@taxobservatory.bsky.social
Independent research lab focusing on #taxation, corporate tax avoidance, tax evasion, and solutions to these issues. Directed by @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
Learn more: https://linktr.ee/taxobservatory
@taxobservatory.bsky.socialHow does dirty money move across borders — and what makes it so difficult to stop?
Join Oliver Bullough and Sara Brimbeuf for the next #TheOffshoreTalks on 14 October.
🔗 Register: tally.so/r/0QKD26
@taxobservatory.bsky.social📢 Join our next #LunchSeminar with @valentin-marchal.bsky.social ( @sciencespo.bsky.social ) to discuss wealth accumulation, asset-price bubbles and the role of taxation.
🗓️ 9 October | 12:00–13:00 CET
📍 @pse.bsky.social & Zoom
🔗 More information: taxobservatory.world/event/lunch-...
@taxobservatory.bsky.social4/4 Once properly cleaned, micro-CbCR data appear broadly consistent with other major sources on multinational enterprises — reinforcing their potential for tax analysis, economic statistics and research on global firms.
🔗 Read the full research note → taxobservatory.world/publication/...
@taxobservatory.bsky.social3/4 Our note sets out practical ways to clean & process the data: from harmonising firm identifiers & reconciling #CbCR tables to benchmarking against external datasets & addressing dividend double-counting.
A key principle throughout: make corrections transparent & reproducible.
@taxobservatory.bsky.social2/4 Why does that matter? 🤔 Micro-CbCR datasets can contain duplicates, reporting errors, inconsistent currencies and units, identifier issues, sign reversals and other inconsistencies. In other words: you can’t simply take the raw data and start analysing it.
@taxobservatory.bsky.social1/4 What can Country-by-Country Reporting (#CbCR) tell us about multinational companies?
🔎 A lot. But there’s a catch: before firm-level CbCR data can be used for research or tax analysis, it needs to be carefully cleaned.
📄 New research note: taxobservatory.world/publication/...
@taxobservatory.bsky.social@taxobservatory.bsky.social💸 How does dirty money move across borders, and why is it so difficult to stop?
Join Oliver Bullough for #TheOffshoreTalks as he explores the hidden financial systems that allow illicit wealth to circulate, followed by a discussion with Sara Brimbeuf.
@taxobservatory.bsky.social📢 Join our next #LunchSeminar with Christos Kotsogiannis (@exeter.ac.uk & CESifo) on VAT thresholds, organisational splitting and the implications for tax policy.
🗓️ 25 September | 12:00–13:00 CET
📍 @pse.bsky.social & Zoom
🔗 More information: taxobservatory.world/event/lunch-...
@taxobservatory.bsky.social📢 Join us for our next #LunchSeminar with Louis de Lachapelle (CREST), discussing how investment tax incentives affect investment, prices, and who benefits from these policies.
🗓️ September 11 | 12 pm (CET)
📍 @pse.bsky.social & Zoom
🔗 More information: taxobservatory.world/event/lunch-...
@taxobservatory.bsky.socialNew paper: Enforcement & Evasion in Beneficial Ownership Registers
🇬🇧 #UK made ID verification mandatory for company directors & beneficial owners in 2025. Compliance jumped 46 pp, but at least 33K companies used a legal loophole to delay checks by a year.
@taxobservatory.bsky.social1/ Big news! Today, we officially launch the International Tax Observatory (#ITO)🚀 Building on the foundation of the EUTO, we are expanding our mission to address global tax evasion, wealth concentration, illicit financial flows & the intersection of taxation & the environment.
