Don’t believe the hype – the global minimum tax may have taken a few knocks, but it is still advancing and there is much to celebrate. There has been much lamentation at the announcement on the 5th January 2026 that the 147 countries and jurisdictions that are working together within the OECD Inclusive Framework would grant the United States a …
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Just over half (56%) of the 190 corporate tax transparency reports published by large multinationals in connection with the EU Public Country-by-Country Reporting (pCbCR) Directive are good, solid attempts to be open and honest. However, there are wide national variances. The frequency of good application of the EU pCbCR requirements was substantially above average among business headquartered in Japan (72%) …
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Today, we have launched a new information hub on corporate income tax which sets out why it is the most critical of all taxes. At the Fair Tax Foundation, we’re often asked why corporate income tax is such a major focus of our work. After all, corporation tax is just one of a number of taxes that business pays. In …
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Corporation tax is an increasingly crucial source of revenue to governments across the world. The OECD has just released their latest annual analysis of what’s happening with corporate income tax across the world, and there is much to celebrate. The OECD’s Corporate Tax Statistics 2025 reports that the global contribution of corporation tax revenues to overall tax revenue has again grown substantially, and accounts for …
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Helping small businesses to secure the Fair Tax Mark certification has always a been a core part of our mission. People have a passion for supporting local companies that pay their taxes responsibly, be they coffee shops, grocery stores or community energy providers. Moreover, small business tax avoidance is as major an issue as big business tax avoidance. But small businesses may not always have…
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There are good and bad actors in both large and small business The media is full of stories detailing the tax avoidance of large multinationals. The Fair Tax Foundation has itself provided research and analysis detailing what is going wrong and why, not least in connection with the Silicon Six and their enduring global tax gap. Tax avoidance by a …
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At the Fair Tax Foundation, we invite partners and friends to share insightful analysis and thought provocations. Professor Chris Harrop OBE is currently the Vice-chair of the Fair Tax Foundation and a Visiting Professor of Sustainable Business at the University of Huddersfield Business School. Previously, Chris was 22 years at Marshall’s plc as Director of Marketing and Sustainability, and he …
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Amadeus has gained the Fair Tax Mark, becoming the first large multinational technology company to secure certification internationally. It joins a growing community of businesses across Europe that are proudly accredited to the international gold standard of responsible tax conduct. Amadeus is the world's leading provider of travel technology, with shares listed on the stock exchanges of Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and …
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Almost two-thirds (59%) of corporate tax transparency reports published by large multinationals in connection with the EU Public Country-by-Country Reporting (pCbCR) Directive are good, solid attempts to be open and honest. However, there are wide national variances. The frequency of good application of the EU pCbCR requirements was substantially above average among business headquartered in the UK (at 78%) and …
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Research commissioned by the Fair Tax Foundation has found increased support among the UK public for responsible corporate tax conduct and for government measures which encourage this. There is substantial support for new corporate tax transparency measures being applied to everything from the smallest microenterprise to the largest multinational. Almost three-quarters (74%) believe that the UK should force multinational businesses …
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