Nick Shaxson ■ Image of the day: IKEA

Image of the day: IKEA

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19 February 2016

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From the European Green Party:

The full report finds that IKEA structured itself to dodge €1 billion in taxes over the last 6 years using onshore European tax havens.

The handy infographic gives some indication of how it’s done. Fingering Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

See also this fun “FAKEA” campaign in Australia.

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Nick Shaxson

Nicholas Shaxson is a journalist and writer on the staff of Tax Justice Network. He is author of the book Poisoned Wells about the oil industry in Africa, published in 2007, and the more recent Treasure Islands: Tax havens and the Men who Stole the World, published by Random House in January 2011. He lives in Berlin.

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