Financial Transparency Coalition

This report is the first that PCS has produced on the subject of tax havens. It has prepared it for four reasons. First, PCS is committed to a fair, progressive tax system. It sees tax havens (or secrecy jurisdictions as we prefer to call them) as a threat to the establishment of such a system. This report notes that

This research briefing on secrecy jurisdictions from Tax Research UK–endorsed by the Tax Justice Network and the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development–is designed to briefly provide a clear insight into what secrecy jurisdictions are and what problems they cause.

Prepared by RIchard Murphy Prepared for IBIS, NCA, CRBM, Eurodad, Forum Syd and the Tax Justice Network The report, entitled ‘Investments for Development: Derailed to Tax Havens: A report on the use of tax havens by Development Finance Institutions,’  looks at a critical area in the development activities of many European countries – the role

A new Business Against Tax Havens report, ‘Unfair Advantage: The Business Case Against Overseas Tax Havens,’ looks at the unfair advantages that large companies have as a result of tax evasion and the amount of revenue lost in tax havens. The report puts forth nine policy recommendations, which include banning offshore corporations and repealing the