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1 Aug 23
Governments will lose nearly $5trn to tax havens in the next decade if the international system remains unchanged, campaigners have warned while hailing the prospect of tax “revolution” through the...
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26 Apr 22
Tax campaigners have urged world leaders to create a global asset registry to help deal with tax havens that they say deprive governments, particularly in the developing world, of billions in much-...
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20 Feb 20
Huge amounts of international aid meant for some of the world’s poorest people is ending up in tax havens, according to a report by World Bank economists.
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21 Oct 19
Almost three-quarters of the UK government’s strategic suppliers operate in tax havens, a UK think-tank has said.
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30 May 19
Tax havens luring companies engaged in cross-border trade with rock-bottom rates are destroying the century-old global corporate tax system, says an international network.
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8 Mar 19
The European Union has “lost its nerve” over naming and shaming tax havens as it plans to give nine countries a “clean bill of health”, according to Oxfam.
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2 May 18
The UK government has finally backed plans to crackdown on ‘dirty money’ and make tax havens more transparent.
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15 Mar 18
Accountants who help companies dodge tax by shifting profits to low-tax countries could risk fines, under new European proposals to tackle avoidance and improve transparency.
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18 Jan 18
The European Union may remove eight countries from its tax haven blacklist after the jurisdictions offered to change their tax rules.
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8 Dec 17
The EU’s tax blacklist is just another toothless, empty list, argues George Turner of the Tax Justice Network.
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6 Dec 17
The European Council has published its ‘blacklist’ of 17 countries classified as tax havens, which could lose access to funds from the bloc.
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6 Nov 17
World leaders have come under pressure to address tax avoidance as leaked documents revealed global official figures and businesses have invested their wealth offshore.
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8 Feb 17
The portion of global investment flowing through tax havens has risen by $700bn in two years, according to an analysis by ActionAid.
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11 Jan 17
The UK has edged further toward what critics decry as a move to privatise its aid budget after MPs passed a controversial bill through the country’s House of Commons yesterday.
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21 Dec 16
Plans for increased tax transparency across the European Union, which would have seen the details of the true owners of secretive companies made public have been watered down by national governments...
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28 Nov 16
Demonstrating that the UK aid agency’s private sector arm makes a difference to the poorest people remains a “significant challenge”, the country’s National Audit Office has concluded.
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23 Nov 16
The UK’s aid department is under fire for “astounding” plans to channel billions of pounds more through its controversial private sector arm, which regularly routes funds through tax havens.
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9 Nov 16
The European Union’s tax blacklist is to focus on countries that fail to take part in global tax transparency and anti-corporate tax avoidance initiatives, it was decided yesterday.
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7 Oct 16
United Nations human rights experts have urged governments to eliminate tax secrecy and offshore tax evasion after a fresh tax leak named the directors of several secretive firms in the Bahamas.
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27 Sep 16
The UK’s overseas development department has not done enough to ensure developing nations have a strong voice in the international fight against tax avoidance, according to the country’s aid watchdog...
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22 Sep 16
Politicians, royalty and convicted criminals are among those named as directors of 175,000 secretive companies registered in the Bahamas, according to another cache of leaked documents published...
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4 Aug 16
An all-party parliamentary group in the UK has claimed the international proposals to combat global tax evasion do not go far enough and may create new loopholes that could be used to avoid paying...
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6 Jul 16
The European Commission has announced plans for further measures to clamp down on tax avoidance and secretive companies in response to the publication of the Panama Papers.
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15 Jun 16
It is not yet time to implement public country-by-country reporting for multinational firms or public registers of beneficial ownership, the director of the OECD’s centre for tax policy has argued.
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26 May 16
Japanese economists and experts have urged G7 governments to take the lead on ending tax havens as the countries’ leaders convene in Japan today.
1 Aug 23Governments will lose nearly $5trn to tax havens in the next decade if the international system remains unchanged, campaigners have warned while hailing the prospect of tax “revolution” through the...
26 Apr 22Tax campaigners have urged world leaders to create a global asset registry to help deal with tax havens that they say deprive governments, particularly in the developing world, of billions in much-...
20 Feb 20Huge amounts of international aid meant for some of the world’s poorest people is ending up in tax havens, according to a report by World Bank economists.
21 Oct 19Almost three-quarters of the UK government’s strategic suppliers operate in tax havens, a UK think-tank has said.
2 May 18The UK government has finally backed plans to crackdown on ‘dirty money’ and make tax havens more transparent.
15 Mar 18Accountants who help companies dodge tax by shifting profits to low-tax countries could risk fines, under new European proposals to tackle avoidance and improve transparency.
8 Dec 17The EU’s tax blacklist is just another toothless, empty list, argues George Turner of the Tax Justice Network.
8 Feb 17The portion of global investment flowing through tax havens has risen by $700bn in two years, according to an analysis by ActionAid.
11 Jan 17The UK has edged further toward what critics decry as a move to privatise its aid budget after MPs passed a controversial bill through the country’s House of Commons yesterday.
21 Dec 16Plans for increased tax transparency across the European Union, which would have seen the details of the true owners of secretive companies made public have been watered down by national governments...
28 Nov 16Demonstrating that the UK aid agency’s private sector arm makes a difference to the poorest people remains a “significant challenge”, the country’s National Audit Office has concluded.
7 Oct 16United Nations human rights experts have urged governments to eliminate tax secrecy and offshore tax evasion after a fresh tax leak named the directors of several secretive firms in the Bahamas.
27 Sep 16The UK’s overseas development department has not done enough to ensure developing nations have a strong voice in the international fight against tax avoidance, according to the country’s aid watchdog...
15 Jun 16It is not yet time to implement public country-by-country reporting for multinational firms or public registers of beneficial ownership, the director of the OECD’s centre for tax policy has argued.
