
TAX HAVENS CAUSE POVERTY
When big businesses and the rich avoid paying their fair share of tax, they cheat us all. The
Richard Wilkinson, The Equality Trust
Tax Justice Network describes, in plain English, how they do it, what it’s consequences are
and how to stop it. If you want a fair society, start reading here.
In some ways I feel responsible for TJN’s creation since I suggested in a 2000 OECD Observer report that civil society needed to have a stronger voice in the international tax debate. Well, over these 12 years it certainly has achieved this, moving tax issues up the political agenda.
Jeffrey Owens, OECD
Founded at a time when tax was a Cinderella subject, the Tax Justice Network was one of few voices challenging the status quo. Since then, its energy and international reach have greatly magnified its influence as the issues it championed moved up the political agenda.
Vanessa Houlder, The Financial Times
We are an independent international network launched in 2003. We conduct high-level research, analysis and advocacy on international tax; on the international aspects of financial regulation; on the role of tax in society; and on the impacts of tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax ‘competition’ and tax havens. We seek to create understanding and debate, and to promote reform, especially in poorer countries. We are not aligned to any political party.
Tax Justice Network, Registered in England and Wales, Registered Company No. 05327824, Registered Address: 38 Stanley Avenue, Chesham HP5 2JG, United Kingdom