Financial Transparency Coalition

Earlier this week, the Dutch Finance Minister, Mr Dijsselbloem, announced that the government would make the upcoming register of beneficial ownership, the so-called UBO-register, open to the public. This is in line with what the majority of parliament voted for in March 2014, and means the Netherlands will join a growing list of countries that

It’s been a busy week for the issues of tax and transparency in the European Union. It started with a bombshell announcement that Google would pay about $185 million in back taxes to the UK government (and other reports that Italy is seeking unpaid taxes from Google, as well). However, there was much discussion about

Right now, most multinational corporations based in Europe don’t have to reveal where they operate, how much they pay in taxes, or how many employees they have in a specific country; instead, they deliver bundled reports that make it difficult to hold them accountable. But new legislation known as the Shareholders Rights Directive could change

Just hours ago, tax transparency campaigners received a welcome victory by way of the French National Assembly, which approved a measure supporting public country by country reporting for corporations. Rather than vague bundled reports that are difficult to decipher, a requirement for country by country reporting would make it much easier to know basic information about a