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Indicator deep dive: ‘patent box regimes’

The Tax Justice Network updated its Corporate Tax Haven Index today with a new rolling batch. The index ranks countries by ...
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Multinationals’ IP tax break like 7-month tax break for workers

Countries are giving multinational corporations an average 63% tax discount on profits generated from intellectual property.1 The size of the discount is proportionally the same as allowing workers to ...
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Two negotiations, One crisis: COP30 and the UN tax convention must finally speak to each other

COP30 and the UN tax convention unfolded in parallel with almost no coordination. This blog explains why climate action and ...
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UK’s unused anti-tax haven power can pay for income tax freeze

The £12 billion the UK government expects to raise across 2029 to 2031 by freezing workers’ income tax rates, as announced in yesterday’s Budget Statement 2025, could instead be raised by exercising ...
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Losses to OECD tax havens could vaccinate global population three times over, study reveals

Poorer countries hit hardest by global tax abuse at the hands of rich countries Countries are losing a total of $483 billion in tax a year to global tax abuse committed by multinational corporations ...
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UN resolution for an intergovernmental tax framework: What does it mean, and what’s next?

Following the momentous passing of the resolution to begin intergovernmental discussions on a globally inclusive UN tax framework, our chief executive Alex Cobham spoke to the German Tax Justice ...
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Countries can raise $2 trillion by copying Spain’s wealth tax, study finds

Following the example of Spain’s “featherlight” wealth tax on the 0.5% richest households would see countries raise $2.1 trillion a year globally Evidence shows tax reforms targeting extreme wealth ...
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World losing half a trillion to tax abuse, largely due to 8 countries blocking UN tax reform, annual report finds

Multinational corporations cheated more after getting tax cuts, largest inadvertent real-world testing of corporate tax policies reveals Countries are losing US$492 billion in tax a year to ...
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The State of Tax Justice 2024

Countries are losing US$492 billion in tax a year to multinational corporations and wealthy individuals using tax havens to underpay tax, the 2024 edition of the Tax Justice Network’s State of Tax ...
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The global tax rate is now a tax haven rewards programme, and Switzerland wants in first

Originally, the OECD’s idea of the new minimum tax was to make the international corporate tax system a little fairer. Now, Switzerland is among the front-runners to implement the new GLoBE rules ...
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Tax haven ranking: UK protects itself while keeping world defenceless to British tax havens

UK network of tax havens responsible for a third of corporate tax abuse risks, but – astonishingly – rated as “not harmful” by the OECD New UK government urged to break with previous attempts to “kill ...