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This often means that governments have less funding to provide public services and to reduce poverty. The picture is complex – the ‘race […] View resource Media briefing Endless Corporate Tax Scandals? Oxfam’s 5-point plan to build a fairer global tax system 29/07/2019 3 documents 8 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Africa Corporate Tax Inequality Social spending Tax havens Taxation Overview When multinational corporations and the super-rich use tax havens to avoid paying their fair share, it is ordinary people, and especially the poorest, who pay the price. The Mauritius Leaks show that tax havens continue not only to exist but to prosper, despite government promises to rein in tax dodging. This briefing lists five steps […] View resource Briefing note Not Enough Substance? Assessing changes made by UK-linked tax havens to fulfil EU requirements 02/04/2019 1 documents 20 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Crown Dependencies Gender inequality Inequality Overseas Territories Poverty reduction Tax havens Taxation Overview New EU requirements to combat tax avoidance – as part of a tax haven blacklist process started in 2017 – may change how multinational companies use tax havens, but not necessarily lead to a significant drop in global tax avoidance. Oxfam research revealed in Off the Hook: How the EU is about to whitewash the […] View resource Briefing note Off the Hook: How the EU is about to whitewash the world’s worst tax havens 07/03/2019 5 documents 32 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Base erosion and profit shifting European Union Inequality Tax havens Taxation Overview Tax havens deprive governments around the world of billions of dollars each year, fuelling inequality and poverty. The EU blacklisting process was announced as an attempt to put an end to the era of tax havens. Unfortunately – according to Oxfam research – the EU is set to whitewash some of the world’s worst tax […] View resource Briefing paper Prescription for Poverty: Drug companies as tax dodgers, price gougers, and influence peddlers 18/09/2018 7 documents 80 pages long Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Access to medicines Healthcare Inequality Pharmaceutical companies Tax havens Taxation Overview New Oxfam research shows that four pharmaceutical corporations – Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Pfizer – systematically hide their profits in overseas tax havens. This activity could deprive developing countries of more than $100 million every year – money that is urgently needed to meet the health needs of people in these countries – […] View resource Briefing note Harmful Side Effects: How drug companies undermine global health 18/09/2018 1 documents 24 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Access to medicines Healthcare Inequality Pharmaceutical companies Tax havens Taxation Overview New Oxfam research shows that four pharmaceutical companies – Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Pfizer – systematically hide their profits in overseas tax havens. They appear to deprive developing countries of more than $100m (around £80m) every year – money that is urgently needed to meet the health needs of people in these countries […] View resource Briefing note Blacklist or Whitewash? What a real EU blacklist of tax havens should look like 28/11/2017 7 documents 24 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Country-by-country reporting European Union Tax havens Taxation Overview Tax havens deprive countries of hundreds of billions of dollars, fuelling inequality and poverty. The EU will soon release a blacklist of tax havens operating outside the EU, and issue penalties for those appearing on it. However, power politics means that several significant tax havens could be missing from the list. This report shows what […] View resource Briefing note Stopping the Scandals: Five ways governments can end tax avoidance 08/11/2017 3 documents 10 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Accountability Country-by-country reporting Inequality Paradise Papers Tax avoidance Tax havens Tax scandals Taxation Overview When global corporations and the super-rich use tax havens to avoid paying their fair share, it is the poorest countries and people who lose most. The Paradise Papers show that tax havens continue to do a roaring trade, despite government promises to clamp down on tax dodging. This briefing lists five actions governments can take […] View resource Briefing note Ending the Tax Scandals: Five actions the UK government can take to tackle tax avoidance 07/11/2017 1 documents 8 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Accountability Country-by-country reporting Inequality Tax avoidance Tax havens Taxation UK poverty Overview When corporations and individuals get away with not paying their fair share of tax, it is poor countries which have the most to lose. Governments are robbed of vital revenue and poor people are left trapped in poverty, while those with the power to avoid paying taxes grow ever richer – leading to spiralling inequality. […] View resource Briefing paper Opening the Vaults: The use of tax havens by Europe’s biggest banks 27/03/2017 8 documents 52 pages long Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Banking sector Country by country reporting Inequality Tax havens Taxation Transparency Overview The world of tax havens is a murky place. In Europe, only one sector is required to publicly report its profits and tax on a country-by-country basis – the banking sector, as a result of regulation following the financial crisis. Since 2015 all banks based in the European Union have been obliged to report on […] View resource Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know