Fiscal hell or mirage? What Spain’s wage debate gets wrong
Debates about taxation are often shaped less by evidence than by politically convenient narratives. Across many countries, claims that taxes are the primary cause of low…
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Introducing the Real Estate Secrecy Index
Since 2009, the Tax Justice Network has published the Financial Secrecy Index. This is a ranking of jurisdictions around the world, based on a thorough assessment of…
Indicator deep dive: Golden Visas
In a world where we push people crossing seas in small boats back into dangerous open water and build ever higher walls to keep out people who seek a better life, the…
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld the weaponisation of privacy to restrict tax authorities’ access to banking data
There is weaponisation of privacy, and then there are cases that take it a step further. One thing is to close “public” access to information, as the infamous ruling of…
She cleans your house but the tax system can’t see her
We’re pleased to share this blog from the Tax Justice Network chair Lyla Latif (Pan-African lawyer, academic, and policy strategist) on how domestic work platforms are…
What we learned from three years of conversations on poverty beyond growth
I was often told that ending poverty required economic growth. Grow the economy. Create more wealth. Raise incomes. And poverty will eventually disappear. Yet after…
California steps up for tax fairness
Picture the scene. It’s August in New York and international negotiators are meeting to continue moves to ensure that multinational companies are finally required to pay…
Finally, the European Court of Justice cracks down on trusts
The Tax Justice Network has banged the drum about the threats posed by trusts for decades. On 21 May 2026, the European Court of Justice has finally joined us. They have…
Financial secrecy has entered the EU AML rulebook. What comes next?
From July 2027, obliged entities will be required to take financial secrecy risks into account in geographic risk assessments under the European Union’s anti-money…
UN Tax Convention: Summary of the Tax Justice Network’s stakeholder input after the Fourth Session of negotiations
This blog is a summary of the Tax Justice Network’s most recent stakeholder submissions regarding the ongoing negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on…
Taxing Ethiopian women for bleeding
Tax is never neutral. It tells us whose wellbeing is protected and whose dignity is treated as negotiable. Around 500 million women and girls worldwide lack the…
Tax justice and the women who hold broken systems together
My mother was the first woman in my family to go to university. She worked. A lot. She raised her children alone. She cleaned, cooked and cared. She endured long…