The Fair Tax Foundation is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Good Business Charter (GBC), the UK’s number one benchmark for socially responsible business conduct. The GBC champions ethical conduct in ten areas, including a real living wage for employees, prompt payment to suppliers and environmental responsibility. They also encourage businesses to “pay fair tax”, and our partnership …
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The Trump administration is threatening to cut off funding to the FASB, the US's accounting standard setter, unless it abandons a modest push for extra corporate tax transparency. Meanwhile, many US multinationals are quietly getting on with producing much more ambitious country-by-country reports, as mandated by the EU. Back in December 2023, after nearly a decade of to and fro, …
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The Fair Tax Foundation's 2025 Annual General Meeting marked the beginning of a new era. Our community share offer in 2024 exceeded its target, raising £493k investment and bringing in 96 new shareholder members. We anticipated an increase in member engagement as a result, and we were pleased to have a record number of members participate in the AGM, making …
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Fair Tax Week 2025, held from 8th to 15th June, once again brought together businesses, councils, and partners committed to promoting responsible tax conduct. Who together, highlighted the positive role that transparent and ethical tax practices play in supporting communities and public services. Participation The week once again saw strong participation from both Fair Tax Mark businesses and Fair Tax …
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Our Public Country-by-Country Reporting (pCbCR) Resource Hub is where we set out why and how multinational business should embrace tax transparency, together with the very latest news and analysis. The pCbCR Resource Hub now includes a running assessment of corporate tax transparency reports from around the world, as required by countries implementing the EU pCbCR Directive (at 17th July 2025). …
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Summary of findings 137 EU public Country-by-Country reports sourced and analysed. The most extensive analysis published globally to date, to the best of our knowledge. Almost two-thirds (60%) of corporate pCbCR reports are good, solid attempts to implement legislation driven by the EU pCbCR Directive. However, in 7% of instances, business have opted to confine disclosures to EU designated tax …
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Mitie Group plc has achieved Fair Tax Mark certification across all its operations, both in the UK and internationally. Mitie becomes the largest company – by colleague numbers – to secure accreditation to date. Mitie, the UK’s leading facilities management and transformation company, joins a growing movement of businesses who recognise the importance of responsible tax conduct. The Fair Tax …
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Background In 2021, the EU public Country-by-Country Reporting (pCbCR) Directive came into force. This requires large multinational companies that have a substantial presence in Europe to publicly share key financial information on their operations in each EU Member State and a designated list of tax havens.1 In the main, the Directive will lead to major new corporate tax disclosures in …
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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. …
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of three new non-executive directors to our board: Rebecca Hurford, Head of Tax at Watches of Switzerland; Penny Hogan, Chief Financial Officer at Unity Trust Bank plc; and Hannah Wickes, marketing advisor and former Chief Marketing Officer at Ecosia. These additions come at a pivotal moment, as we accelerate our international growth strategy …
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