PATHWAYS TO CHANGE IN THE TAX SECTOR

Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI) members are committed to being transparent about not just what they fund, but why. This site is a resource for the members themselves, but hopefully also for other funders and organizations working on tax issues. You can explore the articulated pathways to improved tax outcomes for each core member and collectively, details of selected current grantees and funding, and how the work fits in a broader tax ecosystem. It is a complement to resources detailing bilateral and multilateral funding on tax, such as the DRM database. 
 
Explore how TAI members view the pathway to change and collective priorities

Tax – A Shared Priority of TAI Members

TAI donor members are committed to supporting the development of a more equitable and inclusive tax governance system at the global and national levels. While tax governance is a newer area for the transparency and accountability community, growing concern over the low level of taxes paid by multinationals has increased the urgency around tax system reform for development. As calls to address tax avoidance and tax justice gain momentum around the world, TAI donors look to support efforts to increase tax transparency, end anonymous shell companies, and advocate for a more accountable and equitable global tax architecture.

Our Goals

Improved revenue generation and more equitable tax policies transform SDG financing and lead to decreasing income inequality within countries
Increased public budgets enable well-funded, high quality public service provision and fulfillment of SDGs
Increased fiscal transparency and citizen participation leads to effective oversight of taxation, budgets and service delivery
Transformation in the public view on tax and the social contract leads to greater tax compliance and transformed governance

The international tax system is unfair, opaque and can be manipulated by many actors to shift profits and significantly minimise tax contributions. No one country can solve this global problem. Tax competition proliferates, with the benefits of tax cooperation too often ignored. Developing countries’ revenue bases are particularly affected. At national level, poorly designed, often inequitable, tax systems and weak tax administrations are common. This exacerbates problems raising revenue, prevents governments delivering public services and aggravates social and economic inequalities.

The lack of financial and fiscal transparency facilitates harmful corporate tax practices as well as corruption and criminality. International processes to address harmful tax practices often exclude developing countries’ perspectives and do not meet their needs. The weak social contract and general public apathy means citizens are not calling for fiscal reforms. The lack of capacity, knowledge and collective action of civil society, as well as poor understanding of illicit financial flows and significant impacts of secrecy, all remain barriers to action in this area.

Generally global governance trends improve in the coming decade, as opposed to countries becoming more isolationist; Countries come together to proactively solve international taxation problems, rather than favouring heightened tax competition; DRM and financing the SDGs remain a critical element of the international development agenda; Democratization and efforts to improve governance and accountability continue to advance in developing countries and trends towards autocracy and dictatorship are not widespread.

TAI donors will support the following types of inputs and activities delivered by its grantees... research, capacity building and advocacy in relation to transparency, tax and illicit financial flows of a large diversity of actors, at national, regional and global levels; Monitoring policy implementation; Development and use of open data tools; Investigative journalism; Alliance building; Engagement of business leaders and investors; Citizen engagement and oversight of government revenue raising, spending and service delivery.

Our Goals

Improved revenue generation
Increased public budgets enable well-funded, high quality public service provision
Increased fiscal transparency and citizen participation leads to effective oversight of taxation, budgets and service delivery
Transformation in the public view on tax and the social contract leads to greater tax compliance and transformed governance

The international tax system is unfair, opaque and can be manipulated by many actors to shift profits and significantly minimise tax contributions. No one country can solve this global problem. Tax competition proliferates, with the benefits of tax cooperation too often ignored. Developing countries’ revenue bases are particularly affected. At national level, poorly designed, often inequitable, tax systems and weak tax administrations are common. This exacerbates problems raising revenue, prevents governments delivering public services and aggravates social and economic inequalities.

The lack of financial and fiscal transparency facilitates harmful corporate tax practices as well as corruption and criminality. International processes to address harmful tax practices often exclude developing countries’ perspectives and do not meet their needs. The weak social contract and general public apathy means citizens are not calling for fiscal reforms. The lack of capacity, knowledge and collective action of civil society, as well as poor understanding of illicit financial flows and significant impacts of secrecy, all remain barriers to action in this area.

Generally global governance trends improve in the coming decade, as opposed to countries becoming more isolationist; Countries come together to proactively solve international taxation problems, rather than favouring heightened tax competition; DRM and financing the SDGs remain a critical element of the international development agenda; Democratization and efforts to improve governance and accountability continue to advance in developing countries and trends towards autocracy and dictatorship are not widespread.

