We've launched our latest tax award, and this time we want your nominations.
Our search for the Tax Superhero of the Year is a genuine celebration of the tremendous potential good tax practice has to change the world for the better.
Know any suitably qualifed individuals, companies or organisations who in their work are helping developing countries collect more of the billions of dollars’ tax that they are owed?
Let no act of tax heroism go unsung!
Send us your nominations Email us now!
Tax dodging costs lives
Christian Aid estimates that poor countries lose more than $160bn each year through tax dodging by unscrupulous companies trading internationally.
If that money were available to the poor countries and allocated according to current spending practices, the lives of 350,000 children under the age of five could be saved in the developing world every year.
We know that there are people out there that already realise this – and are trying to do something about it.
For instance, some multinational companies see it as part of their corporate social responsibility to pay the right tax in the right country, and work hard to ensure this.
Some accountancy firms are willing to take a stand on abuses such as ‘false invoicing’ and ‘transfer mispricing’, where subsidiaries of multinational corporations sell goods and services to subsidiaries of the same concern at prices manipulated to lower the tax liability.
And even some celebrities take a stand by making sure they don't hide their wealth in tax havens.
Know anyone who fits the bill? Send us your nominations – email campaigns@christian-aid.org
Alternative Tax Awards
Christian Aid introduced its Alternative Tax Awards in May 2009. The tongue-in-cheek categories included Tax Haven Enthusiast of the Year and a Low Tax Rate Achievement Award.
The Big Four accounting firms and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), meanwhile, won a joint award for having the Greatest Potential for Tax Reform.
And Christian Aid is calling on the Big Four to take the lead in establishing a new accounting standard that would require companies to declare the profits they make and tax they pay in every country where they operate.
Act now! Email the Big Four
Video Previous 'winners' of our Alternative Tax Awards
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