Natasha Turner, Author at Fair Tax Foundation

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Sector special: Fair Tax Mark shows social enterprise values ‘deeply rooted’

March 17, 2026 | News | Tags: Sector Special

In this series for the Fair Tax Foundation, our certified organisations tell us how the Fair Tax Mark has helped open opportunities or overcome challenges specific to their sector. Here, Abbas Shapuri, chartered accountant at Third Sector Accountancy, shares why the Fair Tax Mark is so important for a sector rooted in achieving social goals: social enterprises. For social enterprises, social and environmental …

Watches of Switzerland’s Hurford: ‘Paying our fair share of taxes supports communities and society’

June 9, 2025 | News | Tags: Fair Tax Leaders

Fair Tax Leaders features senior professionals from across the Fair Tax Mark business community. In this special edition for Fair Tax Week, the Watches of Switzerland Group Head of Tax Becky Hurford shares her journey to a career in tax, why she's so glad the tax landscape has changed and how the Fair Tax Foundation helped her prepare public Country-by-Country Reporting. …

Fair Tax Mark finds a home at WR Ethical

April 24, 2025 | News |

Ethical mortgage adviser WR Ethical have achieved their first Fair Tax Mark. The UK-based business helps customers find the best deals, informing them about the ethical and environmental performance of lenders. They are a whole-of-market mortgage broker committed to making the right choices with every aspect of how the business is run. The Fair Tax Mark is a label indicating …

Silicon Six: Three ways to close big tech’s enduring tax gap

April 15, 2025 | News |

Six of the world’s largest technology companies have paid rates of corporate income tax well below headline tax rates around the world, a new report from the Fair Tax Foundation has found. The report, The Silicon Six and their enduring global tax gap, examines the tax conduct of the Silicon Six (Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta/Facebook, Microsoft and Netflix) over the …

‘Always be hungry to be a bit better’: Fortum reveal leading Tax Responsibility and Transparency Index score

March 31, 2025 | News |

Nordic energy company Fortum have decided to publish their score in the Tax Responsibility and Transparency Index, revealing a high ranking and score of 74/100. The Tax Responsibility and Transparency Index is a benchmarking tool for multinational companies developed by the Fair Tax Foundation and CSR Europe. It assesses businesses in five key areas of tax conduct and is a …

Fair Tax Week 2025 announced: Get ready to celebrate

March 25, 2025 | News |

We’re delighted to announce this year Fair Tax Week will take place 8-15 June. Tax Justice Sunday will be on the first Sunday, 8 June. Fair Tax Week is an annual awareness-raising week where organisations that are certified with the Fair Tax Mark label will share why they value responsible corporate tax by holding events, publishing thought leadership and posting …

UK building materials merchant Lawsons awarded first Fair Tax Mark

March 20, 2025 | News |

UK-based Lawsons Group have become the first building materials merchant to be awarded the Fair Tax Mark, signalling they have reached the gold standard of responsible tax conduct. Established in 1921, Lawsons have a rich history as a family business, expanding their product range to become the largest independent timber, building materials and fencing merchant in London and the southeast …

Ørsted’s Rasmussen: ‘The Fair Tax Mark reassures stakeholders we act responsibly’

March 18, 2025 | News | Tags: Fair Tax Leaders

Fair Tax Leaders features senior professionals from across the Fair Tax Mark business community. Here, Ørsted Head of Tax Pernille Nygaard Rasmussen shares how to bring key parts of your business on board with tax transparency and why mutual trust is so important for creating fair tax systems. Ørsted are a global leader in offshore wind and one of the …

Fair Tax Foundation call on British Virgin Islands to overhaul beneficial ownership disclosure

March 6, 2025 | News |

The British Virgin Islands have, after much delay and prevarication, drafted proposals for access to their database of corporate beneficial ownership. However, their current proposal is woefully inadequate. We would like to see the British Virgin Islands significantly enhance transparency and improve access to their beneficial ownership register. Last week, we submitted a response to the government of the Virgin …

UK procurement policy should require suppliers to show responsible tax conduct

February 20, 2025 | News |

The UK government’s limited recognition of the importance of tax compliance in its new national procurement policy is welcome. But we would like to see it go much further and explicitly require suppliers to demonstrate responsible tax conduct in order for them to win public contracts. Last week, the UK government released a statement on a new national procurement policy, …