Alex Cobham

@alexcobham.bsky.social

Chief executive @taxjustice.net (he/him). Tax Justice (SAGE Press): https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/what-do-we-know-and-what-should-we-do-about-tax-justice/book286416 The Uncounted (Polity): https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/The+Uncounted-p-9781509536023

While the UK has repeatedly tried to block progress at the UN, the new UK government has a real opportunity to change the UK's position and lead again on tackling global corporate tax abuse.

💰Countries lose US$492 bn a year to global tax abuse. A new policy brief by Carolina Rodrigues Finette argues a global minimum corporate tax should sit at the heart of reforms under the #UNTaxConvention 👉https://www.neep-poverty.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1.5-Minimum-Corporate-Tax_final-1.pdf

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🇨🇭 Should global financial centres be judged by minimum standards or by how they use their influence to advance transparency? New Swissinfo.ch op-ed by Andres Knobel & Bob Michel argues Switzerland can go further on tax cooperation. 👉 tinyurl.com/2r55cxn5

Switzerland has done little more than bare minimum to improve transparency of its financial system

Switzerland again ranks top for enabling financial secrecy. The country tends to embrace transparency reforms only after sustained international pressure.

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US threatening 100% tariffs in response to DSTs. Only collective cooperation provides a defence of national sovereignty - and the UN framework convention on international tax cooperation being negotiated *now* is crucial www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital tax

US president says levy would be imposed immediately and supersede pre-existing trade deals with the country

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The Financial Secrecy Index 2026 is out! And with it, we've put together a Real Estate Secrecy Index reflecting the key risks around dirty money coming into the property sector

Tax Justice Network@taxjustice.net · last mo.

⚡Financial secrecy is not a binary category. #FSI2026 The new Real Estate Secrecy Index shows the biggest risks sit in major economies, not just small offshore jurisdictions, & also highlights “golden visa” schemes enabling opacity in wealth and property. Read more: tinyurl.com/bdcpaxxe

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

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Oil and gas profits are booming, and there is unprecedented attention to taxation on fossil fuel companies seen at the Santa Marta Conference on phasing out fossil fuels. There is a political path for new permanent higher taxes on fossil fuel companies.

LSE Blogs@lseblogs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The spike in oil & gas prices from the US-Israel war on Iran has raised the idea of taxing fossil fuel companies. @ashfaqkhalfan.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social argues this is the moment to enact permanent rather than windfall taxes to incentivise investment in renewable energy @lsebr.bsky.social

NEW: Tax is a powerful tool for improving our lives – a social superpower, even. But the world loses around half a trillion dollars every year through crossborder tax abuse. @alexcobham.bsky.social @taxjustice.net argues for stronger international tax frameworks ahead of his #LSEFestival event.

Stronger tax frameworks can make a fairer world - LSE Review of Books

Alex Cobham argues that fairer rules, progressive taxation and a new UN tax framework could ensure more accountability and better public services worldwide.

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No naivety, though: powerful lobbies are mobilising against sustainability and economic justice, with serious resources. David is facing an intelligent Goliath, so we need more than a slingshot. Let's talk about the strategies needed: www.lse.ac.uk/events/lse-f... @gsos-lse.bsky.social

How the right laws can save the planet | Enactment and Implementation

1pm Wed 17 Jun | Alex Cobham, Siva Thambisetty, Tessa Khan | Free event at the LSE Festival: How to save the planet | Ticket required

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HUGE U-TURN: The report behind global news stories on a millionaire exodus has confirmed millionaire migration is “modest” & announced it will no longer be publishing migrations estimates that "data does not yet support”, after tax campaigners debunked its methodology. taxjustice.net/press/millio...

Millionaire exodus study drops author and numbers after fake data accusations - Tax Justice Network

The widely covered study confirms migration was “modest” and drops estimates that “data does not yet support”.

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At 4am, Senate Republicans gave the greenlight for the IRS to drop ALL investigations into Trump and his family. That means if Trump is evading taxes, we’ll never know. I have a bill to make this illegal. And I won’t stop fighting to get it done.