DEATH & TAXESThe true toll of tax dodging

Exposing the scandal of poverty and challenging systems which make people poor Exposing the scandal of poverty and challenging systems which make people poor

Fighting for debt cancellation Fighting for debt cancellation

Jubilee 2000 Debt CampaignG8 countries at Cologne in 1999 committed to cancelling $111 billion of debtAt Gleneagles in 2005 world leaders agreed to cancel debt for Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs)

Supporting FairtradeCampaigning for fair trade since 1992.Helped establish the Fairtrade Foundation and Divine.In 2007 UK consumers spent more than £400 million on products carrying the Fairtrade logo.

Calling for trade justiceCalling for trade justice

Trade Justice: EPAsExposing the myth of economic liberalisation as a solution to poverty.Only 1 of 6 regions have signed a FULL EPA DFID withheld £50 million of funding to the World Bank in September 2006 

But what if poor countries had their own resources to pay for

their own development?

They do…

TAX

How the UK Government raises taxes

How the UKGovernment spends taxes

How much corporation tax?UK

US

Zambia

Peru

28%

35%

30%

30%

DVD

The Price is Right?

Banana company, £0.61

Supermarket, £0.39

How your £1 is chopped up…

A slippery business

People who add the real valuePeople who add the real value

Why Tax?

Poor countries currentlyhave to rely on aid

£80bn in potential revenue

Saving up to1000 lives a day

no more secrecyno more excuses

“Christian Aid believes that the creation of effective and fair taxation systems in the developing world is the only way that poor countries can end their dependence on aid and stand on their own feet”Death & Taxes Report, 2008