TaxWatch is an investigative think tank shining a forensic light on who pays tax, who doesn’t, and why
Big fish, little fish…
With limited resources, how should the UK prioritise different types and targets of tax enforcement?
The transparency registers that weren’t
UK ministers have praised five of the UK’s Overseas Territories for searchable registers revealing who really owns companies registered there. TaxWatch has found that one of these new registers doesn’t even exist, and others have erected last-minute legal blocks against access.
New weapons, same problems?
Stronger powers against ‘enablers’ – those who design and enable aggressive tax avoidance and evasion – are back on the table once again. But new figures show that existing powers are still not being used.
Broken offshore promises undermine the UK’s tax system
New figures on UK tax enforcement show that Pandora Papers leaks can’t supplant properly available information about who really owns offshore companies.
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