Winnie Byanyima Quotes

A global tax body would give all countries - not just the rich and powerful - an equal say in how the global rules on taxation are designed.

Global governments should start seriously talking about the creation of a World Tax Authority with the mission to ensure that tax systems will deliver for the public interests in all countries.

We never tell countries that they should have a particular number in terms of a tax number, you know, if countries can make do with whatever average tax they have. The question is, do they apply it to everybody? Or do they give sweetheart deals to some companies?

Developing countries can make great strides towards more progressive and effective taxation and spending through action within their own borders. But the damage caused by exemptions, loopholes, and tax havens requires action beyond national borders - it requires international action and cooperation.

Corporate tax dodging impacts us across generations and over time. It is corrosive. It is unethical. It is unsustainable.

Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises.

If every country tries to race towards the lowest [tax] rate, then in the end nobody gains. If you believe there should be no government at all, then fine. But if you believe some government is good, then you cannot have a system that erodes the tax base in all major countries.

African countries lose the most from tax dodging. African governments must, therefore, do more to push for a full reform of the global tax system and demand action from countries, such as the U.K., whose financial centres sit at the heart of the global network of tax havens.

We have international organizations for health, trade, and football - even for coffee - but not tax. Why not?

I was an international tax specialist. Yeah, I was an international man of mystery and tax specialist.

I think it's a little unfair for people to say you're not paying your fair share of taxes. I'm paying what I'm supposed to pay. Change the law, and I'll pay what I'm supposed to pay.

The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.

And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.

Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.

You know what isn't class warfare? Progressive taxation, as in, say, expecting billionaires to pay at least as much in taxes as their secretaries. Ideally, in fact, they should pay more.

Tax should be the same for everybody.

I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.

Before Congress cuts funding for Head Start, Social Security, and financial aid for college, we have got to make sure that large, profitable corporations are paying their fair share of taxes.

What I argue for is a progressive tax, a global tax, based on the taxation of private property.

[Describing out tax system:] ... a disgrace to the human race.

We are the only country in the world that taxes foreign earnings.

Tax fairness is very difficult to achieve. Each individual says, ‘Tax codes which make others pay more is fair to me. If I have to pay more, the code is unfair’.

By an equal obligation … every citizen with the same means would pay the same contributions [taxes]; the common man would not be more heavily imposed upon.

To me, a tax heaven is where everyone pays their fair share. In that respect, I am not quite sure we are in tax heaven yet.

I think we have a tax policy that was designed before Microsoft even went public. I think we've got to change - we're at a huge disadvantage around the world.