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corporate tax avoidance

August 18, 2012

Majority of Britains say tax avoidance 'morally wrong'

New research has revealed that 56 per cent of British adults believe that tax avoidance by multinational companies is morally wrong
July 3, 2012

Methodist conference told 'UK is a tax haven'

Richard Murphy a Quaker, commentator and founder of the Tax Justice Network gave the Beckly lecture at the annual Methodist Conference yesterday (2 July)
May 16, 2012

Corporate greed threatens survival of world's poor say Catholic bishops

Seventeen Catholic Bishops are calling on the European Union to tackle corporate secrecy and tax dodging which deprive the world’s poorest countries of more than £100bn a year.
March 21, 2012

Chancellor has 'failed to act' on tax evasion and avoidance

Christian Aid says that chancellor George Osborne has spoken out against tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance, but has failed to act accordingly.
January 21, 2012

Miliband urged to do more on tackling tax haven secrecy

Christian Aid has welcomed Labour leader Ed Miliband’s determination to tackle the tax havens harming both UK public finances and the world's poor
January 7, 2012

Anger as HMRC target small companies rather than corporates

The proposed move by the UK tax authorities to target 20,000 smaller companies is being criticised as inappropriate, misplaced and bureaucratic.
December 6, 2011

Quakers in Britain call for greater tax justice

Quakers in Britain, as members of the ‘Close the Gap Campaign’, have called for greater tax justice in a letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
October 27, 2011

Regulation of multinationals should be tougher, says Christian Aid

New plans to reveal more about multinationals’ finances need toughening to help poor countries fight multi-billion pound tax dodging, says Christian Aid.
August 30, 2011

British-Swiss tax deal branded 'a disgrace'

Christian Aid is warning that a new UK-Swiss tax deal amounts to collusion with criminality and will seriously damage poor countries.
July 11, 2011

Methodists call for action on tax avoidence

Following a debate at their conference, the Methodist Church has issued a statement saying that tax avoidance "impoverishes the vulnerable and is morally unacceptable".