Tax Justice Network

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Tax Justice Network
AbbreviationTJN
FormationMarch 2003 formal
November 2002 informal
Founder28 co-founders[1]
Founded atLondon
TypeNGO
Focustax avoidance, tax competition, tax evasion, and tax havens.
Headquarters38 Stanley Avenue, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2JG, United Kingdom.
Official language
English
Chief Executive
Alex Cobham
Revenue£1,111,981 ($1,556,773) (2016)
Websitewww.taxjustice.net

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Template:Taxation The Tax Justice Network (TJN) is a British advocacy group[2]Template:R/superscript consisting of a coalition of researchers and activists with a shared concern about tax avoidance, tax competition, and tax havens.[3]

Activity

Research

The TJN has reported on the OECD Base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) projects and conducted their own research that the scale of corporate taxes being avoided by multinationals is an estimated $660 billion in 2012 (a quarter of US multinationals’ gross profits), which is equivalent to 0.9% of World GDP.[4][5]

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.[6][7][8]

In November 2020, the TJN published "The State of Tax Justice 2020" report. It claims $427 billion is lost every year to tax abuse.[9][10] Further annual reports have subsequently been issued. Most recently in 2025.[11]

Financial Secrecy Index

The Financial Secrecy Index is a biennial publication of the TJN which was started in 2009 and was last released in February 2020.[12] It covers 133 global jurisdictions and produces a "Secrecy Indicator" score for each based on 20 qualitative criteria. Releases are widely covered in the media.[2][13][14][15]

Corporate Tax Haven Index

The Corporate Tax Haven Index is a biennial publication of the TJN which had its inaugural publication in May 2019.[16] It covers 64 global jurisdictions and produces a "Corporate Tax Haven Index" value by combining two core measures; first a "Haven Score" based on 20 mostly tax related criteria, second a "Global Scale Weight" showing the scale of activity. Release are widely covered in the media.[17][18][19]

Publicity

Experts of TJN appeared at public hearings of the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag in 2016.[20]

Funding

TJN has been rated as 'highly transparent' in its funding by Transparify[21] and has been given an A grade for funding transparency by Who Funds You?[22]

Leadership and authors

  • John Christensen, founding director and chief executive 2003-2016, board chair 2016-2021[23][24]
  • Richard Murphy, co-founder and research director 2003-2010[25]
  • Alex Cobham, chief executive since 2016[26]

Notable authors who have worked with TJN include accounting scholar Prem Sikka, activist Sony Kapoor, journalist Nicholas Shaxson,[27] and legal scholar Sol Picciotto.[28]

See also

Notes

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Happy Birthday Tax Justice Network". TJN. 9 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Report Says U.S. Is World's Second-Biggest Tax Haven". Bloomberg News. 30 January 2018. The Financial Secrecy Index, an assessment of global financial centers compiled by the Tax Justice Network, a left-leaning research and advocacy group,
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Core Funding Prospectus 2018–2021" (PDF). Tax Justice Network. 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tax Avoidance Costing U.S. $189 Billion: Tax Justice Network". Bloomberg News. 23 March 2017.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Base Erosion and Profit Shifting BEPS". Tax Justice Network. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."13 trillion pounds in offshore tax havens: Report". The Times of India. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Super rich hold $32 trillion in offshore havens". Reuters. 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tax havens: Super-rich 'hiding' at least $21tn". BBC. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The State of Tax Justice 2020" (PDF). Tax Justice Network. 20 November 2020.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."$427bn a year lost to tax abuse by firms and rich individuals, study finds". The Guardian. 20 November 2020.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sholli, Sam; Baker, Tom (7 November 2025). "This week in tax: US public CbCR opposition caused $475bn tax loss, report claims". ITR. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Financial Secrecy Index 2020 Results". Tax Justice Network. 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."U.S. Becomes World's Second-Biggest Tax Haven". Wall Street Journal. 30 January 2018.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."UN urged to launch global effort to end offshore tax evasion". The Guardian. 30 January 2018.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Australia a safe haven for illicit funds, but Switzerland the world's worst". Sydney Morning Herald. 31 January 2018.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Corporate Tax Haven Index 2019 Results". Tax Justice Network. 28 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."UK and territories are 'greatest enabler' of tax avoidance, study says". The Guardian. 28 May 2019.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Channel Islands 'among worst tax havens' worldwide". BBC. 28 May 2019.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."U.K. Islands Unravel Global Corporate Tax Order, Group Says". Bloomberg Tax. 28 May 2019.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Öffentliche Sitzung des Finanzausschusses" (in Deutsch). German Bundestag. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Round-Up of Transparify 2018 Ratings". Transparify. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tax Justice Network | Who Funds You?". whofundsyou.org.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."John Christensen steps down as Tax Justice Network chair". Tax Justice Network. 2 August 2021.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Richard Murphy (3 August 2021). "John Christensen quits the Tax Justice Network". Tax Research UK.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Richard Murphy". Tax Research UK.
  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Alex Cobham (2 August 2021). "The past, present and future of Tax Justice Network". Tax Justice Network.
  27. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our History". Tax Justice Network.
  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sol Picciotto, ICTD Senior Fellow". Institute of Development Studies.

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