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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/7812592

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PARIS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Governments should open a new front in the international clampdown on tax evasion with a global minimum tax on billionaires, which could raise $250 billion annually, the EU Tax Observatory said on Monday.

If levied, the sum would be equivalent to only 2% of the nearly $13 trillion in wealth owned by the 2,700 billionaires globally, the research group hosted at the Paris School of Economics said.

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[–] nonearther@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago

"So you're saying more tax cuts to these billionaires? Done deal" - entire world's leadership