taxes

Eight of ten Europeans say laws need to change to clamp down on the use of tax havens, a poll published on Tuesday shows.

The gap between where companies pay tax and where they really do their business is huge, as shown by new research described in this briefing.

The European Parliament has voted in favor of legislation - as part of the vote on the Shareholder's Rights Directive - obliging large companies across all sectors to publicly declare their earnings and taxes in the locations they operate – a move Oxfam welcomes.

The European Commission today published an action plan for a fairer corporate tax system in the European Union.