Tax Justice Network

Tax Justice Network
Focus tax avoidance, tax competition, and tax havens.

The Tax Justice Network (TJN) is an advocacy group consisting of a coalition of researchers and activists with a shared concern about tax avoidance, tax competition, and tax havens.

According to its 2009 reports, The Tax Justice Network International Secretariat Limited is a UK company controlled by "Tax Justice Network Association Sans But Lucratif, a not for profit organisation registered in Belgium."[1]

Publications

In July 2012, following a study into wealthy individuals with offshore accounts, the Tax Justice Network published claims regarding deposits worth at least $21 trillion (£13 trillion), potentially even $32 trillion, in secretive tax havens. As a result, governments suffer a lack of income taxes of up to $280 billion.[2][3][4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Tax Justice Network International Secretariat Limited, Report and Accounts, December 31, 2009, p. 18
  2. ↑ "13 trillion pounds in offshore tax havens: Report". The Times of India. July 22, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Super rich hold $32 trillion in offshore havens". Reuters. July 22, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Tax havens: Super-rich 'hiding' at least $21tn". BBC. July 22, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
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