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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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The sharing economy is in the taxman's crosshairs this year - Public Accountant

The Tax Office is targeting the growing number of people making a living or supplementing their regular income from the sharing economy.
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Land Use and Energy Use Taxation and Dividend - P2P Foundation

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Land Use and Energy Use Taxation and Dividend - P2P Foundation https://t.co/e8TBBxch5V
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Smash the mafia elite: we should treat offshore wealth as terrorist finance | Paul Mason

Smash the mafia elite: we should treat offshore wealth as terrorist finance | Paul Mason | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Historical societies withered because the rich did not pay their taxes – we must not let the Panama Papers revelations pass without taking action
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Tax transparency - Norway's model, In Business - BBC Radio 4

Tax transparency - Norway's model, In Business - BBC Radio 4 | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Economic Rebellion
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Crime, terrorism and tax evasion: why banks are waging war on cash — Light on a Dark Mountain — Medium

Crime, terrorism and tax evasion: why banks are waging war on cash | Paul Mason - Light on a Dark Mountain - Medium
I can remember the moment I realised the era of cash could soon be over.
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Google 'voluntarily' pay £130 million 'tax'

Google 'voluntarily' pay £130 million 'tax' | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
For small businesses and ordinary people, tax is compulsory, for tax dodging corporations like Vodafone, Starbucks, Facebook and Google, it is voluntary. It's unbelievable that big companies like Google 'negotiate' the amount of tax they pay. They should be told how much to pay, and made to pay up. Like everyone else. -- UK Uncut…
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Taxes in the Sharing Economy

Taxes in the Sharing Economy | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The sharing economy has created untold numbers of micro-entrepreneurs, who provide services through digital-age apps.

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How Uber plays the tax shell game - Fortune

How Uber plays the tax shell game - Fortune | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Uber is viewed by many as the model for the 21st century corporation. It's also state-of-the-art when it comes to minimizing its tax bill.
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The new taxation system 'Resilience' - YouTube

Renowned entrepreneur Amin Rafiee talks about Basicincome.co, an application that runs on Johan Nygren's new incentive-based taxation system 'Resilience'. So...
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Uber's tax-avoidance strategy costs government millions. How's that for "sharing?" | 48 hills

Uber's tax-avoidance strategy costs government millions. How's that for "sharing?" | 48 hills | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
  By Darwin Bond Graham JULY 10, 2014 — Uber, a leading ride-sharing company, has drawn the ire of regulators and cab drivers in dozens of cities across North America and Europe by exploiting regulatory loopholes that allow it to operate a virtual fleet of cabs largely outside of existing transportation and safety rules. But … … Continue reading →
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How the Sharing Economy Makes Tax Filing Tougher - TIME

How the Sharing Economy Makes Tax Filing Tougher - TIME | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
When you make money working for a business like Uber, Task Rabbit, or Airbnb, doing your taxes can a pain.
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The New Sharing Economy and Your Taxes [Infographic]

The New Sharing Economy and Your Taxes [Infographic] | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Whether renting a room, car, or driveway, shared economies are on the rise, allowing people another way to make money.  With shared economies comes questions about how this new found income will be...
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Uber and Lyft Taxes - Interview with Tristan at Zen99

Tristan, CEO of Zen99, speaks on a Google Hangout with Rideshare Dashboard about how their free service helps self employed workers such as Uber, Lyft or Sidecar drivers with calculating their...
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European lawmakers want robots to pay taxes

European lawmakers want robots to pay taxes | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
If robots are going to steal human jobs and otherwise disrupt society, they should at the very least pay taxes.
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If you make money from Uber or Airbnb, what about paying tax? Italy thinks it has the answer | ZDNet

If you make money from Uber or Airbnb, what about paying tax? Italy thinks it has the answer | ZDNet | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The sharing economy, where individuals share access to goods and services through apps, is beset with regulatory and fiscal problems, which a new bill in Italy aims to address.
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The Panama Papers prove it: America can afford a universal basic income | Colin Holtz

The Panama Papers prove it: America can afford a universal basic income | Colin Holtz | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
If the super-rich actually paid what they owe in taxes, the US would have loads more money available for public services
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Systems of Wealth Hoarding Hide in Your Mind — Medium

Systems of Wealth Hoarding Hide in Your Mind — Medium | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The internet is exploding with conversations about the Panama Papers — the largest data dump in history of secret files about rich people hiding and hoarding money. And yet the biggest story of all is hardly getting any attention.

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Google tax deal rapidly unravels

Google tax deal rapidly unravels | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A tale of two taxes. Last week we had the unpleasant spectacle of a smug George Osborne at Davos bragging of the amazing tax deal he had negotiated with Google. Since Davos, a tax deal that has rapidly unravelled. A tax deal so amazing, it was jaw dropping. Following a six year investigation of Google…
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The town that took itself offshore to expose tax avoiders

The town that took itself offshore to expose tax avoiders | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
When independent traders in a small Welsh town discovered the loopholes used by multinational giants to avoid paying UK tax, they didn’t just get mad. Now local businesses in Crickhowell are turning the tables on the likes of Google and Starbucks by employing the same accountancy practices used by the world’s biggest companies, to move their entire town “offshore”.
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This Billionaire Governor Taxed the Rich and Increased the Minimum Wage -- Now, His State's Economy Is One of the Best in the Country

This Billionaire Governor Taxed the Rich and Increased the Minimum Wage -- Now, His State's Economy Is One of the Best in the Country | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The next time your right-wing family member or former high school classmate posts a status update or tweet about how taxing the rich or increasing workers' wages kills jobs and makes businesses leave the state, I want you to send them this article.
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OECD unveils corporate tax avoidance proposals - BBC News

OECD unveils corporate tax avoidance proposals - BBC News | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Companies should pay tax in the countries where they conduct business under new proposals from the OECD that are intended to cut corporate tax minimisation.
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The new taxation-system ‘Resilience’ — Medium

The new taxation-system ‘Resilience’ — Medium | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

In contrast to other tax-systems, Resilience has no problem with crypto-currencies, since it uses consumer-producer feedback loops instead of top down coercion. (1) The consumers seek out and give positive feedback to companies that pay high dividends, and filter out those that do not want to pay dividends.



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As Gig Workers, Uber and Lyft Drivers Struggle With Taxes

As Gig Workers, Uber and Lyft Drivers Struggle With Taxes | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Tax time is confusing because not every gig company handles taxes the same way.
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Details on the taxation and economic practices of the Catalan Integral Cooperative

Details on the taxation and economic practices of the Catalan Integral Cooperative | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Excerpted from an in-depth profile of Enric Duran and the CIC by Nathan Schneider in VICE, very much worth reading in full: “”The office of the CIC’s five-member Economic Commission, on the first floor of Aurea Social, doesn’t look like the usual...
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From basic income to social dividend: sharing the value of common resources - Commons Transition

From basic income to social dividend: sharing the value of common resources - Commons Transition | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

It’s time to broaden the debate on how to fund a universal basic income by including options for sharing resource rents, which is a model that can be applied internationally to reform unjust economic systems, reduce extreme poverty and protect the global commons.


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