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340 multinational corporations concocted secret tax deals with Luxembourg (Photo: Christoph Diewald)

Fed up with tax dodgers? New disclosure rules can trigger change

Time and again when an election rolls around, the injustices ingrained in our tax policies become a central part of the debate. UK voters are set to go to the polls today, after weeks of campaigning on the questionable tax affairs of MPs, the use of ‘non-domiciled status’ by rich UK residents to avoid tax, and tax dodging multinationals.

The LuxLeaks scandal that broke last November showcased the extent of the problem: more than 340 multinational corporations (MNCs) were shown to have c...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

340 multinational corporations concocted secret tax deals with Luxembourg (Photo: Christoph Diewald)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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