a quick overview of the international taxation system. The topics of our talk will be: - Paradise Papers: After the famous #LuxLeaks and #PanamaPapers, the Paradise Papers were published in November 2017.  A set of 13.4 million confidential electronic documents relating to offshore investments 19 tax jurisdictions. We will provide a summary, show the biggest cases, and demonstrate how this is a structural problem. - How many billions our favourite tech companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft,...) evaded in taxes - The European Commission and parliament's positions on the European “tax heaven issues.”   - Structural issues and why this an endless story We will explain what a Double Irish Sandwich is and why international corporations like Google only pay 2.4% taxes. And how your favourite tech companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft,...) evaded billions in taxes. This tax-dodging costs the European Union more than $50 billion. Annually. We bring this number into perspective. And why you pay more. And why this boring issue is one of the biggest questions of our time. Won't be boring.