Exploring how tax authorities can effectively use beneficial ownership information of legal vehicles
This briefing explores how tax authorities can effectively use the beneficial ownership information of legal vehicles from central registers and other kinds of information relevant to understanding these networks
Written by Tymon Kiepe
Published: 18 March 2025
Tax dodging and corruption are draining billions from development. This blog post discusses how knowing who owns what can empower tax authorities to combat illicit financial flows and secure vital funds for public services.
Written by Alanna Markle
Published: 27 January 2025
Wealth taxes are high on the policy agenda – a key theme at this year’s G20, and proposed as a solution to help countries find the USD 1 trillion annual financing needed to meet United Nations (UN) climate goals. To effectively enforce wealth taxes, governments need to get better at collecting and sharing data on where the super-rich hold their money.
Written by Louise Russell-Prywata
Published: 19 November 2024
Open Ownership and the UNODC recently delivered a series of engagements in the Philippines, a frontrunner on beneficial ownership transparency in Southeast Asia. The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission is leading efforts to encourage government agencies working in law enforcement, public procurement and tax to use BO data, which this work aimed to complement
Written by Alanna Markle , Emily Manuel
Published: 05 October 2023
In their roles as Data and Technology Manager and Country Manager for Open Ownership, Stephen Abbott Pugh and Karabo Rajuili recently took part in a conference to share our latest beneficial ownership research
Written by Karabo Rajuili
Published: 15 July 2021
As wealth inequality and public debt rises in many countries around the world, the issue of wealth taxation is gaining greater political prominence
Published: 15 December 2020
