TRILOGY: The power of words: awareness | Knowing is owning

2017-04-27 15:51:08

By Alana Do Nascimento, LAPAS intern I’ve been asked to answer the question: what does it means the power of word to you? The answer didn’t late to come: consciousness. Information is still one of the strongest weapon we have Lasīt vairāk...

Tax Money Losses in Latvia

2017-03-28 14:57:26

By Liene Rozenštrauha, LAPAS volunteer It is a widespread practice for big corporations and businesses to try reducing their expenditures as much as possible, that includes avoiding taxes. The most well-known way to do so, is to Lasīt vairāk...

Tax avoidance

2017-01-05 11:42:32

by Salvatore Messina, LAPAS intern In modern world, one of the key actors in global economy are the multinational companies. They are a product of globalization and capitalism and they act like giants in the “game” of Lasīt vairāk...

What is LuxLeaks?

2016-12-12 09:22:31

by Salvatore Messina, LAPAS intern Luxembourg Leaks (or Lux Leaks) is the name of a journalistic investigation conducted in cooperation by 80 journalists of 26 countries for the International Consortium of Investigative Lasīt vairāk...

DEEP POCKETS AND STARVATION, THE CONTRASTING PROGRESSES OF TAX FRAUD

2016-09-07 09:28:29

More than 3 billion people, nearly half of the world’s population, live on less than $2.50 a day, and more than 1.3 billion live on less than $1.25 a day1. Poverty is a growing problem in almost every corner of the world, Lasīt vairāk...

The Price We Pay

2016-01-19 17:05:37

by Kristina Tolordava Have you ever thought about the price we pay every day? The price we pay for drinks, for food, for clothing or for having TV? etc. The list seems never ending although it may greatly vary from individual to Lasīt vairāk...

Latvians VS Taxes

2016-01-06 12:42:37

by Kristina Tolordava   Does taxes matter for Latvians? Interesting question and assumingly many Latvians may be curious to find out the answer on it. If it is so, then this article will shed the light on it and try to draw Lasīt vairāk...

‘Macdac’/’Unhappy Meal’?

2015-11-24 13:17:02

by Kristina Tolordava Do you know anybody around you who has not been in Macdac at least once? Unfortunately, I do not. Why, unfortunately, I will explain throughout this paper. I recall my childhood when Macdac was more than Lasīt vairāk...

Pharaoh, Myth and Taxes VS Rich People (Tax Justice Together)

2015-11-13 13:30:31

by Kristina Tolordava All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”                                                                                      George Lasīt vairāk...

Millenium Ambassadors or Youth in Action

2015-10-27 16:53:57

by Kristina Tolordava Have you ever thought to participate in a high-level panel discussion where one of the guests would be Prime-Minister of Latvia and other world leaders? And even more,  that you are not going just to attend Lasīt vairāk...