Union asks who lobbied Coalition to drop tax transparency measure

Coalition had pledged to introduce beneficial ownership register but Treasury now says no commitment was made

Unions have demanded the government come clean on which businesses lobbied it to drop plans to introduce a register to help stamp out multinational tax avoidance.

The government has previously made clear its commitment to introduce a beneficial ownership register, a simple and effective transparency measure that curbs profit-shifting and tax avoidance by showing the public who is really behind often-complex corporate structures.

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