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.
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At least sixteen Gazprom subsidiaries in the Netherlands
The largest gas company in the world, Gazprom, has at least sixteen Dutch subsidiaries in Amsterdam, SOMO-research finds. The Russian state-owned company falls outside the current sanction rules, which means that Gazprom’s Dutch letterbox companies…
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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 $10.3 billion worth of…
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American media giant ViacomCBS avoids at least US$ 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…
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…
Failed Dutch tax policy must lead to reconsideration
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…
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…