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Fair Tax Mark available for UK multinationals

The Fair Tax Mark is pleased to announce that its new standard for responsible tax behaviour and reporting is now available for UK-based multinationals. As with the UK version, the Fair Tax Mark for multinationals will encourage company groups to put all their ‘cards on the table’ and go public with a clear and honest explanation of their tax affairs. …

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Q&A with SSE

      SSE was the first FTSE100 company to gain the Fair Tax Mark. We talked to their Finance Director Gregor Alexander about the process Why did you apply for the Fair Tax Mark? SSE’s Finance Director, Gregor Alexander says: “Taxes are the way that every member of society makes a contribution to the cost of providing the public …

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Fair Tax Mark on 2014 New Radicals list

The Fair Tax Mark is delighted to announce that it has been included on the 2014 New Radicals list, compiled by Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation and The Observer. The list details 50 people or projects that are helping to change Britain for the better chosen out of over a thousand applicants. Richard Livings, Project Manager at The Fair Tax …

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New Team Member Appointed

The board of the the Fair Tax Mark are delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Livings as the latest member of the Fair Tax team. Richard joins as project manager and will be coordinating the growth of the organisation as increasing numbers of consumers and businesses seek a positive way of addressing the growing public concern regarding taxation issues. …

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Fair Tax Mark Multinational Criteria Open Consultation

Phase two of the Fair Tax Mark is here. The 26th of June sees the unveiling of our draft assessment criteria for multinational companies.The draft document, available for download here, will form the basis of our approach to how we accredit as Fair Tax larger companies that are based in the UK and have operations abroad. The Fair Tax Mark …

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Co-operative Energy challenges the Big Six to get Fair Tax accredited

Co-operative Energy has called on the UK’s Big Six energy suppliers to follow their lead and become Fair Tax accredited. Co-operative Energy, part of Midcounties Co-operative and the first energy company in the UK to have been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, said that the energy industry needed to reform after last year’s controversy surrounding the low rates of corporation …

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Unity Trust challenges big banks to follow its example on tax

Fair Tax Mark pioneer Unity Trust Bank has challenged the UK’s big banks to join the conversation about responsible tax.

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Caroline Lucas MP leads debate on the Fair Tax Mark

On Tuesday 18th of March, Caroline Lucas MP led a debate in the Commons on the topic of the Fair Tax Mark, reports Joanna Long. Ms Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, read a prepared statement on the Fair Tax Mark and wider issues of corporate tax avoidance. She then had the opportunity to put a range of questions …

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David Gauke, Treasury Minister, welcomes Fair Tax Mark

David Gauke welcomes the Fair Tax Mark as a valuable contribution to the debate about tax transparency Treasury Minister David Gauke yesterday said the government approved of the principles behind the Fair Tax Mark and suggested it could be a ‘valuable contribution to the debate’ about corporate tax avoidance and greater transparency. The Minister’s remarks came during an adjournment debate …

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MPs debate Fair Tax Mark

Image: Catherine Bebbington/Parliamentary Copyright Commons to debate Fair Tax Mark Less than a month old and the Fair Tax Mark is already attracting a good deal of attention in parliament. A debate on the Fair Tax Mark is being held in the Westminster Hall at 11am this morning. Proposed by Caroline Lucas MP, the half-hour adjournment debate will see MPs …

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