Tax Justice Advocacy: A Toolkit for Civil Society

The purpose of this toolkit is to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations to: understand and analyse the issues surrounding tax in a given country, develop advocacy strategies for tax justice, do tax research, plan and undertake different advocacy activities (for example lobbying, campaigning and media work) and learn from the experience of others already doing tax advocacy. More info on Tax Justice SOMO.

Moderna vaccine profits channelled to tax havens

Vaccine manufacturer Moderna is employing tax avoidance structures to shift its profits to Switzerland and the US state of Delaware, research by SOMO in cooperation with Wemos. The European Union ordered $10.3 billion worth of…

Long read / July 13, 2021

Moderna’s free ride

Pocketing tax free profits from publicly funded jabs

Publication / June 1, 2021

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The tax avoidance structures of ViacomCBS

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News / June 1, 2021

American media giant ViacomCBS avoids at least US$ 4 billion in profit tax via the Netherlands

For almost two decades, ViacomCBS has been using the Netherlands to avoid paying at least US$ 4 billion in corporate income tax in the United States. This is the main conclusion from the new SOMO…

News / April 9, 2021

Rio Tinto: No progress, only hollow talk

Photo: Center for Biological Diversity As Rio Tinto prepares for its 9 April Annual General Meeting, campaign groups from five continents have come together to pressure the company to meet its commitments and answer demands…

Opinion / February 11, 2021

Failed Dutch tax policy must lead to reconsideration

Arnold Merkies

News / February 11, 2021

Two election debates

SOMO is co-organising two debates (in Dutch) in the run-up to the Dutch elections on 17 March. Het Grote Buitenlanddebat – 24 February During the “Grote Buitenlanddebat”, candidate MPs will debate the role of the…

MHP chicken farm in Ukraine - Photo by SOMO.

News / October 21, 2020

European tax havens help Ukrainian poultry giant to feather its nest

One of the largest exporters of chicken products to the European Union, the Ukrainian poultry giant MHP uses letterbox companies in tax havens Luxembourg and Cyprus to avoid taxes at home, new research by SOMO…

Publication / October 21, 2020

A fox in the henhouse

How Ukrainian chicken farmer MHP receives massive subsidies while avoiding taxes

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News / October 13, 2020

Tax training on the (global) digital economy

This week, the online training of the Indonesion NGO Prakarsa started. The training is an introduction to (international) taxation, with a focus on the digital economy. Central to the training are the concepts of tax…

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