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Super-Rich Hide $3.55 Trillion Offshore, Oxfam Says

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Oxfam reveals the global super-rich stash up to $3.55 trillion offshore, totaling $13.25 trillion by 2023. Eighty percent of this hidden wealth, $2.84 trillion, likely belongs to the top 0.1% households, matching the total wealth of the poorest half of the world. Oxfam calls for a global wealth tax, loophole closure, and poorer countries inclusion in info-sharing systems. In the UK, Labours tax reforms face criticism, while Parliament slams tax officials for not tracking billionaire numbers. The fight for fairness intensifies.

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Super-Rich Hide $3.55 Trillion Offshore, Oxfam Says

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Sydney News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Super-Rich Hide $3.55 Trillion Offshore, Oxfam Says. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

Oxfam just dropped estimates showing the global super rich hiding up to three and high five five trillion dollars offshore from tax collectors. That's bigger than 3% of the world's entire GDP, folks. Total offshore wealth climbed to 13.25 trillion dollars by 2023, but the truly hidden slice shrank since automatic. Info sharing started in 2016. 80% of that shielded money, over $2.84 trillion likely sits with the top 0.1% of households matching the total wealth of the planet's poorest half. They timed this rapport for the 10th anniversary of the Panama Papers leak, pushing hard for a global wealth tax, closed loopholes, and getting poorer. Countries into the Info sharing system. In the UK, labor's bumped capital gains taxes and ditched non-dom perks, but Oxfam once a full wealth levy, while watchdogs say reformed council tax. First, and Parliament slamming tax officials for not even tracking billionaire numbers right,

the push for fairness keeps building. Local news, powered by AI, this is Sydney News Today.

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