Tax-Havens

Tax-Havens

Paradise Papers Reveal Further Offshore Tax Avoidance

| Importance: 8/10

The Paradise Papers, a massive leak of 13.4 million documents from offshore law firm Appleby and corporate services provider Estera, exposed how global elites used legal loopholes to avoid taxes. The investigation revealed offshore interests of over 120 politicians and world leaders, including Queen …

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Paradise Papers Expose Global Elite's Systematic Offshore Financial Manipulation

| Importance: 9/10

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released the Paradise Papers, a massive leak of 13.4 million confidential documents revealing extensive offshore financial activities of global elites. The investigation exposed how powerful individuals and corporations systematically …

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Google Establishes "Double Irish, Dutch Sandwich" Tax Avoidance Structure

| Importance: 9/10

By 2003, Google had established the “Double Irish with a Dutch Sandwich”—the most sophisticated corporate tax avoidance structure in history—allowing the company to route profits through Ireland, Netherlands, and Bermuda to avoid paying billions in taxes on non-US revenues despite …

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