Right now multinationals largely get to “pay where they say”, deciding for themselves where their profits appear on paper. It’s time to “pay where you play,” explains Alison Schultz and Bemnet Agata in a new piece for Common Dreams 👉Read here: www.commondreams.org/opinion/corp... #TaxJustice

The Century-Old Legal Fiction Costing America $35.5 Billion a Year | Common Dreams

The international corporate tax system treats the subsidiaries of major corporations as independent businesses, allowing these companies to pay tax where they say and not where they actually play.

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🤑 We pay. You pay. Palantir doesn’t. A new report finds that #Palantir is paying little to no corporate tax in Europe while expanding its influence over public services, policing, defence and national security. 💲 Public money in. Almost no tax out. Read the report: www.epsu.org/article/pala...

Palantir pays almost no corporate tax in Europe while benefitting from public contracts: new report

A new report reveals that Palantir is paying little to no corporate taxes in Europe while building massive profits and share value off the back of public contracts.

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Our Chief Executive @alexcobham.bsky.social pushing back yesterday at the #UNTaxConvention negotiations in New York, reminding delegates that a full, agreed UN definition of illicit financial flows already exists, and shouldn't be narrowed now. webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1y...

(4th meeting) - Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (INC Tax) - 3 to 13 August 2026

The Fifth Session will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 3 to 13 August 2026.

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Unitary taxation would end the fiction that a multinational is a collection of unrelated entities & tax it as what it is: a single business. Alison Schultz breaks down technical choices, from resource rights to where sales are measured, that shape who benefits from global tax reform. bit.ly/4wbE1s7

Find out more and see how much your country stands to gain here: bsky.app/profile/taxj...

Tax Justice Network@taxjustice.net · last mo.

Countries can collect US$500 billion extra corporate tax a year from multinational corporations without increasing taxes by following through on the #UNtaxConvention’s commitment to change where multinationals pay tax. Our new study with @psiglobalunion.bsky.social: taxjustice.net/press/countr...

In a few hours, negotiations on a #UNtaxConvention will resume. Our new study with @psiglobalunion.bsky.social finds that the convention's commitment to change where we tax multinational corporations will see countries collect an extra $500bn from multinationals a year without increasing tax rates

Read our new study with @psiglobalunion.bsky.social, published this morning. bsky.app/profile/taxj...

Tax Justice Network@taxjustice.net · last mo.

Countries can collect US$500 billion extra corporate tax a year from multinational corporations without increasing taxes by following through on the #UNtaxConvention’s commitment to change where multinationals pay tax. Our new study with @psiglobalunion.bsky.social: taxjustice.net/press/countr...

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.

We spoke with @lbc.co.uk's @sandywarr.bsky.social this morning about the UN's plan to change how we tax multinational corporations from a "pay where you say" approach to a "pay where you play" approach, & how the UK stands to gain an extra £12.8 billion a year from these plans. #UNtaxConvention

Countries can collect US$500 billion extra corporate tax a year from multinational corporations without increasing taxes by following through on the #UNtaxConvention’s commitment to change where multinationals pay tax. Our new study with @psiglobalunion.bsky.social: taxjustice.net/press/countr...

Countries to gain $500bn more tax a year under UN ‘pay-where-you-play’ plan - Tax Justice Network

UN tax convention commitment to scrap 100-year-old corporate tax approach will unleash new economic era without increasing taxes, experts say Countries can collect US$500 billion more in corporate tax...

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💰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

🇨🇭 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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bilaterals.org, a clearing house for people’s struggles against FTAs around the world, has relaunched its website! New features include a simpler navigation system and more powerful search engine www.bilaterals.org/jun-2026-bil... @alexcobham.bsky.social @simonlester.com @icrict.bsky.social

🏠“You can only do so much about drug traffickers and corrupt oligarchs when the world’s biggest economy has no qualms about letting them buy up beach-front condos with their dirty money to rent out and finance their operations. " Moran Harari @taxjustice.net #FSI2026 👉 More tinyurl.com/h4td8a2a

🌊 🧱In a world where people in small boats are pushed back into dangerous waters and higher walls are built, selling #GoldenVisas raises serious moral concerns. Our index analysis shows this is also a #FinancialSecrecy issue. #FSI2026 👉Read more: taxjustice.net/2026/06/23/i...

"When you’re Zillow for money launderers, you’re dealing with a more extreme side of money laundering." @alexcobham.bsky.social, Chief Executive, @taxjustice.net. 👉 Find our more here: tinyurl.com/h4td8a2a #FSI2026

⚡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 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 · 3mo ago

⚡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

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 · 3mo 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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In despair about 'strongmen' rolling back environmental rules and economic justice? Don't be. Join me Wed 17 June, 1 pm BST online/in-person with people making law work: @tessakhan.bsky.social on oil & gas limits sivathambisetty.bsky.social on protecting nature @alexcobham.bsky.social on global tax

Wow. Even after we'd exposed the 'data' behind the ridiculous media coverage of a millionaire exodus, we didn't think the golden visa people would give up on it. But they have!

Tax Justice Network@taxjustice.net · 3mo ago

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...

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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Even the *Trump administration* understands that beneficial ownership transparency is key to effective policies in a swathe of areas. (They will keep dismantling their own defences all the same. But still)

Stephen Abbott Pugh@stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The executive order "recognises that beneficial ownership transparency is a national security imperative, and the requirement to address ownership visibility gaps ... reflects the importance of this information for trade enforcement"

Just a couple of hundred million in tax that was riding on whether Bolt could pay VAT on its profit rather than its sales (?!). The precedent for Uber could involve real money though...

Reuters@reuters.com · 3mo ago

UK tax authority wins appeal in dispute with Bolt which could affect Uber reut.rs/3QEmBFE

"We must sync our tax code with our trade policy, putting an end to provisions that not only fail to deter offshoring, but actively incentivize it." ✊ @aflcio.org aflcio.org/resolutions/...

"The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation."