The following interview with our Chief Executive, Paul Monaghan, was recently published by – who will launch a Blueprint on Tax Transparency and Responsibility in March 2019. It explores the emerging trends around responsible tax conduct, and it is reproduced here with their kind permission. What are the best enablers to get more companies to become responsible tax payers? At the …
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Pennon Group plc, the parent company of South West Water, Pennon Water Services and Viridor, has became the first water services and waste management utility to secure the Fair Tax Mark. The Group is one of Britain’s largest environmental infrastructure groups. It is listed at the top end of the FTSE 250, and has a workforce of 5,000 people …
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London-based technology company Yoti have become an accredited Fair Tax Mark business, following their successful review against the Fair Tax Mark criteria. Founded in 2014, Yoti is on a mission to become the world’s trusted identity platform. The free Yoti app transforms paper ID documents into a secure digital identity, giving individuals an easier and more secure way to prove …
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Leeds Building Society has become the first national high-street financial institution certified as an accredited Fair Tax Mark business, having been successfully assessed against the Fair Tax Mark criteria. Leeds Building Society is the fifth largest building society in the UK and has 55 branches in the UK and Gibraltar. The Society joins a growing list of organisations that have …
Read MoreSSE has been reaccredited with the prestigious Fair Tax Mark for the fifth year in a row – demonstrating its transparency and commitment to play fair on tax. It remains the only FSTE100 company to have been accredited by the world’s first independent body scrutinising firms’ approach to tax. Today SSE has also published its Talking Tax Booklet which gives …
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The Fair Tax Mark is delighted to work with, and have the support of, politicians of many different political persuasions. We recently partnered with Church Action for Tax Justice and other faith groups to help organise an event in Birmingham at which Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell was the keynote speaker. Andrew Mitchell MP, Vice Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on …
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In today’s speech to the Labour Party Conference, John McDonnell said: “We can’t trust the Tories on this, but we shouldn’t just wait until we get into government. We should act now. “One way is to mobilize shareholder power to demand companies uphold basic tax justice standards. Numerous institutions from churches to trade unions and pensions funds have large scale …
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Tax avoidance; a huge issue that’s not going away. Tax matters. It helps to fund vital public services, and when paid fairly, ensures a level playing field for businesses large and small. Our research found that seven in ten of the public would rather shop (69%), or work for a business (70%) which can prove it’s paying its fair share …
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The UK’s first ever Fair Tax Fortnight (June 9-24) set out to celebrate those companies and organisations that are proud to pay their fair share of corporation tax, and to explore the positive contribution this makes to society. I’m delighted to say that it did this and then some. As you might expect, Fair Tax Mark certified organisations where at the …
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Polling released by the British Chambers of Commerce yesterday indicates that many businesses want more support to be tax compliant. We welcome and echo the call from the BCC for extra investment in both HMRC’s crackdown on tax avoidance and tools to enable easier compliance by business. Numerous companies seek to do the right thing and are proud to pay …
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