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Why Public Country-by-Country Reporting is ‘the’ key element of multinational tax transparency

The next few weeks will see technology giants Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Netflix release their annual financial results. And, as happens every year, investment analysts and journalists will pore over them to separate hard facts from hyperbole. But, as also happens every year, there will likely be an enormous gaping omission: namely, the complete and utter absence of a country-by-country breakdown of the company’s economic impact…

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Fair Tax Week 2023 dates announced

Fair Tax Week 2023 will run from 8th – 18th June, incorporating Tax Justice Sunday on 11th June. Fair Tax Week is a UK-wide recognition of the companies and organisations that are proud to promote responsible tax conduct and financial transparency.    Through webinars, events and social media activity, Fair Tax Week will celebrate the positive contribution corporation tax makes to society. A …

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Jupiter Fund Management becomes first global fund manager to be awarded Fair Tax Mark

Jupiter Fund Management plc has today been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, and becomes the first global fund manager to secure accreditation to the gold standard of responsible tax conduct. Jupiter is a specialist, high conviction, active asset manager with assets under management of £48.8bn as of 30 June 2022.  Jupiter is headquartered in London with offices in 12 worldwide …

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Unite becomes first German multinational to gain Fair Tax Mark

Unite has become the first German multinational to gain the Fair Tax Mark, the global gold standard of responsible tax conduct. They are also the first platform business to attain accreditation. Based in Leipzig and active in 15 European countries, Unite connects buyers and suppliers through a B2B platform and digital solutions that enable sourcing, transacting and collaborating. They join Vattenfall and Atlantia, …

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Atlantia Group becomes first Italian multinational to secure Fair Tax Mark

Atlantia Group has been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, and becomes the first Italian multinational company to secure accreditation to the gold standard of responsible tax conduct. Founded in 1950, Atlantia Group has operative companies across the world in the highways, airport infrastructure and mobility services sectors. They join Vattenfall, the first Swedish headquartered business to be certified, in achieving …

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Five highlights from a fantastic Fair Tax Week 2022

Graham Drummond Head of Communications Email Graham   And just like that, Fair Tax Week 2022 is over. We were thrilled to see so many UK businesses, organisations and councils join us in celebrating it. Together, you helped shine a light on the importance of responsible tax conduct and recognising those engaging in it. It was a busy, exciting week, …

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“We’re proud to retain the Fair Tax Mark” – Susan Davy, CEO, Pennon Group

This is a guest blog post from Susan Davy, CEO of Pennon Group. Pennon Group is a sponsor of Fair Tax Week 2022. Transparency and societal contribution are key to operating as a responsible business. As a top FTSE 250 UK-focussed company, we take this responsibility seriously and a big part of this is ensuring we pay the right amount …

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UK public strongly supports responsible tax conduct in latest Fair Tax Week polling data (but there’s a little twist)

Graham Drummond Head of Communications Email Graham   This week sees us excitedly kicking off Fair Tax Week 2022 in the UK, sponsored by Pennon Group and Leeds Building Society. So many businesses are already aware of the vital contribution their corporation tax makes to the public services we all rely on, and will be stepping forward to say what …

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Amazon’s tax gap grows to more than $6 billion as progressive investors push for transparency at their AGM

Amazon’s AGM takes place this Wednesday (25th May), and a tax transparency resolution has been tabled by progressive investors, including Fair Tax Mark accredited PIRC, that requests Amazon publish a breakdown of the income, profit and taxes paid (or not) around the world. We analysed Amazon’s numbers in 2019 and they weren’t good… The Fair Tax Foundation has previously provided …

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Meter Manager Ltd gains Fair Tax Mark

Meter Manager Ltd has today secured it’s first Fair Tax Mark accreditation, the gold standard of responsible tax conduct. Through its MeterOnline system, Meter Manager Ltd allows domestic and commercial customers to remotely read their smart meters, as well as providing alerts and automatic reports – whether they have one meter or several thousand. Allowing clients such as councils, housing …

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