Financial Transparency Coalition

LONDON - Government plans to make life harder for ‘cowboy’ tax advisers selling aggressive tax avoidance schemes to UK tax payers are welcome but will make little difference in the battle to tax the trillions hidden offshore, Christian Aid says today.

BRUSSELS - Tax is joining high pay as an issue at FTSE100 companies’ AGMs this year, with Boards facing tough questions about their use of tax havens, financial secrecy and whether – with complex chains of subsidiaries stretching across the globe - they know what is really going on.

LONDON - New European plans to reveal more about multinationals’ finances will help tackle corruption in the oil, gas and mining industries - but need toughening up if they are also to help poor countries fight multi-billion pound tax dodging, says Christian Aid.

Christian Aid just released their new video for the End Tax Haven Secrecy campaign. Watch the (excellent) video, then visit EndTaxHavenSecrecy.org to take action today. Join us in calling to demand tax justice at the G20 summit in France in November 2011.