Jose Angel Gurria Quotes

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.

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.

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.

I did not use a Cayman Island entity to avoid paying taxes for myself.

We will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share.

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.

It's not Apple's fault that they're seeking to avoid paying taxes. They're not lying, cheating or stealing. They're following the rules that were created by governments. If the government doesn't like the rules, they can change them.

A growth strategy requires tax rates that people are prepared to pay and cannot avoid or do not wish to avoid by going offshore or leaving the country.

Crucially, African governments must ensure they prioritize the eradication of tax evasion and tax avoidance.

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

We are one of only two FTSE 100 companies which do not use offshore or other tax avoidance arrangements. In fact, we are probably one of the highest taxpaying companies in the index.

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

One in four corporations doesn't pay any taxes.

Over the years, dozens of American companies have filed papers to trade in their U.S. corporate citizenship for citizenship in tax haven countries like Bermuda.

One tax dodge often used by multi-national companies is to squirrel their earnings abroad in foreign subsidiaries located in countries where taxes are lower.

That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.

Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law.

Transfer pricing is causing huge problems in Africa.

Whenever you find a tax loophole, someone else is going to call it a tax incentive.

The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway.

Our tax system is based on individual self-assessment and voluntary compliance

We can’t write a tax law that their lawyers can’t get around.

I am not evading tax in any way, shape or form. Now of course I am minimizing my tax and if anybody in this country doesn't minimize their tax they want their heads read because as a government I can tell you you're not spending it that well that we should be donating extra.

The avoidance of tax may be lawful, but it is not yet a virtue.

Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one's affairs so as to make taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor, and do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more taxes than the law demands. Taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions.