Foster Human Rights by Eradicating Multinational Tax Avoidance

In need of a reputation makeover in the wake of its multibillion-dollar tax abuse scandal in the UK, multinational telecom giant Vodafone Group Plc has since 2012 voluntarily made public much of the country-by-country reporting of tax data that it’s legally required to report privately to His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (the British IRS).

Vodafone is among only a handful of multinationals to volunteer the public country-by-country reporting that, led by Australia, likely will be mandated worldwide within a few years. It quietly concedes that it doesn’t make public the juicy bits, such as “significant uncertain tax positions” or ...