The Big Tax Return

Imagine if poor countries had the riches to help them work their own way out of poverty.

Money The truth is they do – but it’s multinational companies that are reaping the rewards.

The Big Tax Return, is about plugging this leak – and getting poor countries their money back.

You just helped persuade the British government to take tax dodging seriously. Now we need the accountants to do the same.

UK government backs Big Tax Return

The UK says it wants companies to declare their profits and tax bills in all countries in which they operate.

It's brilliant news, and it's thanks to you!

We asked you to email your MPs, urging the government to move for country-by-country reporting as a means of clawing back the billions of dollars poor countries lose every year through tax dodging.

And that's what Stephen Timms, financial secretary to the Treasury, has said he will be calling for at a G20 meeting in Berlin this week.

Thanks to everyone who contacted their MPs about tax dodging. It has strengthened our case as we call for action from the Big Four accounting firms.

Video Learn about country-by-country reporting in our Big Tax Return guide

Guardian UK moves for country-by-country reporting

Email the Big Four accountancy firms

Global accounting rules have to change - and the Big Four auditing firms, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, can help make it happen.

First we need to persuade them. Find out more - and take action now.

Alternative Tax Awards

Multinational corporations are well-versed at finding ways of cutting their tax bills and boosting their profits. It's an achievement we don't want to go unrecognised.

So, fanfare please for Christian Aid's Alternative Tax Awards 2009.

Video Meeting the great and good of the accounting world

And the winners are...

Tax rules are bananas

Our two-part video guide cuts through the jargon to reveal how tax and trade rules work to boost multinationals' profits – and leave the world's poorest countries out of pocket.

Watch our Guide to the Big Tax Return – and get to grips with the issues.

Tax: a theological approach

In The Gospel and the rich: theological views on tax, Paula Clifford, Christian Aid's head of theology, takes a look at how theology informs our perspective on the issue of taxation.