Paradise Papers

How the rich and powerful hide their money and avoid tax - a trove of 13.4 million records show how politics and big business are entangled with offshore interests

Paradise Papers: Leaked records reveal offshore companies’ role in forest destruction

How lawyers and big banks help one of Asia’s largest paper companies expand despite poor environmental record and social conflicts

Paradise Papers: Cab sought files in 2015 on O’Brien-Lowry transactions

Isle of Man branch of AIB was approached for assistance in 2015

Paradise Papers: Confirmation that taxes are for the little people

Inside Politics: Legal offshore tax arrangements are a source of frustration for ordinary taxpayers

Paradise Papers: Denis O’Brien’s extensive use of offshore companies

Investments in INM, Topaz and Siteserv made via Isle of Man companies

Money trail: Denis O’Brien, Michael Lowry and the Criminal Assets Bureau

Paradise Papers: CAB looked for AIB material connected to Moriarty finding

Brendan O’Carroll says he was not involved in tax avoidance

Stars of Mrs Brown’s Boys reportedly put over £2 million into companies in Mauritius

Rise of tax haven Mauritius comes at the expense of rest of Africa

Paradise Papers: Critics remain sceptical of reform efforts on the Indian Ocean island

The Democratic donor and the largest private trust funds ever found

Paradise Papers: James H Simons has given money to Hillary Clinton and charities

Paradise Papers: Big US political donors play the offshore game

Leak provides insight into finances of Republican and Democratic contributors

Apple records global sales of €119bn in Ireland

Apple spokesman says firm paid $1.5bn in Irish corporation tax over three year period

Tax avoidance is not a ‘victimless issue,’ says Fianna Fáil

Michael McGrath says there is a ‘very fine line’ between tax avoidance and tax evasion

Paradise Papers: US tech firm set up in this Dublin office block to halve tax bill

Indian entrepreneur’s company set up ‘double-Irish’ structure

Irish entrepreneurs avoid VAT by buying jets in Isle of Man

Paradise Papers: Kennelly and Nolan bought private aircraft using IoM-linked structure

Apple made key subsidiary Irish-resident for tax reasons in 2014

Apple Operations Europe was ‘stateless’ and aided avoiding tax on tens of billions of euro

How Ireland may have helped Apple cut its tax bill a second time

Changes to tax rules around intellectual property could have saved tech giant billions

Irish-based structure may still help Apple avoid billions in tax

Paradise Papers: Apple says it changed residency of its Irish subsidiaries but insists move did not reduce tax payments

Apple’s cash mountain, how it avoids tax, and the Irish link

Paradise Papers: Elite tax advisers help Apple and others skirt effects of ‘double Irish’ crackdown

Paradise Papers: A two-hour stop in the Isle of Man can save you millions in tax on a private jet

Lewis Hamilton avoids tax on his €27 million private plane

How Nike slashes its tax bill between the Netherlands and Bermuda

Uber and Tesla also have structures that use Dutch companies

Paradise Papers: Let OECD deal with international tax avoidance, says Varadkar

State more focused on tackling social welfare fraud than ending ‘rotten’ practice, charities say

Mrs Brown’s Boys actor: I had to Google tax avoidance to see what it meant

Paddy Houlihan says he still does not understand tax scheme he used

Paradise Papers: Mrs Brown’s Boys actors used offshore scheme to avoid tax

Fiona Delany, Martin Delaney and Paddy Houlihan named in leaked files

Spectacularly successful Mrs Brown’s Boys has made Brendan O’Carroll a multi-millionaire

Background: O’Carroll has involved family and long-term family friends in show

Paradise Papers: How the scheme used by Mrs Brown’s Boys actors works

Three actors had trusts established in Mauritius

Podcast: ‘It’s become the norm if you’re above a certain income level’

Paradise Papers prove the ubiquity of offshore tax avoidance among the elite

AIB meeting told Bank of Ireland ‘positively encouraging inheritance tax evasion’

Meeting held to review if AIB operations in Jersey and Isle of Man might have been guilty of criminal offences

Paradise Papers: AIB targeted Irish clients looking to avoid tax after bailout

State-owned bank refused to give Revenue access to offshore data when replying to court order

Paradise Papers: How the rich and powerful hide their money and avoid tax

Trove of 13.4 million records show how politics and big business are entangled with offshore interests

Bono has interest in a shopping centre in Lithuania, Paradise Papers reveal

U2 frontman has made property investments via offshore entities

Paradise Papers: Justin Trudeau’s chief fundraiser linked to offshore tax manoeuvres

Long-standing offshore ties jarring contrast to Canadian PM’s tax campaign

Paradise Papers: West African development dreams stand still while mining money moves offshore

A village hoped for a better life, Burkina Faso expected more tax revenue

Lost? What is the ICIJ’s Paradise Papers project?

Project involves the largest data leak in journalistic history

Appleby, the offshore law firm with a record of compliance failures

Paradise Papers: ‘Some of the crap we accept is amazing, totally amazing’

Paradise Papers: Room of secrets on global commodities giant Glencore

Law firm’s files reveal oil, mineral and grain trader signed secret deals and loaned millions to a high-risk business partner

Paradise Papers: Former Bank of Ireland investor Wilbur Ross benefits from Putin link

Trump cabinet member has stake in company that provides shipping for Putin son-in-law, oligarchs

Paradise Papers: Kremlin-owned firms linked to Facebook, Twitter investments

Russian government quietly held a financial interest in US social media

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