Today, the adoption of the first EU blacklist of tax havens is a welcome step and a useful tool to incentivise tax havens to reform towards more transparency in their tax and financial systems, according to Transparency International EU. However,...
This piece originally appeared in Knack.be in Dutch. Amid the headlines and heated debates that will come out after the latest leak from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the Paradise Papers, there will be calls for action,...
Beside the big names of celebrities and politicians, such as Lewis Hamilton and Wilbur Ross, hiding their wealth offshore, which were included in the latest leak by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) – the Paradise...
There has been much in the coverage Paradise Papers about tax avoidance by celebrities and wealthy individuals, but less attention paid to how these secret companies can provide cover for corruption and other crimes. Here is a compilation of some of...
Today, Transparency International EU calls on European Union Member States to step up efforts in tackling offshore secrecy jurisdictions to stop money laundering, tax evasion and tax avoidance after the Paradise Papers revelations by the...
The discussions around tax transparency and country-by-country reporting (CBCR) are not solely about economics, they’re also about accountability. Multinational companies may be global, but their activities and impacts are always local. Companies...
Last week, we took part in the Open Data for Tax Justice design sprint bringing together campaigners, policy experts and open data specialists to discuss the first stages of creating a pilot database for country-by-country reporting (CBCR) data....
Transparency International EU welcomed a key vote by the European Parliament on new measures designed to improve the transparency around multinational corporations’ activities, structures and tax payments. This draft legislation would require...
Today, after a public consultation process, the European Commission published a new legislative proposal aimed at regulating the work of tax intermediaries and advisers in order to increase transparency and access to information on tax arrangements
