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The tax justice network changing the world
The Tax Justice Network (TJN) is an advocacy group consisting of a coalition of researchers and activists with a shared concern about tax avoidance, tax competition, and tax havens.
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According to its 2015 auditor's report, The Tax Justice Network International Secretariat Limited is a United Kingdom company controlled by "Tax Justice Research Limited, a British-registered company with charitable purpose." Experts of TJN appear at public hearings of the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag.
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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.