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More than naming and shaming needed to stop corporate tax avoidance

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imageGetting serious on tax avoidance will require global buy-in.Lukas Coch/AAP

The report of the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into corporate tax avoidance comes with the subtitle – “You cannot tax what you cannot see”, with a strong focus on increased transparency.

The majority of the 17 recommendations in the interim...

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