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tax avoidance

July 10, 2020

New data indicates over $1tn corporate profit smuggled into tax havens

Multinational firms operating around the world are shifting over $1 trillion in profits every year to corporate tax havens.
October 8, 2019

OECD tax reform 'weak on corporate tax havens, harsh on poorer countries'

The OECD’s highly anticipated proposal for reform of international tax rules will likely further intensify global inequalities and fail to curb rampant tax abuse, new analysis from the Tax Justice Netowrk reveals.
September 28, 2019

Illicit flows of money rob poor countries of $416bn a year, says Christian Aid report

Poor nations are being robbed of revenues worth $416 billion per year by 'illicit financial flows’, money that is illegally or abusively earned, transferred or used around the world, Christian Aid has estimated.
July 31, 2019

MPs 'alarmed' at UK Government’s lack of post-Brexit policy

A new report from the International Trade Committee says the government is unable to set out “even basic lines of policy” on investment agreements.
July 3, 2019

Experts convene in the City of London to call out 'pin stripe mafia enablers of tax abuse'

The conference is calling attention to the City lawyers, accountants and bankers that sell tax avoidance schemes to clients.
June 20, 2019

Crown Dependencies’ beneficial ownership plans, 'the opposite of leadership'

The Crown Dependencies have set out a three year plan to table a discussion in parliament with no commitments and no details on whether they will comply with emerging international standards on beneficial ownership transparency.
May 28, 2019

New ranking reveals UK's role in breakdown of global corporate tax system

Researchers call for new tax rules to tax corporations where employees work, not where ledgers hide.
May 8, 2019

Uber drivers protest ahead of stock market flotation

With an expected valuation of $100 billion, Uber's founder and management will become fabulously wealthy overnight.
April 30, 2019

British American Tobacco shifts nearly $1bn out of developing countries into one UK office

For every dollar British American Tobacco paid in tax in the countries it operates in, it shifted more than half a dollar to a UK subsidiary where it paid almost no tax.
January 4, 2019

Tightening up wealth taxes and subsidies could raise almost £7bn, says Resolution Foundation

Tightening up five of Britain’s existing wealth taxes and subsidies could raise almost £7 billion a year by 2022-23 and provide a down payment on covering the £36 billion a year increase in the cost of public services by 2030.