Governments should open a new front in the international clampdown on tax evasion with a global minimum tax on billionaires, which could raise $250 billion annually, the EU Tax Observatory said on Monday.

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PARIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Governments should open a new front in the international clampdown on tax evasion with a global minimum tax on billionaires, which could raise $250 billion annually, the EU Tax Observatory said on Monday.

If levied, the sum would be equivalent to only 2% of the nearly $13 trillion in wealth owned by the 2,700 billionaires globally, the research group hosted at the Paris School of Economics said.

  • shiveyarbles@beehaw.org
    18·
    1 year ago

    The whole schtick is taxing the populace and diverting it to the ultra wealthy. That’s the whole plan, everything else is just noise. Why would they (the rich who write the laws) change that, short of a revolution?