Your actions have already helped put tax justice on the map of all the major UK political parties and hit the top of the international political agenda.   Here’s how you did it.

November 2011: Thousands of campaigners asked their MPs to help close tax loopholes by putting pressure on the Chancellor ahead of the G20. 

• Because we took action the government accepted for the first time that tax dodging damages developing countries
• At the G20 Bill Gates highlighted to world leaders the importance of developing tax revenues to enable less dependence on aid.  The world’s second richest man is calling for tax justice!
• The G20 itself pledged to continue to crack down on tax havens, and agreed with us that more transparency was needed to help identity tax dodgers
  
  

May 2011: ActionAid's campaign asking SABMiller to stop tax dodging achieves a great result. 

• African governments agree a series of treaties which will help them share information and investigate SABMiller or any other company suspected of tax dodging
  
  

December 2010: ActionAid's exposé of SABMiller reveals for the first time exactly how a particular multinational dodges its taxes.

• Read the report 'Calling Time'
  
  
  

May 2010: ActionAid supporters put tax justice on the map in over 400 constituencies during the general election.

• MPs from all the parties supported your calls for tax justice. 
• We got the issues covered in all the main party manifestos.
• We could safely declare tax justice the big winner during this election!

September 2009: We form The Outlandish Revenue Service and grab the attention of Treasury Minister Stephen Timms.

• He drives forward international progress to increase tax transparency

April 2009: 35,000 people tell the G20 to put people first.

• They agree to help poor countries tackle the tax havens

October 2008:ActionAid supporters first ask Gordon Brown to fill the tax gap.

• He later agrees that tax havens siphon money out of developing countries. Tax justice is on the agenda.