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(d)
States should establish an intergovernmental forum on tax under the
auspices of the United Nations to serve as the main decision-making body on
international tax policies. This would ensure that developing countries participate on
an equal basis in the reform of existing international tax rules;
(e)
States should consider establishing an intergovernmental forum on illicit
financial flows under the auspices of the United Nations to further explore policy
responses to the phenomenon and to coordinate the efforts of the various
organizations involved in addressing different forms of illicit financial flows;
(f)
States should consider elaborating a comprehensive international treaty
on issues related to illicit financial flows, such as tax evasion, profit shifting by
multinational companies and limiting the ability of secrecy jurisdictions to facilitate
illicit financial flows;
(g)
States should address the obscurity of information on the beneficial
ownership of companies, trusts and other legal entities through which the proceeds of
corruption and other illicit funds are often channelled;
(h)
States should enact legislation to address abuses by multinational
corporations and other business enterprises, such as tax evasion and avoidance, which
deprive Governments of domestic resources for the implementation of their
development agendas. Such legislation should, inter alia, require multinational
corporations to publicly report, on a country-by-country basis, the name of each
country where they operate and the names of all subsidiaries in each country of
operation; the financial performance of the corporation or group (including sales,
purchases, labour costs and profits, and distinguishing between sales within the group
and to other companies); the value of all their assets in that country and the cost to
maintain those assets; and full details of tax liabilities (including amounts paid and
owed);
(i)
States should undertake further analysis of the negative impact of illicit
financial flows in the context of the post-2015 development agenda;
(j)
States should reconsider special tax holidays, incentives and rates that
ultimately reduce the level of resources available to Governments for fulfilling their
human rights obligations;
(k)
States should conduct country-specific analyses of the reasons
underlying illicit financial flows in order to inform appropriate policy responses;
(l)
States should include information on the amounts lost through illicit
financial flows, the factors driving such flows and a comprehensive analysis of the impact
of the flows in their reports to the United Nations treaty bodies and under the universal
periodic review.
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