10 November: Giving With One Hand and Taking With the Other
Eurodad as coordinator of the European Tax Justice Network has coordinated 13 European NGOs in producing an excellent analysis of European countries’ role in tax-related capital flight from developing countries. The report concludes that no governments are demanding country-by-country reporting from companies; most are reluctant to allow public access to information on the true owners of companies; data is rarely exchanged among governments on tax matters; and no governments support equal inclusion of developing countries in the ongoing discussions on global tax reform.