Financial Transparency Coalition

Many thanks to our colleagues at Citizens for Tax Justice for this quick, clear and educational blog post in response to a surprising opinion piece (calling for an end to corporate income tax) in today's New York Times (can we blame it on the polar vortex?).

In the December 2013 Taxcast: the clock’s ticking for Swiss banks, OECD countries are failing to collect enough information on the real owners of companies, and the Taxcast looks at tax and human rights: lawyers have escaped public scrutiny of their role in tax abuse. So far… Want to download to listen to any time offline? Download here.

The New Year is a great time for resolutions. Of course most of these resolutions are made on a personal basis. But resolutions can also be made on a national and international level. So in that spirit, here are five resolutions from the FTC and some of our Coalition members. These reforms and priorities, if

Given impressive developments in the realm of financial transparency by the G20 in 2013, it would make sense to be optimistic for 2014. But perhaps this year’s G20 host, Australia, has yet to read the memo? According to a recent study Measuring OECD Responses to Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries, of the eight Financial Action Task Force recommendations related to customer due diligence and record-keeping by banks, Australia actually comes out worst of all OECD member countries, failing to comply with six of eight recommendations - and only partially complying with the other two! In an opinion piece for the...