Tax Justice Network

Today the Tax Justice Network published two reports on real estate transparency. The first one, “Beneficial ownership of real estate around the world” summarises the findings of the

The tax justice movement awaits the publication of the first full draft of the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UNFCITC). It is expected within the coming days.

For those not intimately following the UN intergovernmental negotiations over the last two years, the Report of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa strikes at...

Debates about taxation are often shaped less by evidence than by politically convenient narratives. Across many countries, claims that taxes are the primary cause of low wages, weak growth or economic stagnation frequently gain traction despite limited empirical support. For those concerned with tax justice, the issue is not whether taxes should ever be criticised, but whethe...

Since 2009, the Tax Justice Network has published the Financial Secrecy Index. This is a ranking of jurisdictions around the world, based on a thorough assessment of financial transparency and relevant areas of international cooperation. By combining the overall secrecy score with a global scale weight, the ranking reflects the share of global financial secrecy risk that each...

In a world where we push people crossing seas in small boats back into dangerous open water and build ever higher walls to keep out people who seek a better life, the commodification of citizenship and residency and the selling of golden visas to the richest raises serious moral concerns. The Golden Visas indicator of the