Financial Transparency Coalition

El Reino Unido ha aprobado una de las reformas fiscales más regresivas de su historia con el aumento de la contribución a la seguridad social (NIC, por sus siglas en inglés) del 1,25%, con el objetivo de recaudar $13.700 millones para financiar la atención social a los ancianos y las personas con enfermedades de larga

Washington DC – The UK should stop blocking attempts to implement a global minimum corporate tax that enables developing countries to raise much-needed funds for the Covid-19 response, according to the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC).

PRESS RELEASE The Financial Transparency Coalition welcomes the news that the UK will finally be able to open up the financial centres in the British Overseas Territories. This has come about after the UK Government accepted a cross-party amendment to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill for Britain’s Overseas Territories to bring in public registers

UK companies with hidden owners lie behind some of the worst problems of our time. Amongst other things they  been used to breach UN sanctions, evade taxes and rip off ordinary citizens. That’s why Global Witness has been calling for an end to these getaway cars for crime and corruption for years (see this TED-Ed animation for