Financial Transparency Coalition

In the first newsletter of 2016, we cover a range vital financial transparency issues, from the OECD’s invitation to invite developing countries to join its anti-tax avoidance to a host of great new research projects from FTC Allied Organizations in Asia. Have a look inside and catch up on the latest in financial transparency news!

In this updated briefing, 14 civil society organizations, including the FTC, provide answers to a number of often-asked questions about public country by country reporting. The briefing aims to address concerns over public country by country reporting for large corporations, and why this type of reporting would be an effective deterrent of aggressive tax avoidance and

The FTC joined 22 other civil society organizations in drafting a letter to the United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters. The letter addresses concerns about the proposed UN Code of Conduct on Cooperation in Combatting International Tax Evasion, and offers a set of recommendations on how to strengthen the document. 

The Financial Transparency Coalition joined more than 30 other civil society organizations from around the world to send a letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to highlight the importance of ensuring that public country by country reporting for corporations remains in the Shareholders Rights Directive, currently being negotiated by European lawmakers.