Simon Bowers
ICIJ
United Kingdom
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Who are we writing for? Investigative storytelling for all generations
"Broadcast journalism forces you to think very differently," reporter Harry Karanikas tells us in our monthly Meet The Investigators series. → Read More
How Panama Papers – the story 'too big for one news outlet' – changed these reporters lives
Three years ago, German investigative journalists Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier received a record-breaking trove of leaked data from a source going by the pseudonym John Doe. → Read More
How spies and investigative reporters think alike
ICIJ member Kristof Clerix specializes in reporting on intelligence agencies and espionage, and finds his methods are similar to the spies he investigates. → Read More
I gave a TEDx Talk about taxation and everyone stayed awake
Explaining the contortions that multinational corporations put themselves through to avoid taxes is a journalistic challenge. Here's one way to overcome it. → Read More
Europe cracks down on luxury yacht tax dodge, citing Paradise Papers
The European Commission is taking action against three EU member states for failing to collect sufficient value added tax (VAT) on yachts. → Read More
Revealed: how Nike stays one step ahead of the taxman
Money paid for trainers in shops moves in and out of Europe, to Caribbean and even to entities not officially based anywhere → Read More
Apple secretly moved parts of empire to Jersey after row over tax affairs
Rearrangement allowed tech firm to keep paying ultra-low tax rate when Ireland tightened rules, Paradise Papers reveal → Read More
Apple’s Secret Offshore Island Hop Revealed By Paradise Papers Leak
Elite tax advisers help Apple Inc. and other corporate giants skirt impacts of crackdown on 'Double Irish' maneuvers. → Read More
How Nike Stays One Step Ahead of the Regulators
Nike’s tax planning over the years exemplifies how adept multinationals can be at staying ahead of the game. → Read More
Jean-Claude Juncker blocked EU curbs on tax avoidance, cables show
Leaked papers reveal that as Luxembourg’s PM, the European commission president obstructed the bloc’s tax reforms efforts → Read More
MPs poised to investigate VAT fraud on Amazon and eBay
Public accounts committee expected to examine overseas traders evading hundreds of millions in tax on online sales → Read More
UK MPs unite to push for greater transparency from tax havens
Cross-party group backs amendment to criminal finances bill making overseas territories introduce public registers → Read More
Apple and Ireland will fight the EU's €13bn tax ruling all the way
The European commission’s decision has struck a blow – but why has the tech giant never faced action from the US’s IRS? → Read More
Feeling the heat from Brussels over tax? Then move to London
McDonald’s retreat from its Luxembourg tax structure to setting up in the UK follows in the footsteps of other multinationals at odds with the EU on tax → Read More
McDonald's to scrap Luxembourg tax structure
Fast food chain’s reorganisation means £800m from restaurants in Europe will flow through the UK instead → Read More
HMRC chief calls for tax crackdown on Premier League footballers
Jon Thompson tells MPs that offshore image rights payments are most significant tax avoidance issue in football → Read More
Brussels to crack down on VAT fraud by firms shipping goods to EU
Estimated €5bn a year is lost in tax revenues as many import firms illegally underdeclare value of goods arriving in EU → Read More
Amazon and eBay sellers' VAT fraud rife despite crackdown
Guardian investigation finds goods such as iPads being shipped from the UK tax-free by overseas sellers → Read More
MPs expected to back regulations on privately-owned City businesses
The proposals are expected to bring private companies in line with other businesses, in response to scandals like BHS → Read More
Google pays €47m in tax in Ireland on €22bn sales revenue
Company filings in Dublin show taxable profits of €341m after global tech giant recorded administrative expenses at €16.9bn → Read More