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Another EU court case is weaponising human rights against transparency and tax justice

Jun 28, 2024 | taxjustice.net | Layne Hofman |Andres Knobel

After the infamous ruling of November 2022 by the European Court of Justice that rolled back public access to beneficial ownership information, another case now pending in the European Court of Justice could deal an even worse blow to the fight against transparency and tax justice.
The IMF’s paper on opaque bank ownership is fully aligned with our beneficial ownership policies

Apr 29, 2024 | taxjustice.net | Andres Knobel

Beneficial ownership transparency is a crucial tool to fight illicit financial flows. It involves identifying the real individuals who ultimately own, control or benefit from legal vehicles such as companies and trusts. Although this sounds rather simple, getting it right is a whole different story. Standards by international organisations (watered down by powerful countries) tend to be quite weak and unambitious.
The secrecy enablers strike back: weaponising privacy against transparency

Mar 26, 2024 | taxjustice.net | Andres Knobel

After decades of slow but steady transparency progress (eg automatic exchange of banking information, beneficial ownership transparency, country by country reporting), secrecy promoters have found a strategy to turn back the clock on hard-fought transparency advances. They are weaponising the rights to privacy and data protection to prevent access to information by the public as well as by competent authorities.
Overturning a 100 year legacy: the UN tax vote on the Tax Justice Network podcast, the Taxcast

Dec 18, 2023 | taxjustice.net | Andres Knobel |Naomi Fowler

Welcome to the latest episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast. You can subscribe either by emailing naomi [at] taxjustice.net or find us on your podcast app. All our podcasts are unique productions in five languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Portuguese. They’re all available here.
The People vs Microsoft: the Tax Justice Network podcast, the Taxcast

Nov 30, 2023 | taxjustice.net | Andres Knobel |Layne Hofman |Naomi Fowler

Welcome to the latest episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast. You can subscribe either by emailing naomi [at] taxjustice.net or find us on your podcast app. All our podcasts are unique productions in five languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Portuguese. They’re all available here. On the Taxcast this month, the story of what happened when the US tax authorities, the IRS, decided to crack down on Microsoft, one of the world’s biggest tech companies.
Who owns the climate crisis? The Tax Justice Network podcast, the Taxcast

Jul 27, 2023 | taxjustice.net | Andres Knobel |Layne Hofman |Naomi Fowler

Welcome to the latest episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast. You can subscribe either by emailing naomi [at] taxjustice.net or find us on your podcast app. All our podcasts are unique productions in five languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Portuguese. They’re all available here. In this edition of the Taxcast:We’re experiencing the hottest global temperatures ever recorded. For millions of us, the climate crisis is already hitting hard.
Beneficial ownership and fossil fuels: lifting the lid on who benefits

Jun 30, 2023 | taxjustice.net | Andres Knobel

Until now, the tax justice and climate justice movements have mostly tended to operate in isolation from each other, despite having many common goals and objectives. This is the first in a series of blogs examining underexplored issues at the intersection of tax justice and climate justice. At the heart sits seeking to redress historic and ongoing inequalities in the exploitation of planetary carbon boundaries, and in the unfair distribution of ongoing human costs.
Roadmap to Effective Beneficial Ownership Transparency (REBOT)

Feb 7, 2023 | taxjustice.net | Andres Knobel

This roadmap presents the Tax Justice Network’s vision for beneficial ownership frameworks that achieve truly effective transparency. This version will be constantly updated based on new ideas or experiences to achieve the most ambitious transparency outcome. We understand that political, technical and budget constraints may prevent countries from achieving this standard in the short or medium term.