Make Finance Work - Financial Transaction Tax

On 22 June, we held a Global Day of Action for a Financial Transaction Tax

Some call it the Robin Hood Tax, others call it the Financial Transaction Tax, others call it a really good idea. This tiny tax could take $400,000,000,000 out of the pockets of the bankers who got rich by crashing the economy and use that money to stop domestic service cuts and help the people who are suffering the most from climate change, and who did the least to cause it. This amazing 0.05% tax also helps stabilize the economy by preventing high speed trading (done mostly by computers all on their own). Help us make this piece of common sense into a common practice.

News Financial Transaction Tax

Carwyn Jones joins calls for Robin Hood tax on financial (...) (22 February)

truthout Carwyn Jones joins calls for Robin Hood tax on financial transactions WalesOnline FIRST Minister Carwyn Jones today joined the Archbishop of Canterbury and Microsoft founder Bill Gates in backing calls for a so-called Robin Hood tax on financial transactions. Campaigners (...)

Drummond shows only one side - Belleville Intelligencer (22 February)

Drummond shows only one side Belleville Intelligencer Drummond should have analyzed how a Robin Hood Tax might have affected Ontario's balance sheet. While this financial transaction tax is small, if implemented the message to Ontarians would far outweigh the financial gain. A (...)

French Parliament to Vote on Financial-Transaction Tax, VAT - (...) (21 February)

French Parliament to Vote on Financial-Transaction Tax, VAT Bloomberg Sarkozy hushed the Parliament to vote on the new levy as he seeks to make France the first country to implement a European-Union wide financial-transaction tax. He said he plans to impose the levy in August. The tax (...)

Do we need securities transaction tax? - Myiris.com (21 February)

Do we need securities transaction tax? Myiris.com Securities transaction tax (STT) is a form of financial transaction tax (FTT) that has an equal number of proponents and opponents. The earliest proponents of FTT, Keynes and Tobin envisaged using such taxes mainly as a tool to curb (...)

Robin tax: vietare il divieto di traslazione - Chicago-Blog (...) (21 February)

Robin tax: vietare il divieto di traslazione Chicago-Blog (Blog) 138) e ad altri provvedimenti precedenti, la Robin Hood Tax del settore energetico è balzata al 10,5 per cento e riguarda tutte le imprese con ricavi superiori ai dieci milioni di euro e con un reddito imponibile maggiore (...)