Financial Transparency Coalition

Governments are being urged to shake up the way tax havens operate before the next G20 meeting later this summer, writes Neasa MacErlean

As Richard Murphy pointed out in his blog today, the Financial Times wrote an article today about Christian Aid's efforts on the issue of country by country reporting. From the Financial Times:

Supporters of Christian Aid are sending postcards and e-mails to the heads of the accounting firms demanding changes to international rules. The campaign is designed to tackle what it views as tax abuses that drain developing countries of revenue.

Dave Hartnett, permanent secretary at the Revenue, told a press conference in Paris last week that it was “an idea that is...