Multinational and Personal Tax Avoidance and Evasion

The Trump administration has proposed tariffs on French goods in retaliation to France’s new Digital Services Tax. The French Digital Services Tax is one way a government can attempt to tax multinationals such as Amazon and Google which are adept at avoiding taxes. In recent years, there have also been concerns about the ultra-wealthy not paying their “fair share” of taxes. The release of the Panama papers in 2016 was eye opening. To discuss international taxation issues, Economics Explained host Gene Tunny is joined by Professor Pascalis Raimondos, head of QUT’s School of Economics and Finance.