Tax avoidance by multinational enterprises is not new. But the current level of political will and public outcry on the issue is uncommon in the history of taxation.
The upcoming G20 meeting in Brisbane promises to keep the momentum and reiterate the determination of political leaders to address base erosion and profit shifting by corporate groups.
The timeline below reviews the development and key events of the anti-corporate tax avoidance movement so far.
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Further reading
Ireland’s move to close the ‘double Irish’ tax loophole unlikely to bother Apple, Google
G20 host Australia faces hard truths of multinational profit shifting
Information is power: OECD tax plan puts Apple and Google on notice
What’s needed for Australia to seriously tackle tax avoidance