TAI donors will support the following types of inputs and activities delivered by its grantees... research, capacity building and advocacy in relation to transparency, tax and illicit financial flows of a large diversity of actors, at national, regional and global levels; Monitoring policy implementation; Development and use of open data tools; Investigative journalism; Alliance building; Engagement of business leaders and investors; Citizen engagement and oversight of government revenue raising, spending and service delivery.

Our Goals

Improved revenue generation and more equitable tax policies transform SDG financing and lead to decreasing income inequality within countries
Increased public budgets enable well-funded, high quality public service provision and fulfillment of SDGs
Increased fiscal transparency and citizen participation leads to effective oversight of taxation, budgets and service delivery
Transformation in the public view on tax and the social contract leads to greater tax compliance and transformed governance

The international tax system is unfair, opaque and can be manipulated by many actors to shift profits and significantly minimise tax contributions. No one country can solve this global problem. Tax competition proliferates, with the benefits of tax cooperation too often ignored. Developing countries’ revenue bases are particularly affected. At national level, poorly designed, often inequitable, tax systems and weak tax administrations are common. This exacerbates problems raising revenue, prevents governments delivering public services and aggravates social and economic inequalities.

The lack of financial and fiscal transparency facilitates harmful corporate tax practices as well as corruption and criminality. International processes to address harmful tax practices often exclude developing countries’ perspectives and do not meet their needs. The weak social contract and general public apathy means citizens are not calling for fiscal reforms. The lack of capacity, knowledge and collective action of civil society, as well as poor understanding of illicit financial flows and significant impacts of secrecy, all remain barriers to action in this area.

Generally global governance trends improve in the coming decade, as opposed to countries becoming more isolationist; Countries come together to proactively solve international taxation problems, rather than favouring heightened tax competition; DRM and financing the SDGs remain a critical element of the international development agenda; Democratization and efforts to improve governance and accountability continue to advance in developing countries and trends towards autocracy and dictatorship are not widespread.

TAI donors will support the following types of inputs and activities delivered by its grantees... research, capacity building and advocacy in relation to transparency, tax and illicit financial flows of a large diversity of actors, at national, regional and global levels; Monitoring policy implementation; Development and use of open data tools; Investigative journalism; Alliance building; Engagement of business leaders and investors; Citizen engagement and oversight of government revenue raising, spending and service delivery.

Our Goals

Improved revenue generation and more equitable tax policies transform SDG financing and lead to decreasing income inequality within countries
Increased public budgets enable well-funded, high quality public service provision and fulfillment of SDGs
Increased fiscal transparency and citizen participation leads to effective oversight of taxation, budgets and service delivery
Transformation in the public view on tax and the social contract leads to greater tax compliance and transformed governance

The international tax system is unfair, opaque and can be manipulated by many actors to shift profits and significantly minimise tax contributions. No one country can solve this global problem. Tax competition proliferates, with the benefits of tax cooperation too often ignored. Developing countries’ revenue bases are particularly affected. At national level, poorly designed, often inequitable, tax systems and weak tax administrations are common. This exacerbates problems raising revenue, prevents governments delivering public services and aggravates social and economic inequalities.

The lack of financial and fiscal transparency facilitates harmful corporate tax practices as well as corruption and criminality. International processes to address harmful tax practices often exclude developing countries’ perspectives and do not meet their needs. The weak social contract and general public apathy means citizens are not calling for fiscal reforms. The lack of capacity, knowledge and collective action of civil society, as well as poor understanding of illicit financial flows and significant impacts of secrecy, all remain barriers to action in this area.

Generally global governance trends improve in the coming decade, as opposed to countries becoming more isolationist; Countries come together to proactively solve international taxation problems, rather than favouring heightened tax competition; DRM and financing the SDGs remain a critical element of the international development agenda; Democratization and efforts to improve governance and accountability continue to advance in developing countries and trends towards autocracy and dictatorship are not widespread.

TAI donors will support the following types of inputs and activities delivered by its grantees... research, capacity building and advocacy in relation to transparency, tax and illicit financial flows of a large diversity of actors, at national, regional and global levels; Monitoring policy implementation; Development and use of open data tools; Investigative journalism; Alliance building; Engagement of business leaders and investors; Citizen engagement and oversight of government revenue raising, spending and service delivery.