Financial Transparency Coalition

Financial secrecy deprives countries, especially developing ones, of key revenue resources by eroding their tax base. India must thus build a robust legal system to lift the veil of secrecy on both onshore and offshore financing. ‘Paper companies’, more commonly known as shell companies, are entities with low or no real economic activity, where the

As we mentioned recently on our blog the 3rd International Conference on Beneficial Ownership Registries took place in Buenos Aires on June 21st-22nd at Argentina’s Central Bank. This was another successful event attended by the Tax Justice Network’s Andres Knobel, who reports back to us here on the dicussions there:More than 150 people participated in the

It’s always important to reflect on a coalition’s role in the broader movement, and take the temperature of key partners and friends. So this spring, we asked our email list of approximately 6,000 people, our 6,800 Twitter followers, and our 164 Allied Organizations what they got out of the FTC, and what they’d like to

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted to support a ramp up of efforts to clamp down on tax abuse by shedding light on the activities of multinational corporations around the globe. But a last minute compromise amendment raises questions about the ultimate effectiveness of the entire tax transparency