Tax is often presented as a burden, but it shouldn’t be – not when considered against the huge array of public services it helps fund. From education, health and social care, to flood defence, roads, policing and defence. Corporation tax also plays a crucial role in holding the whole tax system together, helping to counter financial inequalities and rebalance distorted economies.
Fair Tax Week 2024 (9th – 16th June) saw businesses step forward and say what they pay with pride, and UK councils declared their support for the economic contribution this makes locally.
The week also served as a platform for others to share their thoughts, and an opportunity to explore the latest data on UK public attitudes to corporate tax conduct.
Thank you for joining us to make Fair Tax Week 2024 the biggest and best yet.
Founded a decade ago to help reverse the global race to the bottom on corporation tax, the Fair Tax Foundation[1] are aiming to level up our impact fivefold with a Community Share Offer unveiled today. Launching on social investment platform Ethex[2], the Community Share Offer will seek to raise £450,000 to allow the Fair Tax Foundation to embed tax justice …
Fair Tax Leaders features senior professionals from across the Fair Tax Mark accredited business community. Here, Coventry Building Society Senior Manager Finance Ops and Controls Claire Newton discusses the evolving role of the tax function and the benefits of increased reporting requirements. Coventry Building Society are the UK’s second largest building society and were first accredited in 2022. They were founded …
The Tax Responsibility and Transparency Index has a brand-new website, allowing multinational companies even better access to this pioneering benchmarking tool. The Index, which was announced at the European Parliament in April 2024, enables businesses to benchmark themselves against high-bar, civil society frameworks, pending legislation and pioneering companies broken down by country or sector. This leadership pool is anonymised but participating …
